Dec 04, 2009
“Umm, Is Your Site Broken?”
I’ve been thinking about redoing Bitmanic for nearly a year now. But up until a couple weeks ago, I hadn’t done a damn thing about it. I had all sorts of worthwhile ideas and concepts, and had even wireframed and sketched everything out. “It will be perfect!,” I thought. But when the hell was it going to get done?!
Jump to two weeks ago. I was sick of waiting. I couldn’t keep pushing it off, so I pulled the plug and forced myself to work on a new iteration. Some would call this sloppy or unprofessional, and maybe it is. But it worked. Two days later, I had ExpressionEngine installed, five weblogs configured, and a styled homepage. Since the previous version of Bitmanic was a static one-page site, I had already achieved more in two days than I had in a year.
So what am I trying to say here? I guess I’m trying to say that sometimes it’s okay to not plan everything out. Shoot from the hip. Get dirty. Don’t know the answers. Just do.
With that said, I still have broken links and minor flaws all over the place. Does that make me happy? Of course not. But no matter how you slice it, what I’ve got now is far better than what I had. And these glaring problems will only ensure that this site stays in the front of mind and gets the attention it deserves.
Posted by Ray Brown on 12/04 at 06:33 PM
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