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To Mike and Tyme
Written by Scrivs on October 12, 2007
To Mike and Tyme,
We launched on Tuesday and we haven’t taken a step back since then to reflect what we did. Even worse I have not said my thanks so shame on me.
Mike, you went above and beyond what I thought you were capable of and that is being for real. Somehow you take our vision and make it visually greater than what we set out for it to be in the first place. The design is just nasty hot and you have shown that you truly are one of the best designers on the web.
Tyme it’s a shame that most of the stuff you do doesn’t get seen. Maybe if we had a Tyme ticker page it would work like the stock market and show all the activity you do behind the scenes and people would understand the importance you had to this launch. You kept our focus and gave us the time to do what we needed on the site to get it done. Props to you Black.
Without you two 9rules would only be 99% of what it is now…errr wait, I said that wrong. 9rules wouldn’t even be 1% of what is today. You two made this launch possible and that’s no bullshit. Put your drinks this weekend on the 9rules tab.
Whoever the hell pays for that don’t ask me.
Hugs and Kisses,
Scrivs
October 12th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Well you’re welcome homie.
And just for the record, Paul does a lot of work around here too, but like Tyme it’s also not as visible. He’s the guy that sets up the databases and backend architecture for new features like Clips, Cliques, popularity calculation, the my.9rules Store, most of the Dashboard, the recommendations engine, the Lifestream on my.9r profiles, and lots more. He does the hard stuff (making it work) and I do the easy stuff (pulling it into place and then styling it.) If Paul wasn’t here then 9rules would probably work about as well as Technorati did circa 2005.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Thank you….I told you that already but…thank you.
This morning reminded me of why I think I’d take my job over yours. Very true, sometimes I’m jealous as hell because what I do doesn’t get the “oohh, aaahhh” that you and Mike receive but that “oohh aaahh” is so deserved. It’s easy to come up with ideas but you are the one that makes those ideas happen. Then figures out a way to build on those ideas.
Thank you for your patience and your drive. You are the center and without a strong center….
October 16th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
I think you guys all did an amazing job. Great team work is a triumph in itself.
October 16th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Aww.. This is so so sweet of you Scrivs! But of course, credit goes to ALL three of you. Congratulations on a job well done