Monday May 7, 2007

What's up with Rob?

Posted by Rob (#1) on May 7, 2007 17:48 CEST

Other than still being able to write lame rhymes, everything is dandy here. I'm still somewhat hyper from GIAN and with three concerts coming up this weekend this means my happy vibe is going to be a prolonged one! I can't really dismiss Laura either but whatever the exact reason for the vibe, I feel great. :-)

Work is quite hectic, I put in plenty of over-time this weekend. And it looks like trips to Moscow (finally!) and Bucharest are about to happen this month. But anyone who slightly knows me also knows that I like to not just play hard but also work hard (when I'm not lazy). The only downside is that I haven't really had time to work on the new Capsi site but I'm hopeful that I will find a bit of time for that pet project later this week. I still have to finish the blogs, picture galleries, friends lists, proper form feedbacks and whatnot.. the basics look very promising to me though.

Tonight however will be a regular pub night.. I feel like I've deserved it, so you know where you can find me!

Edit: oops, hangover! Also, God apparently felt like handing me lemons because both Alexisonfire shows have been cancelled due to a family emergency for the band. So I made lemonade and hacked together cancellations and postponed dates for the concert site. :-D

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Why Wiki when you can wiki?

Capsi

Posted by Rob (#1) on May 7, 2007 21:36 CEST

My database has reached the point where there are several thousands of artists and venues in it. Even though I want more, that's obviously a good start. But it also creates a tiny problem. Most web visitors would probably consider empty pages to be a tad boring, so I need biographies and descriptions for each and every one of them.

Originally I planned to find some sort of on-line resource for all that content, but why copy someone else when you can just make it part of your community? That's right, I'm taking the approach of so many wiki's and community dictionaries: every user can add their own content and the ones with the best voting record are shown. All of it tied-in with my revenue sharing model of course: users who contribute to the site should be rewarded.

Just finished the basics of it and it's already a lot better than the default "bla bla is an artist" or "bla bla is a venue".

Getting there, step by step. :-)

Tom has more friends but mine are prettier! (#1/1)