Well, here we are at our new home, at the new-and-improved telltenfriends.com. The site was designed by the incredibly talented Rob Masefield, Web Developer, Designer and Photographer.

We were looking for a very distinctive “Web 2.0” look and feel, and Rob has done a fine job of conveying that image, if I do say so myself. Perhaps the best part about the new site is that it is loaded with options. For instance, RSS pros will notice that each post (at its individual url) has icons for almost any program that you use; making subscription, trackbacks, digging, monitoring comments (and a bunch of stuff I don’t even understand) all possible with the click of a button.

I must ask a favor however; as the Designer himself has departed on a tour of our fine country, it would be great if you could leave a quick comment about the new digs; so I can verify the feed has switched over properly (subscribers, this means you) and that comments are indeed working.

If it all works out, I will respond quite excitedly in the comments myself.
Cheers, all. Hope you like the new-look Tell Ten Friends!

Update: The urls of the pages on the site are still defaulting to the test server. I’m trying to work it out.

I’ll post a picture of it, I promise.

I’m taking a much needed break this weekend (starting this afternoon!) to go fishing with my dad, my father-in-law and my uncle Don.

The weather is supposed to be “iffy,” so say a prayer for sunshine. If you’re jealous, don’t be. You too can charter the Amber Spirit for a weekend of sport fishing in Desolation Sound. Just call my aunt Christine and book your adventure.

Cheers, all. Back early next week with more hot air on the subject of marketing.

It’s called Fo.rtuito.us. It’s just a soft launch, but I thought this was neat when I saw it on Techcrunch.

Here’s a quote:

“When you register at Fo.rtuito.us it randomly introduces you to another member. You have four days to interact with that member via anonymous email to see if you can become friends. If after those four days both people decide they would like to stay friends, they are added to your permanent friends list. You are then introduced to another person.”

Who knows if it will have the same traction as MySpace or Bebo, (which is growing as fast as MySpace) but as Michael points out, if it was offered as a feature on those existing social networking powerhouses, it will definitely get traffic.