Dec 03
State of the Union II – My Projects
A week ago today, I told you about a relaunch of sorts for me and my projects…
The short of it is, they’re not where I need them to be and so today will be the first day of the rest of their lives.
And because you guys are coming along for the journey, you’ll first need to become aware of all the projects I currently have on the slate so we’re all on the same page Some projects I’ve told you about, and some may be quite new to you.
This is of course, this site. I’ve given a LOT of thought lately about the direction I want it to go in… Both revenue wise and more importantly content wise. Later on, we’ll look at this site more in depth and see where it’s both succeeding and failing.
As far as my online endeavors go, this was my first and remains the one nearest and dearest to my heart. It was originally slated to be a replacement to about.com, which I felt (and still believe) is a horrible site with bad content. In any event, while I learned a lot with my first go at it – Up ’till now it has been a big disappointment in a variety of places and I hope to turn it around.
Amongst all my projects, this one (imo) has the greatest potential to generate the most money in the shortest period of time. Unfortunately, around the time I started this, I also fell in love with blogging. And I’m sure you know how that ended.
Conclusion
So there you have it. Those are the big projects that I “currently have in the works” and the ones that I need to revamp and get rolling. I undoubtedly have more projects that I want to get going, but these are the big ones I want to focus on now. In the next week or so I’ll go into more detail with these projects so we can really start the fun. (#):)
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:06 pm
What, no links?
If we’re really along for the ride…I’m just saying
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Ditto what ad tracker said. I would find the Learn Stuff Online to be of great interest.
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:22 pm
@Ad Tracker & Teeni – Sorry, I just wanted to get the post up when I had a sec. We had some guests over when I was writing it so I was having a hard time finishing it. Not that their URLs are too hard to guess! (#);D
December 4th, 2007 at 12:20 am
Wow, really awesome Bush! Bookmarked and Stumbled!
Shine on,
Aaron
December 4th, 2007 at 8:34 am
@Aaron – Thanks man, hopefully this will just be the beginning w/ something that will be a great help to a lot of us. *nod*
December 4th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Hey Bush, I am trying to start some new projects but don’t think any have the great potential (yet
) of these sites.
I will definitely use Learn Stuff Online.
Good luck.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
@Forest – Thanks for the encouragement Forest, but I’m not sure that Learn Stuff Online (LSO) is at the point right now where it would be that helpful to anyone. But we’ll cover that in the next couple of days. (#):)
And of course, good luck w/ your own projects. You gotta let us know what you’re working on!
December 4th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Great Going buddy. I am also thinking of starting a new project shortly.
December 5th, 2007 at 4:30 am
Great projects all of them. You’re going to be pretty busy there buddy.
December 5th, 2007 at 11:35 am
@Madhur – Well, it would seem that I am not alone! What do you have in the works?
@Brown – Tell me about it. (#):) But that’s a good thing right? Well, I guess it’s only a good thing if they end up working out. Ha ha.
December 5th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Bush your themes kick ass; where do you find them?
December 5th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
@Greg – Hey thanks man, well what I’ve been doing up until now is just going to themes.wordpress.net and just finding ones I like.
Up until recently, I’ve been indulging my tendency to go towards very dark themes… Light text on black backgrounds. But because of AdSense, usability concerns, and a desire to expand my borders design-wise, I’ve been trying to go for black text on a white background (i.e. this theme).
Of course, I still couldn’t get away from the red and black though. (#):) And btw, the theme I’m currently using on here started with stardust and then I had a lot of fun adding my own touches. Of course, it’s only still 50% done.
Once I’m all done with it, I’m really hoping to contact the author of this theme and see if we can work something out as far as me claiming this theme for my own… I still want to give him credit, but I think my changes are enough that I need to make SOME note of it.