Proposed changes to openfirst.org

[Timothy D. Ginn]

Hey,

I'm considering changing the news system a bit on http://www.openfirst.org/ (not the news module itself that's distributed). What I was thinking is perhaps setting up Hackergotchis (see: http://www.livejournal.com/users/wou...lst/21322.html if you're not familiar with them-- my avatar is another example) beside the posts, and generally making it seem more friendly looking and less plain-text based.

I'm thinking that at the same time developer profiles, etc. could have the friendly little Hackergotchis displayed beside them. Are there any thoughts about that?

Oh, and for the news; I'm also considering setting it up so that I'm not the only one who can post news, and hoping that'll make it more frequently updated. Basically what I'm hoping for is to open things up a bit more and make the project visually look more inviting to join. Any comments/questions/discussion?

Tim