ListYourList is back, baby! it was down for a few weeks as it was being switched from my server to shane’s. he and i had talked about this at least a month ago, but now it’s finally real.
this switch is just one more facet in my effort to simplify my computer use. it just got to the point that i didn’t care to work on it anymore, but i didn’t just want to never see it again. i was thinking that i might try to give it away, hopefully finding someone who wanted a ruby on rails project but couldn’t come up with an idea. i was thinking about this outloud and shane volunteered. vunderbar!
so at this point, it is no longer a concern of mine. i’ll probably still post a list on it occasionally, but i have erased it from my mental list of responsibilities.
i was reading this post on kottke last night, and it got me thinking about ListYourList. when i first launched the site, i was all over the place: commenting on this list and that list, posting this list and that list, writing on the developer blog, adding this feature and that feature. i don’t think it’s a coincidence that when i stopped caring, everyone else did too (no offense given or taken). i stopped hosting the party and everyone left.
if i had really cared, i would have been on there everyday for months, i would have been telling everyone about it, i would have been flyering, i would have been obsessed. i think i had dreams about polishing the shit out of it and then taking it to sxsw2007. that would be lot’s of fun. who knows, maybe it’ll still happen.
we don’t blame you…. though, to be honest, another rails based list thing has come out.. by amazon…
unspun.amazon.com
yeah, i just found out about that like 2 days ago. it’s not exactly the same, but it’s pretty close. oh well.