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Well, it's that day again. A grand day. A glorious day. BASTILLE DAY. Oh yeah. Wait. No. Not Bastille Day. Why do people even celebrate that French Revolution crap? Don't people know history? It's like the Che t-shirts all over again.
Ahem. Starting over: today is the 12th anniversary of the creation of Movie Forums. I know because it's the day I created this account. And because I still remember it.
Sometimes I just post a brief thank you to all the MoFos (thank you MoFos! Especially for not being mad when I call you MoFos!). Sometimes I post a "State of MoFo" address talking about what happened in the last year and what's going to happen next year. This time I'll split the difference:
1. Thanks, guys. Seriously.
2. This last year was a busy one in lots of non-MoFo ways, and one in which I've laid the groundwork for a lot of fun stuff. I've learned a lot more about various aspects of web development, too, making lots of stuff possible that previously wasn't. And a handful of you did some really tremendous volunteer work with the disc collection database, too, which is a long-term project, but part of which actually will be able to be used in existing sections long beforehand.
In the next year you can expect a couple of existing sections to be revamped, and at least one new section. A lot of the site--the Lists, the User Reviews, etc.--are good ideas reasonably well executed, but which could reach new levels if given the right new features. A good chunk of these features are already done, even. So stay tuned.
3. You can expect a big upgrade to the forum software. The change might even freak some of you out a bit at first, given how familiar this setup probably is by now. But it'll be a much cleaner, more modern setup, and I'll work hard to make sure it still has those little touches and feels like MoFo.
That's it for now.
Ahem. Starting over: today is the 12th anniversary of the creation of Movie Forums. I know because it's the day I created this account. And because I still remember it.
Sometimes I just post a brief thank you to all the MoFos (thank you MoFos! Especially for not being mad when I call you MoFos!). Sometimes I post a "State of MoFo" address talking about what happened in the last year and what's going to happen next year. This time I'll split the difference:
1. Thanks, guys. Seriously.
2. This last year was a busy one in lots of non-MoFo ways, and one in which I've laid the groundwork for a lot of fun stuff. I've learned a lot more about various aspects of web development, too, making lots of stuff possible that previously wasn't. And a handful of you did some really tremendous volunteer work with the disc collection database, too, which is a long-term project, but part of which actually will be able to be used in existing sections long beforehand.
In the next year you can expect a couple of existing sections to be revamped, and at least one new section. A lot of the site--the Lists, the User Reviews, etc.--are good ideas reasonably well executed, but which could reach new levels if given the right new features. A good chunk of these features are already done, even. So stay tuned.
3. You can expect a big upgrade to the forum software. The change might even freak some of you out a bit at first, given how familiar this setup probably is by now. But it'll be a much cleaner, more modern setup, and I'll work hard to make sure it still has those little touches and feels like MoFo.
That's it for now.
