Cleaning Up
posted by Scott Hsu-Storaker at 10:40 PM
I was thinking about this as I was watching my kids play last weekend. We spent the morning cleaning the living room, just organizing all the toys mostly. Before I could even finish, they started pulling out other toys, very excited by the new white space in the play area. It got me thinking about how this site, and especially the forums, have been long overdue for a bit of cleaning. I have for the last six months or so tried many times to get back into working here and have turned away feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of the task of even just making sense of what needs to be done. I have also seen other artists take the first steps towards wanting to help out with our goals and have seen them turn away as well, not knowing where, when, or how they could help. I know that the biggest way to help get things rolling is for me to be constantly engaged and involved, but I also know that I cannot always make that commitment. So, the first step I am taking is to make things a lot simpler. Last night, I went through the forums and did some major reorganizing. My hope is that simplifying makes it easier for any of you to find the information you are looking for and will provide a more open and inviting framework for participating. If nothing else, it's more inviting to me personally and will make it easier for me to stay engaged with the forums. Stop by the forums and let me know what you think.
Oh, and, hey! Happy Birthday to us! We've now been on this project for 4 years. We have not done anything new the past year or so, but the site remains live, the files remain available for download, and another few thousand students, artists, and indie game developers have benefitted from our work. I look forward with optimism towards being able to continue in our quest to provide great free artwork for you all, both here as a community project and on my other site as a solo project.
Stay free
~shs~
On Monday I returned from a long weekend trip to be greeted with a wonderful landlord-sponsored repainting of our bathroom. It was long overdue and a huge relief to have it finally done. In a strange bit of synchronicity all last week I was looking for quote, which I still have not found. I think it was from Thoreau and had something to do with how after applying a fresh coat of paint, the first thing he noticed in the corner of the room was a spider. To my surprise, when I looked closely, there was a spider in the corner of the bathroom.
I was thinking about this as I was watching my kids play last weekend. We spent the morning cleaning the living room, just organizing all the toys mostly. Before I could even finish, they started pulling out other toys, very excited by the new white space in the play area. It got me thinking about how this site, and especially the forums, have been long overdue for a bit of cleaning. I have for the last six months or so tried many times to get back into working here and have turned away feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of the task of even just making sense of what needs to be done. I have also seen other artists take the first steps towards wanting to help out with our goals and have seen them turn away as well, not knowing where, when, or how they could help. I know that the biggest way to help get things rolling is for me to be constantly engaged and involved, but I also know that I cannot always make that commitment. So, the first step I am taking is to make things a lot simpler. Last night, I went through the forums and did some major reorganizing. My hope is that simplifying makes it easier for any of you to find the information you are looking for and will provide a more open and inviting framework for participating. If nothing else, it's more inviting to me personally and will make it easier for me to stay engaged with the forums. Stop by the forums and let me know what you think.
Oh, and, hey! Happy Birthday to us! We've now been on this project for 4 years. We have not done anything new the past year or so, but the site remains live, the files remain available for download, and another few thousand students, artists, and indie game developers have benefitted from our work. I look forward with optimism towards being able to continue in our quest to provide great free artwork for you all, both here as a community project and on my other site as a solo project.
Stay free
~shs~
posted by Scott Hsu-Storaker at 10:40 PM
2 Comments:
Happy birthday
7:21 PM
Hey, Thanks!
11:24 AM
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