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Firming Things Up

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Mapquest - Losing people since 1996!

Mapquest - Losing people since 1996!

I spoke with Reverend Baker this evening via phone and we drew out the high level plans for his upcoming Pirate Radio session (Vol. 5 Episode 2), which is now due to drop some eight days and counting. The good Reverend has some pretty nifty plans for the show and I cannot wait until you hear what he’s thinking about. As with his past appearances, this one also promises to be a sure fire classic. Unfortunately I cannot let the cat out of the bag and reveal any of the details just quite yet. The wait will be worth it. Trust me.

I also had the chance to hang out with D.J. A.D.D. this evening. He’s up to some pretty neat things and about to go into public beta with a new web based project he is working on. I have to say I’m absolutely stoked about what I saw this evening. We went over some web site optimization strategies and I have to say even in pre-beta his web site absolutely rocks. I cannot wait to let you in on what he’s up to, but alas I will have to. Surprises are a lot better that way. I can promise you this much– the site is unique and at once also very promising as a catchy concept many will use. Stay tuned for more about that.

I also was sure to egg Mr. D.J. A.D.D. on about coming back to do a Pirate Radio show this season. With the web site development going on though that may not be an option, but he is sure that once things do calm down he’s going to be back and is even promising to deliver a new DJ mix set for the show. Again, I cannot wait.

There’s many things going on in the background right now at df.com and even more going on with our many collaborators. I hope you can make it out to the Armed Suspect’s 11/21/09 show I posted about this morning. I certainly wish I could, but it’s not exactly a great idea to go to a rock show with a recently repaired shoulder. They actually played a show in Warwick, NY about a week ago and I’m still kicking myself about not being able to go. I heard it absolutely rocked and I’m sure this one will as well.

You’ll notice starting with this post I’m adding what’s called “tags” to each post. This will, down the road, make it easier to find what you want on df.com using our in house search or another outside web search provider (such as Google or Bing) to find what you’re looking for. Eventually you’ll see a “tag cloud” appear on the left side menu (in a day or two). This will let you know what is a hot topic on the site right now and and again maybe help you find what you’re looking for quicker. Like many of the improvements at df.com, this is seemingly a baby step; but in the long term will deliver an even better df.com experience.

Finally, I leave you with my picture of the day. I dedicate this one to something I’m sure we’ve all had happen if you’ve ever used Mapquest.com for directions and ended up quite not where  you suspected. As always, thanks for checking and being patient.

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Always Renovating & Innovating

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I’m not sure I know how to “leave well enough alone”, but you cannot say I don’t spend a lot of time working on df.com. Clearly I may spend too much time, but that’s neither here nor there. With that some of the latest things I’ve done to make things run better and simpler to do what needs to be done are:

  • Added Print/PDF button to make printing off the blog and other sections a breeze. Try it out, it works pretty darn good and helps save you ink by not printing all the graphics/theme gobbledygook.
  • Updated CAPTCHA code so you can comment, but spammers can bug off. Yes, that means less Viagra adds on df.com than the average blog.
  • We’ve tested the new mobile df.com on several phones and it works great.

In short, these are tiny changes, but I think they’re worthwhile ones. As always, if you think there’s something we should be doing or using on the site to make it better drop me a comment and let me know what you think.

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“The Moon Cannot Be Stolen”

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New Moon Over The Brushwood GateIt has been a complicated day of success and failures. Of frustration and simple pleasure. It’s days like this that make me think of a Buddhist Zen fable I learned about in college. It’s a simple story, but one with so many analogies and underlying moral implications. The story is called “The Moon Cannot Be Stolen”. No one is sure who wrote it or when it was written, but it is understood to be over a century old if not more. It’s rather short, but worth several reads before you think about it. There are hundreds of ways to interpret it like a Rorschach blot test. With that here it is:

“The Moon Cannot Be Stolen”

A Zen Master lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening, while he was away, a thief sneaked into the hut only to find there was nothing in it to steal. The Zen Master returned and found him. “You have come a long way to visit me,” he told the prowler, “and you should not return empty handed. Please take my clothes as a gift.” The thief was bewildered, but he took the clothes and ran away. The Master sat naked, watching the moon. “Poor fellow,” he mused, ” I wish I could give him this beautiful moon.”

Let me know what you think and feel free to comment. I’ve told this story to many people and it’s one of my oldest daughter’s favorite bedtime stories. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did when I first heard it.

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