The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference #

- Robert Frost, US poet (1874 – 1963)

The Future Of ThisNext

A few weeks ago, I created a list entitled ‘My Bag & My Stuff‘ over at ThisNext.com. ThisNext is “a shopcasting network where you can discover, recommend and share things you love“.

Although I really liked the concept at first, I have my doubts about the level of addictiveness that this site can create for its users. In the first week I checked back often, but in the second and third week my interest level decreased. Now, I see no reason for visiting at all. The lack of interaction is the main problem I experience.

The new ShopCast feature is nice, but it still needs some work. For one, the script used messes up my (default WordPress) sidebar template. Which means a huge potential of bloggers is excluded from using it.

I’m hesitant to invest time in making a lot of cool pages, since the question remains (as with many other Web 2.0 start ups): how will ThisNext make money? And thus, for how long will they (and my content) survive?

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Kick Off!

Ok, the official kick off of ivarzantinge.com is planned for Monday, October 9!

I still got to make sure this site validates, which means I have to perform a lot of careful hacking in wordpress templates.