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NaNoWriMo 2019

Just got the notification from the folks behind National Novel Writing Month that they've redesigned their web site, and now want to prod me into participating starting like right now. Since I still hang onto some fond memories of NaNoWriMo before they became a huge soulless money-making machine and major pimp for every bad overpriced how-to writing software peddler in the universe -- not that I'm bitter or anything -- I went and had a look.

The new version is okay, I guess. It looks like a giant bunch of cell phone screens (and weirdly, kind of like Twitter), which I assume was the point of the revamp. The youngsters will probably love it, but there's zero appeal for me. Less than zero. I kind of hate them now. Also, and this is the old lady in me for sure, I'm tired of having to relearn how to use a web site when there was nothing wrong with the old version whatsoever.

I think I can actually talk about writing here on the secret blog, as no one has found it yet. :) I'd like to do some for fun before the end of the year; it's really going to depend on how busy I am with work. Also, how tired I am once I get to November. But I'm not sure I want to go near the NaNoWriMo site again. I should be nice and graceful and just let them get on with evolving into another Twitter or whatever.

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nightsmusic said…
I haven't been on since the new site design took place and now, I can't even get on. All I keep getting is this: This site can’t provide a secure connectionwww.nanowrimo.org uses an unsupported protocol.
ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH
So who knows what's going on. Maybe the interwebs don't like the new design either...
September 18, 2019 at 6:24 AM
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