Avatar Update
I've gotten a ton of feedback on my avatar, some of it critical.
The main complaints were the audio which I turned off the first day it was up and the generally creepy nature of the thing which I am not going to change right now because I like it.
The audio is back, but this time with a play button. If you want to hear the avatar speak, hit the play button.
I've also figured out how to change the background which reflects the fact that I am in Portland Oregon today.
I intend to keep playing with this thing and hopefully putting it elsewhere on the web like my myspace page, my last.fm page, my linked in page, etc. I'll let you know how it goes.
lol yeah it is a novelty addin. Though I think it's like all the old "lets add this to our webpage cos it looks cool". e.g. you wouldn't put lots of flashing animations, automatically playing music, popups etc onto a professional webpage these days.
So I think these things will just go the same way. Just shove a headshot pic of yourself... it'll look a lot less "creepy" :)
cheers
nathan
Posted by: Nathan Waters | April 04, 2006 at 02:20 AM
I love it. I think the play button was a good idea. Of course when I get mine, he'll insult you and make you wish you hadn't gone to my blog in the first place - but hey - that's just me.
Posted by: jackson | April 04, 2006 at 08:04 AM
I think they are weird, scary-creepy and borderline annoying.
However, I always click on those Site Pal things. It's pretty impressive for something that you can customize in just a few minutes.
I am going to have the players on my hockey team (I coach 8th graders) check it out and get some feedback. I have a feeling that they'd dig this stuff.
Posted by: Rick | April 04, 2006 at 08:48 AM
Creepy is good. Keep it up there. How can I make one for free?
Posted by: Tony Alva | April 04, 2006 at 09:08 AM
Totally creepy...especially the way they captured your bangs.
Posted by: Jerry | April 04, 2006 at 09:34 AM
Creepy... but interesting. Funny, I randomly ran across another Sitepal over at Ridgecrest Weather Services web site. It reads you their local weather forecast.
Posted by: dano | April 04, 2006 at 02:33 PM
Doesn't work for me - seems expensive too. Blogs are to hear your real personality so a comic drawing takes something away.
Posted by: howard Lindzon | April 04, 2006 at 04:34 PM
hmmm i think its okay .. very borderline .. i tried doing one formyself ... but i couldnt get one even close to looking like me !
Posted by: simon | April 04, 2006 at 06:20 PM
definitely freaking me out.
Posted by: Charlie Crystle | April 05, 2006 at 07:46 AM
sorry, coudn't resist:
http://www.hive7.com/fredw/office
Posted by: MaxS | April 05, 2006 at 08:26 PM
Coudn't resist: http://www.hive7.com/fredw/office
Posted by: MaxS | April 05, 2006 at 08:30 PM