Re: An Idea About Updating The Site -- The Synchronicity Arkive

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Date Posted: 14:18:56 02/06/02 Wed
Author: MJ Arkiver
Subject: Re: An Idea About Updating The Site
In reply to: Michael Allen 's message, "An Idea About Updating The Site" on 08:45:31 02/06/02 Wed

>Here's an idea: how about everybody send Mike your
>five best synchs in an email (or, if you haven't found
>five yet, whatever you've got). Mike then creates a
>separate page for each syncher, profiling their top
>five with setups and whatnot, and includes a link to
>their site, if they have one. Would that be good? I
>don't think it would be too much trouble, Mike, but
>say the word and I'll help you out with it. I think
>it would be cool to have everyone's best synchs in one
>place.

Way way back, in 1997, when the site was a pretty high priority with me, I did do something similar to that, with Friends of the Arkive or something like that. I only got a few takers and the page ended up being kind of static. Not that I'm opposed to the idea, it's just that was my past experience trying to do something like that. I'd be more than happy to, if the interest level is there. Maybe a page of links and then everyone who wants can host their own page that I'd link to, in a set type of format? The main reason I'd go in that direction is obviously, less updating for me (always a good thing as a webmaster), and it also allows for some autonomy on each person's page. =) Just a thought...

>By the way, how did you get so many accolades from
>those various newsgroups?

you mean the features on MTV, Entertainment Weekly, etc.? The original story for Dark Side of the Rainbow broke in 1997 onto mainstream media, I think because a DJ in Boston was making a big deal of it, and I just happened to have been running my site in some form or another since 1995, so was in the right place at the right time. The attention has kind of died down since 1998, and I've been pretty busy myself, so the site has suffered. I never considered ditching it though, and now that I've got a bit more time, hopefully some of that time will go to the site.

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