tubGoat

I can't remember the first Web site I built, but like many aging hipsters, I was inspired by Justin's Links from the Underground. The idea that anyone could instantly publish anything to the entire world was an exciting idea at the time; those of us who worked for Internet publishing companies had high hopes for the many ways in which this revolutionary new medium would radically change global culture.

Fifteen years later and we've got instantaneous feeds of Britney's crotch shots, brain damaged felines by the millions, and all the free goat pr0n we can download. I guess I'd call that a win.

I've had this idea of setting up a site where a small group of invited creative and tech types could post their stuff for anyone to look at and for each other to comment on and make fun of (let's face it, if you got the balls to post poetry online, you have to be able to take crap for it) for a long time now, but I've just been too lazy busy with work and family to get it off the ground. Then came Drupal and here we are.

Here in the beginning, the invitees are trusted friends from ZUG, as these are the people with whom I have the most online interaction and who I know have talent--at the very least in the field of literature.* If tubGoat takes off and there is more interest from outside that group, we will develop policies for inviting new members.

But it's not just for lyrics, etchings, and macrame. I'm also looking for a few good geeks and designers who want to show off their m4d w38 h4xx0r 5k33|z. Since I plan on keeping it relatively clean here (yeah, I know--with a name like tubgoat, this place just screams class), this site could hopefully be put on a resume of a programmer or designer, and they could place their name as prominently as they want, rant in their tubGoat blog about how great their kung fu is or whatever.

I have no desire to be an Internet personality, nor do I feel a need to make money off of this site. It's just here because I still carry some of that hope that Justin and all us old Web farts had all them years ago. ...you can practically taste the patchouli, can't you?

This is a work in progress. See the TubGoat Matters forum for what is needed to make this project something more than lame.

Welcome. I hope you find some stuff you like. If not, I can point you toward some quality goat pr0n.

As for the name: If you have to ax, you're better off not knowing.

_{* If you call figuring out new ways to fool people into looking at lemonparty, making fun of cripples, and finding creative ways to rephrase "SUYT," literature, we'll all get along just fine.}