We Rule And You Know It

Welcome to spectacular. Welcome to a completely updated version of MatthewGood.org that you, the user, can customize. From collapsible sidebar menus – yes we have a sidebar now – to the new ‘drag and drop’ feature that allows you to arrange the sidebar to your liking, saving your personal preferences for the next time you visit.

Some things haven’t changed, many have. Upon closer examination you’ll notice that a variety of new content has also been added, such as all new desktops, new free downloads, a new archival infrastructure, a section dedicated to activism, and site updates that appear directly on the sidebar itself.

One of the most important changes is that the website now allows you to view it in two different modes. One is the standard blog presentation, which is the default setting. The other is the Lifestream setting that allows you to view constantly updating information from a variety of sources including del.icio.us, flickr, Twitter, and new site content. To view the Lifestream format, simply navigate to the top left corner of the page and click the ‘Lifestream’ link.

For those of you that aren’t registered members of the website, to use the audio/video player, the forums, the Community IM, and to access downloads and desktops, you will have to sign up for an account. It’s free and only takes a few minutes. Just navigate to the top right of the page and click register and follow the instructions.

For those of you wondering how to manipulate the new sidebar, there is a brief video presentation in the sidebar (we did our best to make it fun and educational) linked at the top of it that walks you through it.

As for the rest, just spend some time messing around with things and bask in the glory that is us.

The website header is not an active link. To return to the site’s main page, simply click the Main link in the top left hand corner of the page.

MatthewGood.org Version 3.0

Design: Matthew Good
Development: Dale Mugford
Special thanks to script.aculo.us and Lifestream.



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49 Comments

  1. young305 Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 1:40 pm Reply to this comment

    I knew you guys would buckle and get a sidebar…ha..

    Looks nice though; I was totally caught off guard.

  2. young305 Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 1:44 pm Reply to this comment

    also…the video was hilarious….I damn near hit the floor.

  3. iknowmychicken Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 1:49 pm Reply to this comment

    hahahahaha that video made me laugh heartily. For that, I thank you.

  4. Ugly Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 1:52 pm Reply to this comment

    Safari blows. This can be evidenced by the Stream Icon having a column of a lighter shade of grey behind it in the masthead, and it’s also being all cuddly-like with the text. In Firefox, however, it shows up perfectly!

    HA HA HA.

    Matty also used to plug FF like crazy, and I bet he was the dealer to many of the current FF users here (me included). But I guess he’s, like, ABOVE IT now, so WHATEVER. Snobs.

    :oD

  5. Dale Mugford Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 1:57 pm Reply to this comment

    An update for anyone who’s tried to access the downloads or desktops and has been met with missing goods or errors- they’re fixed now.

  6. A.J.Rowley Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 2:02 pm Reply to this comment

    Best instructional video ever. You should totally franchise out a series.

  7. bunster10 Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 2:04 pm Reply to this comment

    Whoah! Step away from the keyboard for a few moments and the whole world changes.

    Cool. :)

  8. ErikH Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 2:05 pm Reply to this comment

    Woo! I love the new digs!

  9. dwf Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 2:07 pm Reply to this comment

    It takes a while for the white background to kick in… strange. Is it an image?

    Also ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sidebar

  10. Ugly Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 2:07 pm Reply to this comment

    I’m just razzin’ ya, Dude.

    (It really is different on mine, though - that I’m using (read: financially stuck with) Panther may have something to do with it? I know I’ve got all the Panther/Safari updates in there.)

    It’s OK.

  11. Dale Mugford Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 2:10 pm Reply to this comment

    Ugly, could be a color management issue. Different profiles show slight variations in colour dfferently.

    dwf - we’ve still got some optimizations to do, which will speed things up a it.

  12. Winterlong Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 2:28 pm Reply to this comment

    Bhahaahahahahahahahaha!
    My mother was sitting behind me talking in my ear and I wasn’t listening because your video was playing, and I wanted to crap my pants! Hahahahahahahahahahaha!

  13. Duane Storey Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 2:45 pm Reply to this comment

    Looks great guys…

  14. andrewcrone Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 2:50 pm Reply to this comment

    I hope that song is on the new album…

  15. Brent Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 2:58 pm Reply to this comment

    I’m not one for awards shows but if that instructional song does not win a Juno I’m gonna lose it.

  16. handles Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 3:16 pm Reply to this comment

    great work guys…. very nice… man…I was here last night and none of this had gone down… I think it was last night….

  17. angelboo Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 3:30 pm Reply to this comment

    Awesome changes, very shocking at first.. thought I was on the wrong site for a second!

    I loved the instructional video, hilarious…I am so glad I can close and open close and open, drag and drop!!! ; )

  18. mmaw Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 3:40 pm Reply to this comment

    I’ve had Born Losers happily stuck in my head lately, now I have that demo song stuck instead. As funny as it is, I need to play the single again quickly.

    The site looks great, scared me a bit when I reloaded and it popped up revamped …

  19. verbing the noun Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 3:59 pm Reply to this comment

    Oh wow, we are no longer boring.org!

  20. nico Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 4:01 pm Reply to this comment

    the demo video so just made my day…

  21. Beth Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 4:44 pm Reply to this comment

    Bwahaha. Love the Drag and Drop song.

