Posted by shadow575 on June 11, 2008
I put some polishing touches on a new ‘editing related’ website. Its going to eventually be the official home page for me, but most content at this point is just a fraternal mirror of my ODP editing site.
You can check out the new site if you are interested by visiting:
http://shadow575.home.comcast.net
Its got a different design feel to it, but as I said the content while slightly modified is basically the same as what was found at my other editing site.
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Posted by shadow575 on June 11, 2008
After many months of debating and delays, I have finally taken my friend Rob Jones up on the offer to help out at, and joined the team of the Best of The Web directory. I honestly don’t know how much I will be able to contribute or how quickly for that matter as other personal factors are draining my resources at this time. However, its something that I have been considering for a long time now and finally decided it was worth checking out. Let me be clear though, I did not leave DMOZ for BOTW. Rather I just added another project to my list of things to pitch in on. It not only compliments my participation at DMOZ, but also my very minimal contributions over at JoeAnt over the last year or two. I look forward to working with a few old friends who have also joined up over there. If nothing else, it should be a great experience building up some categories of interest basically from scratch. DMOZ is my first love and I still will be focused on that project, this was something I also wanted to try.
I have only just started playing with the buttons and find it a little challenging being a newbie all over again. My initial impression is that it gives me the opportunity to do what I love to do, which is building categories. However the differences of style and design have been a bit challenging thus far. I suppose its because of 4 years being accustomed to DMOZ and Joeants interfaces. I look forward to being able to dedicate a little more specific time, to playing with things and getting familiar with it. Its also nice to not have to deal with other pressures, and just focus on editing. While I enjoy the many other things I have the opportunity to do at DMOZ and wouldn’t change anything, its a nice change of pace to just find and list sites without any other concerns.
I look forward to the challenge and appreciate the opportunity. Thanks Rob.
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