by ZombieSkittles on May 10, 2009
In the name of rushing and finally getting things done, a first draft version of the main site is kind of done. It can be seen, coincidently, at http://www.zombieskittles.com. There are two basic features, the first being the main menu which links to all our sub domains, plus a few other projects of mine and Courtney’s.
The second took a little help from someone, who for no reason other than his love of WordPress put his hand up to help me. The Latest Updates page uses a plug-in pointed out by Mr David Jonathon to display the latest blog post from each of the blogs listed on the page. The point being to make a page that allows someone new to the site to see what our latest work is on each site.
The website itself is still fairly bland, but later versions will definitely be better than this. I’m setting the bar low so no matter what, people can go “wow that’s MUCH better than the last version”.
►Go to ZombieSkittles.com
by ZombieSkittles on May 1, 2009
Ok, so I made a post around a week ago which briefly summed up my following habits on Twitter. However, no more than a day after writing that, I found myself going against what I said, and followed an additional 50 people who were following me. At first I contemplated deleting that post and pretending it never happened, but I made a promise to myself when I made the blog that I wouldn’t delete [many] articles, and to instead just write a new post.
I’ve started going through everyone I myself follow, looking at each profile and seeing if that person is to me, worth following. I’ve been looking at:
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The number of tweets, because why would I follow someone with absolutely no tweets?
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The quality of tweets. I don’t like the idea of following someone who only tweets ads, or affiliate links, nor the idea of someone who tweets short simple sentences ALL THE TIME like “Going home”, “Eating”, etc. What are you eating? Is it good?
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Website. While this really doesn’t change anything about whether I follow you or not, I like seeing if people have a good website. I’m a sucker for blogs. And speaking of the general information area, your
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bio needs to be there; no bio, most likely no follow. And then, if I see on there talk of marketing, then I will shun you. And from what I hear from everyone else when they complain about this, not many other people like it either.
And that’s pretty much it. I’ve found myself suddenly going from following sixty to one hundred and forty people really quickly, and it’s slightly overwhelming, even at such a small number, but that’s a story for another time.
