RECENT ENTRIES
When Dave and I started this, we felt like there was a 50/50 chance we’d get run out of town. Happily, the opposite happened and we’ve made a ton of new friends, gotten loads of great feedback and support, and found that there is a coalition of people in the Portland design community ready to change things for the better.
I have to admit though, I was a little surprised to get an email from Liza Wolfe last week wanting to get involved in a bigger way with the Noseys. After all, we’re pretty tiny, have no money, and are still making this up everyday. After a few emails back and forth, I met up with Liza last weekend over coffee and found pretty quickly that she shared the same goals for the community that drove Dave and I to make the Noseys in the first place. While Dave and I come from the agency world, Liza comes from the brand side of things, and brings an entirely different perspective.
I’ll let Liza introduce herself, but both Dave and I are super excited at the passion and energy Liza is bringing to the team. So any way – welcome to the Noseys Liza!
@adognamedpants
When I saw the @substance tweet last week about the Likemind gathering, and that they mentioned the Noseys as a topic, it seemed like a great opportunity to talk to some people face to face and get some first hand feedback about this thing. So Friday morning found Dave and I at our first Likemind meet-up at Tiny’s.
The conversation started off around the Noseys, what our plans were for it, what people were thinking of it and so on, but quickly turned to a much broader, and much more interesting topic. Happily acknowledging that neither Dave nor I have any concrete plan for the mechanics of the Noseys, talk went to what might a different sort of award show look like? What exactly ‘different’ meant seemed to be up for debate, but there was general agreement that the structure of the traditional show left little for any of us to get excited about. With only vague notions of exactly what was being rewarded, and even less information about the process that goes into judging the winners, the relative value of awards seemed lacking with the crowd. While the one thing that has always been part of the design of the Noseys was that the public would choose the winner, I still find myself wanting more, and any discussion of alternative ideas helped.
I felt the most interesting and important part of the discussion came late in the meetup: the idea of establishing a week long festival of synchronized events around the city. Obviously we didn’t get down to details, but what makes me really excited about this idea is that while there have been really successful, independent functions all year, organizing them creates a more important event that might actually draw people in from outside Portland and shine a little more light on the talent and opportunities that reside here.
I don’t know where this is all going to go, or how it might impact the Noseys, but we’ve always been about more than an awards show. Our goal has always been to challenge Portland’s creative community to do more and be more than we have been. The idea that an event of this nature and this importance could come out of the community rather than an organization is tremendously energizing to me. What ever happens, this feels like the very beginning of something, and if the Noseys can be any part of that I’ll feel like we did what we set out to do.
@adognamedpants
So, we’ve been thinking about the actual competition part of this whole thing and a couple things have come up that we’d like to get your input on. The first is Flickr. I love it as a theory, but I’m not sure how it’s working out for everyone. One thing we’re especially concerned about is voting. Leaving comments will work, but I’m not sure that’s the best way to handle things.
So what are your thoughts on this?
I’d love to have something ala the Webby’s, but neither of us are programmers, so that might be wishful thinking. Anyway, here are my personal criteria for this system:
1. It should be easy to enter.
2. It should be easy for you promote your entry.
3. It should be easy to vote.
So let us know. Also, if you have insights into a system we should be using, let us know.
The second thing we’ve been thinking about is categories. Should we have them? I personally am leaning toward yes for this reason: is it fair to compare a poster to say, a website? It might be, but I’m not sure. And if we do need categories, should they be broad or focused? I have some thoughts on all this, but I want to hear what you think.
Also, check this out: I’m totally writing this from the car on my way to the beach! OMG! the fuuutttuurreee!!!
@adognamedpants
First and foremost, thank you to everybody who has joined in this overall
conversation. Neither of us knew exactly where this was heading when we
launched the Noseys; however, it clearly has gone in multiple unexpected
directions. Our hope is that we all emerge a stronger community out of the
dialogue that has started in the past month.
We’ve taken some time to put a bit more structure behind this site. As has
been noted, we’re still two guys doing this in off-hours – so please bear
with us as things evolve. We’ll be using this blog as a forum for things
beyond 140 characters.
Of course, we’re open to any and all discussion. We’re looking forward to
finding out where this is all going. Please join in as your time allows.
@adognamedpants