LMAO

i'm writing a functional spec doc for a new website, as part of my geek duties. i'm trying to keep in mind the idea of knowledge share and developing some ways in which we can template the process so that other ARIs can spec up a new site without having a geek on hand.

why? well, i don't know if you know, but most people running an ARI are >< this close to burnout, so any time spared or shared is a wonderful thing. a bit like the way in which we share plinths, lights, projectors, etc.

in the process, i've discovered joel and his excellent blog on developing/program managing/site building. it's all kinda dry, but this gem amongst a sample spec for a web-based time site was the perfect start to a monday morning:

splash screen
An annoying, gratuitous Shockwave animation that plays stupid music and drives everyone crazy.

lmao. seriously.

in other news, turns out that blogging and reading ender's game has been good preparation for this task: writing in plain english and building consensus. oh yeah.