We’ve been posting tagboard and vero layouts for 5 years now and with myself and Miro being quiet for a while people have expressed some concern about where the site is going. We have no intention of giving up on DIY but sometimes personal commitments take over and talking from a personal perspective a combination of a trapped nerve, a death in the family and a new job have taken a lot out of me. It was impossible to concentrate like I needed to when I had the trapped nerve and by the time that had cleared up to the point I could, other things came up one after another to the point when the little bit of free time I got I just wanted to relax rather than spend hours squinting at schematics.
But we have built a great community here, something that is emphasised by a quick scan in the forum where some excellent topics are discussed and new circuits developed, with a continually enthusiastic audience. So I think the site deserves a shot in the arm and something to get it moving again, maybe in different directions.
As such myself and Miro have spoken before about having more administrators and authors on the blog and it is with pleasure that we can now introduce Javi (JaviCAP), Zach (rocket88), Travis (Travis) :o), and Alex80 (Alex) as new administrators and authors. All have been active members for a long time now and have helped make the blog and especially the forum a great place to be.
This isn’t necessarily to just add new layouts to the blog because there really isn’t as many to go at now we’ve posted over 800 layouts, but also potentially to move in other directions to appeal to a wider audience. So posts about general DIY, tips and tricks, and other things that will be of interest to people can help liven the place up and give people some interesting opinions to read. There can also never be too many people to answer questions! :o)
So we have increased the numbers by 4 at this stage, but there are a number of other people on the blog and forum who have been great members of the site and contributed massively, and to be honest I am happy to increase the admin numbers more if some other people think they have something they would like to contribute. Be that vero, perf or maybe PCB layouts. General DIY posts? Or what about amps? I’m happy for us to go in whatever direction the members here want, and I’m always available on email if anyone wants a chat about it.
At the end of the day I want us to provide something for everyone interested in DIY am sure that the guys we have asked will help us do that.
Solder on dudes! :o)