Monday, January 09, 2012
Last night I was looking through old ImageComposer files and found the graphics for the initial header for my first news service, Maryland Wired.
Maryland Wired was replaced with WiredPages. Back then I was into a lot of whimsical styles.
This morning, I am thinking about a new project wherein I will provide links to online style guides and blogs for use on the WiredPages Style & Events page.
I do have future plans for the area used in the above illustration, however-- at this time I am not sure when I will integrate the Events widget I developed for the space. So, for right now-- I am looking to fill the space, with links to interesting online reads- using the "cloud format".
The following is an illustration of the Events Widget I hope to install in the space at some later date.
The new interface will probably be a Java Servlet. You ask- a Java Servlet for changing font- links? My response- yes. In my world-- I have too many security issues.
When will I get to it? You would be surprised at the backlog of projects in my mind. The short answer-- not sure. Might the hold up with using the Events widget in the space-- have been cleared up by then? Waiting on DOJ/FBI.. too many abstract threats with regard to that [Events] interface -- so I am not sure.
That said-- this new interface will be so simple that it will take no time to implement. Paid links? Initially no-- just those I currently read on a regular basis. Plus- the interface may be pulled at any time.
While researching for this project, I found a link for Safe Web Fonts- MIT offering, that I wanted to share.
More thoughts. Legal issues. I do not often use the many forums [my signature links] I belong to-- because I am concerned about traffic. I believe I have a lot more traffic than is being reported and I do not want to anger my web hosts. So when I think about promoting links of bloggers or small businesses on my sites-- I worry about what happens when I remove the links. It may cause a dramatic loss to the sites I was promoting-- insofar as services like Alexa-- which a lot of organizations use to value sites. I noticed this phenomenon when I used to post to forums and use BlogExplosion. When I stopped for any period of time-- Alexa would report dramatic losses. I forgot about the reasons I do not promote other sites unless they provide retainers [like lawyers]-- thereby giving me a formal agreement with the understanding-- I [QiSoftware] would not be responsible for any loss suffered, because of removal of the links. That's why I tend to promote sites in blog posts and not as sidebar links.
