SSN 680 Plan of the Day
- Brad Williamson
Just some quick updates for turnover:
- Test of the crew image gallery section continues - everything is looking good - a few tweaks on the appearance and we should go public today or tomorrow. You'll be able to upload and post your own photos, see everyone elses, rank and comment on photos, as well as include links to full size images in your Scuttlebutt forum posts.
- The 1MC is meant for real time comms between shipmates currently logged in - though it gets archived, only the last 30 messages are displayed, so like the real 1MC, your message is gone once it's over. For more permanent postings, and to allow others to comment on your memories/stories/observations post under the appropriate category in the Scuttlebutt forum.No comments
- Brad Williamson
Hard to believe, but the number of registered users just went over 100 today! Nicely done, and keep working to get the word out. We only have about 900 more shipmates to get hooked up here before the end of the year, so get hot!
- Brad Williamson
You may have noticed - if not, this will explain your confusion, that things are being rearranged on the site. Menus are changing, items in development may or may not be hidden, and new items are appearing on the menu. This is part of the dynamic growth of the website, and it reflects comments and feedback from all of you.
New items to note: the Scuttlebutt forum has been moved to the top level menu to make it easier to get to, since that is a common destination for many of you. New sort orders for the sailing list are evolving so you can look for everyone, just former crew members, 'riders' only, etc. Menus for cruise books and other things under development have been removed to free up space. We'll see where it goes from here.
- Brad Williamson
So it's 2009. Although this is the first entry of the new year, I'm not going to write it in verse, mostly because I'm not stuck at my desk for 6 hours on the midwatch, so I actually have something else to do. Imagine that!
So what does the year look like? For us here at ssn-680.org, it looks like continued growth. I'm still pretty impressed with going from a handful of original registered users, to 73 as of this morning. Now I'm easily impressed, I'll admit, but that is a pretty big deal. When you think about a ship with a thirty year life, and with the potential of a full crew turnover as often as every three years, maybe we are only looking at 1300 or 1400 sailors who actually served on board the Bates. And over 5% of those are already registered on this site, less than two weeks after going 'public'.
- Brad Williamson
The end of 2008 us upon us, and it is formally the time to usher out the old and welcome the new. Speaking of new, I'd like to welcome the 26 new members to the site. They have signed up since last night in response to an email I sent out to folks I found on the internet associated with the Bates.
Welcome aboard, shipmates!
Now, since I did not consider the consequences of inviting 263 new individuals to sign up, I'm now overwhelmed with admin details as a result, and I need a vacation. So in about an hour I'm leaving for the rest of the week, to spend some time in a cabin up north, snowmobiling and sitting by the fire.