  22. deb Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 5:02 pm Reply to this comment

    My God, that was your best song ever.

  23. andkatewaslike Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 5:25 pm Reply to this comment

    that video…was amazing.

  24. D. Lilly Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 5:50 pm Reply to this comment

    A side bar??!?!?!?! That’s SO April

  25. J. Canuck Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 6:37 pm Reply to this comment

    I love that the two early tracks when loaded into iTunes have the genre listing as “Awesome”. :)

  26. Walking Catastrophe Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 7:23 pm Reply to this comment

    That instructional video was friggin’ hilarious! First, I was caught totally off guard by the new look of the site, and then when I clicked on the video, I couldn’t stop laughing! Thanks for all of the dedication and hard work, and for cheering me up!

  27. Pete Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 7:53 pm Reply to this comment

    looks pretty cool…it’s going to take a while to get used to

  28. Glass Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 8:02 pm Reply to this comment

    Matt, how’d you keep a straight face while you were putting that little video together?
    I would’ve cracked up about halfway through and there would’ve been no way in hell I’d be able to continue.

  29. generalzyx Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 8:39 pm Reply to this comment

    Very nice. The only teeny criticism I have is that I wouldn’t put the feed icon right next to “Logout.”

  30. sitarrats Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 8:54 pm Reply to this comment

    Jesus, Left Of Normal songs.

  31. emu Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 8:59 pm Reply to this comment

    Wow that video was hilarious. I actually laughed out loud, hard.

    I like how you can just turn off your singing ability and do straight-up bad karaoke. So freaking funny!

  32. grub Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 9:24 pm Reply to this comment

    new look is nice, i like it.

    noticed a bad link: the 1440×900 version of the ‘dopple’ desktop, http://www.matthewgood.org/media/desktops/1440×900/dopple1440×900.zip gives a 404

  33. Dale Mugford Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 9:28 pm Reply to this comment

    Fixed… : )

  34. jennifa Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 10:49 pm Reply to this comment

    Wow… you guys are the *spectaculizers*

  35. patrick.lortie Says:
    June 10th, 2007 at 11:53 pm Reply to this comment

    Great video. Simply great. Other than that hate the sidebar. HATE IT! So freakin pointless! ARGH! That was my rant of the evening.

  36. failingnormal Says:
    June 11th, 2007 at 12:17 am Reply to this comment

    Oh, Patrick:

    How can you hate it? You can open and close and drag & drop & EVERYTHING!!! Plus, you can save your settings!

  37. bunster10 Says:
    June 11th, 2007 at 2:46 am Reply to this comment

    Bwahahaha!!

    I’m so lame.. I just found and watched the video… That tune isn’t going into the new album??

  38. infinitelyabsurd Says:
    June 11th, 2007 at 3:14 am Reply to this comment

    You guys rule indeed. Great looking revamp, as usual.

  39. Swordfish Says:
    June 11th, 2007 at 3:32 am Reply to this comment

    Can’t help but say I like the style of the old webpage better.

    But everything takes a while to get used to I guess. And the adaptability of the sidebar sounds awesome.

  40. Monkey Says:
    June 11th, 2007 at 5:56 am Reply to this comment

    I went away for a day and the whole world changed. At first I thought I was imagining things because it was late and I was drunk. Surreal.

    Anyhow, you guys are pretty darn fancy.

    I can’t wait to download new/old songs.

    Instructional video very, very funny…AND informative! I especially admire the piano work.

  41. bakonbitzz Says:
    June 11th, 2007 at 7:06 am Reply to this comment

    Phenomenal. Not to sound like a dork, but what CSS resources do you refer to? The drag-and-drop is fantastic.

  42. aketch Says:
    June 11th, 2007 at 7:53 am Reply to this comment

    While I do enjoy the sidebar and the video that goes with it, I was really digging the last site design, but I’m sure this will grow on me as new layouts usually do!

  43. Radiobomb Says:
    June 11th, 2007 at 8:26 am Reply to this comment

    I think the instructional video needs a sequel…

  44. whoisqaz Says:
    June 11th, 2007 at 8:48 am Reply to this comment

    booo to sidebars
    yeah to demo vid
    booo to IE7
    yeah to HM cover art
    booo
    yeah
    thats enough

  45. miss lisa Says:
    June 11th, 2007 at 6:42 pm Reply to this comment

    gorgeous layout, I love love love it.

  46. ??? Says:
    June 11th, 2007 at 8:31 pm Reply to this comment

    Eh, it’s been done.

  47. soxie Says:
    June 12th, 2007 at 3:40 am Reply to this comment

    Where are all the pictures? I miss the dogs! Otherwise this is pretty cool.

  48. Lifestream Posts & Pages for June 13, 2007 | Lifestream Blog Says:
    June 13th, 2007 at 4:46 pm Reply to this comment

    [...] Mathew Good has re-designed his site giving prominence to his Lifestream as well as creating some pretty cool collapsible menus. [...]

  49. michamacki Says:
    June 19th, 2007 at 4:43 pm Reply to this comment

    Where is the video?



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