dawdlr - a twitter for the long now II
Dawdlr has just updated for the first time. (What's dawdlr?) I think it's worked rather well. People have sent excellent things. Some florid, some restrained, some silly, some thoughtful. It's like twitter; people are making up 'what it's for' on their own. And, of course, even though there's been six months to get one in some people are late.
I wasn't quite sure whether to scan both sides of the postcards but mostly I did, unless there was really nothing on the other side. The only problem thus far is tumblr only lets you do fifteen posts per page, which means the first update stretches over a couple of pages. Apart from that I like the way it looks.
I wonder what'll happen now. Is this lot just a first novelty flurry or is this somehow interesting or useful? We shall see.
Next update May 21st. At this rate we'll be out of beta by 2312.
Just plain brilliant. Site looks gorgeous :)
Posted by: Ryan Karpeles | November 21, 2007 at 09:59 PM
It's all a bit hurried for me - but looks great.
Posted by: john | November 21, 2007 at 10:14 PM
Der. I guess mine didn't get there in time.
Well ... keep an eye out! May's not too far away.
Posted by: Charlie Park | November 21, 2007 at 10:24 PM
It's come up lovely. Nice work.
Posted by: Anne | November 21, 2007 at 10:37 PM
I loved reading everyone's! super idea.
Posted by: Johanna | November 22, 2007 at 02:31 AM
I think this is great. But from a design perspective it would be good to have the scans of double sided cards next to each other. As it is its a bit confusing as to which back matches which front once you scroll down a bit.
Posted by: Matt Benney | November 22, 2007 at 09:54 AM
You're going to have to work out what happens after ten thousand years. Does it go 'bong'?
Posted by: Steve Bowbrick | November 22, 2007 at 01:36 PM
Not quite sure what happened to mine - posted it weeks ago. Never mind, it wasn't anywhere near as entertaining as the ones that made the update.
Posted by: gemma | November 22, 2007 at 03:52 PM
Ah, Gemma, I'm sorry about that. Not sure what happened either. Postal strike? And/or I have to say the mail box people don't seem the most attentive in the world. But I could be wrong.
I guess that's one of the kinks we'll have to iron out. Should be sorted after 10 or 20 updates I imagine.
Posted by: russell | November 22, 2007 at 03:58 PM
Dawdlr is a good name. Although I had to click on the what is dawdler link to find out what it exactly is. The post cards look really nice and some are crazy. Crazy but interesting. Thanks for making this day more inspiring. You have a very curious experiment going on. I hope it becomes a success!
Posted by: jen_chan, writer MemberSpeed.com | November 27, 2007 at 11:57 PM