Friday, January 21, 2011

Caution... Parkers At Work

**a note from Chad...

Busy, busy, busy!  No other word for it.  The problem is, not much of the busyness has to do with writing daily posts for the blog.  

Even though, in our own minds maybe, we haven't been as active as we would have liked to have been this week, I certainly haven't been resting.  I've in fact been very busy with "techy" stuff.   

Unless you're actively involved with setting up and maintaining websites, it might not make a lot of sense, but even something as simple as Blogger can take up an inordinate amount of time.  Things don't work out the way you want, don't look right, etc.  

But we have been good this week and have added some things you might not notice that we can bring to your attention and prove to you that we have in fact been good boys and have been working!
  • Our Kollected Karacters page continues to grow.  We have a whopping three(!) pictures now.  BUT, we also have dozens we've been editing and preparing to get out in the weeks ahead.  Some of them are really fun, and vintage, and we can't wait to show you.
  • We added the Bucket List to the top of the website so we can keep tabs on our Disneyland progress as the year goes on
  • We've added email!  Something that's been on the back-burner for a while, but you can now email us from our "Who Are We?" page.  Not a big deal, but it did take a little bit of time to get set up and figure out.  
  • I am working on our first podcast.  It's slow going, though.  Takes time to figure these things out, but I'm inching ahead slowly but surely.
  • And tons of little cosmetic and coding things you'll probably never even notice or find, but they're there and they took plenty of time to do
So there's a few things to munch on.  

What I've been most busy with, however, is working with Jason (OHatDL.com) and Rosemary (FindingMickey.com) on our network -- consider this my official announcement I guess.  We've pooled our resources and created a one-stop shop for some of our favorite Disneyland content out there; our DLR Network (DLRN).


It's something we began talking about near the end of last year (after a few sessions in The Park together) and we've been working hard on it ever since.  We created it primarily as a way to support each other in our work, and as a way to allow us to more easily interact with everyone who reads our sites, both on the web and physically.  

In fact, this weekend we are having our first In Park activity, a tweet-up!  And, there's a ton of people going!  Well, more then we envisioned at first, I think.  So far 28 have confirmed attendance, and another 9 "maybe".  That seems pretty good to us.  We'd love to have you come out and visit with us!  You can get more information about the event and RSVP on the DLRN website, or at the top of our site here.  Come on out!  It's looking like it's going to be a great time.

I supposed I've waxed poetic enough.  But I do think it's important to let you guys know what's going on here from to time.  A lot of work is put into all of this by a lot of people who really appreciate all of you guys.  

Party on.


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