Ignighter’s First Weekly Release
About an hour ago we pushed up our first in what will hopefully be a series of weekly releases that will continue throughout the summer.
If you visit our homepage you will notice we have a different look. Our design intern, Jeff Beining, did a great job of designing a new header for us which really helped bring a new, sexy tone to Ignighter.
As you navigate around the site you will also notice that a majority of it is exactly the same as it was before. In addition, you will probably even find some bugs. Each week we hope to add better functionality and a better look and feel. Little by little, and with the influence of some amazing mentorship, we hope to make a great looking and flawlessly functioning site.
On a visit to Dresden, Germany a couple years ago I stopped by Volkswagen’s Incredible Glass Factory.
Here they build the prestigious Phaeton (much more popular among Euro-glitteratti than American-glitteratti) in a completely transparent environment. Volkswagen invites the general public in to get a glimpse of the Phaeton during each stage of its construction. It’s awesome.
That’s kind of the way we view our construction of Ignighter right now. We’re building in a glass factory.
I guess one difference between us and Volkswagen is that our “general public” consists of a handful of friends and mentors who regularly read our blog and visit our site when they’re bored at work and Perez Hilton hasn’t updated in a few hours. VW’s general public consists of thousands of curious Volksophiles traveling from thousands of miles away just to see how the cars under construction.
Another difference is that we’re greatly desiring of feedback from all of you. We want to know how you think the site looks, how we can improve the functionality, and where we can find bugs. The site will be constantly evolving, but we’d love to have the participation of our friends. At Volkswagen, that wasn’t exactly the case. During the tour I actually tried to convince one of the German workers to try making the driver’s side floor slant downward toward the pedals instead of toward the seat (whenever I drop a piece of gum while driving it’s like there’s an industrial strength vacuum sucking fallen objects into a crevice too tiny for my large hand to reach). Those workers apparently weren’t seeking out feedback though. I don’t know what his German barking translated to, but the hills weren’t exactly coming alive with the sound of his voice.
We, on the other hand, are very serious in our request for feedback. So please tell us what you like and don’t be afraid to tell us what sucks. Don’t worry about hurting our feelings, we’ve been in Boulder 2 weeks and already our skin has gotten thicker than yo Mama’s glasses. And those things can see into the future! Ohhh!!!.
So please let us know what you think. And don’t worry, none of us know German.
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