A Digital Playground
Greasyfur Unlimited has been my digital playground for almost ten years. It has been through many different designs, but I remember the first time I designed it, I thought the web offered amazing opportunities. I remember wanting it to be more than just a list of stuff, which is what most web sites were back in those days. Everyone was making “hit lists” of their favorite sites and a lot of the World Wide Web was going from one hit list to another. Boy things have changed. Technology has come a long way; users have come a long way; the ecconomics of the WWW have come a long way. But I still want Greasyfur to be a special place. My hope for that site has not changed. It is a place to see things you don’t see on other sites. Some of it is personal, some of it is weird, some of it is fun, some of it is goofy, and all of it is unique. At least that is the idea.
Over the years, certain web sites have sucked up the majority of the traffic. Amazon in the retail world, Google in the search world, and we all have our on line bank accounts and participate in our favorite online clubs and organizations. Is there still room for the odd individual to make something unique and hope someone wanders in and connects with him or her? Maybe too much room, because everyone is standing in Amazon’s rainforest of books, dvds, electronics, clothing retailers, toys, jewelry and everything else.
If you get a chance to break away from the crowds, check out Greasyfur Unlimited, but don’t expect the site to be done!