Comments on: The Brand New Yahoo-ified Upcoming Has a Few Misfires http://www.ewanspence.com/blog/2007/04/21/the-brand-new-yahoo-ified-upcoming-has-a-few-misfires/ Podcaster, Blogger, Writer, New Media Junkie... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andy Baio http://www.ewanspence.com/blog/2007/04/21/the-brand-new-yahoo-ified-upcoming-has-a-few-misfires/comment-page-1/#comment-81037 Andy Baio Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:50:22 +0000 http://www.ewanspence.com/blog/2007/04/21/the-brand-new-yahoo-ified-upcoming-has-a-few-misfires/#comment-81037 I'm sorry you don't like the new changes. For what it's worth, everything that you see on the site was designed and decided by the exact same small team that's worked on Upcoming for the last three years. I did most of the graphic design, just as I designed the last version. I chose John Martz from Robotjohnny.com to design our new shirts, and liked the result so much that we threw it onto the page announcing the new site. He's not a mascot; just a temporary addition for the announcement. As for the rest of the design, it's always a work in progress. We know the first pass of the new design isn't perfect, just as the last one wasn't. We'll keep making changes based on feedback like yours, but overall, people seem to have loved the changes based on the comments and blog posts I've read. I know it's tempting to blame change on some larger corporate entity, but it's just us. I guess the closest to a mid-life Yahoo! executive at Upcoming is me (I just turned 30 today!). Anyway, thanks for the useful feedback. Some good points in there. I’m sorry you don’t like the new changes. For what it’s worth, everything that you see on the site was designed and decided by the exact same small team that’s worked on Upcoming for the last three years. I did most of the graphic design, just as I designed the last version. I chose John Martz from Robotjohnny.com to design our new shirts, and liked the result so much that we threw it onto the page announcing the new site. He’s not a mascot; just a temporary addition for the announcement.

As for the rest of the design, it’s always a work in progress. We know the first pass of the new design isn’t perfect, just as the last one wasn’t. We’ll keep making changes based on feedback like yours, but overall, people seem to have loved the changes based on the comments and blog posts I’ve read.

I know it’s tempting to blame change on some larger corporate entity, but it’s just us. I guess the closest to a mid-life Yahoo! executive at Upcoming is me (I just turned 30 today!). Anyway, thanks for the useful feedback. Some good points in there.

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