Updates

Seventh Sanctum Update 10/23/2013

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Thanks for the feedback people sent in – and it turns out a few genertors DID have a formatting bug.  Any generator with a single dropdown-box control was apparently prone to a formatting malfunction.  I think I’ve corrected it at this time.  Be sure to take a look at the beta site, http://www.pageofgenerators.com/.

So now the next question is when to launch and I’m targeting November.  I just have to figure out when because things are a bit busy – and the holiday season makes it both easier and harder to do.

Now with this out of the way – unless someone finds anything else (do let me know) – my next concern more before/in the new year will be a community.  Disqus is fun and all for one-offs, but right now I’m debating a mailing list, a message board, and http://elgg.org/ which I saw at Trilobyte studios.  The Disqus comments are nice, but also have their issues and aren’t as intimate (I’m not planning to get rid of them).

Oh and new generators?  Yeah, I seriously have to revive some of my ideas it’s been ages since I did one – and the new framework makes them easier to do – and easier since I just reviewed a lot of code.

So thanks to everyone for the feedback and help.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

Steve’s Update 10/20/2013

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Well the Seventh Sanctum beta has been checked over . . . and no one found any bugs.  I guess I expected some, but I’m glad nothing showed up.  So now I have to figure a launch time, probably sometime in November.  We’ll see if my “fast-cutover” technique works . .

I’m also using Bootstrap to develop a new site for my books, but more of that later.

Well, I’ll be bugging my beta readers this week to see if they’ve got any feedback on the next book.  So if you’re one of them prepare to be annoyed.  I hope to have an announcement in November as well, but . . . you know that by now.

I’ll be continuing my posts on reporting, and am quite enjoying it.  It’s a bit different beyond my usual writing.  I’ll probably make a presentation out of it.

Geared up for Con-volution in two weeks.  Going be there?  Let me know!

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

Steve’s Update 10/14/2013

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Well as you all saw the great news is that the beta for Seventh Sanctum is up and ready.  So far most feedback has been light, though I do know that there’s still some layout questions.  Right now though I think I’ve found a pretty good design balance from all the different needs for devices, usability, and access.  Frankly it’s a bit harder than I expected because there’s not a lot of similar sites/services that do this – and I want it to work cleanly on all devices.

The launch for that?  Not sure yet as I’m a bit busy.

I’ve got a rough draft for the cover of my next book in the works – and the artist is brilliant so I’m expecting it to rock.

I’m also waiting for more feedback from readers, so as noted, this is probably more coming out in February.

There’s also going to be some changes to the Focused Fandom site.  So stay tuned 😉

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– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.