Icons (21 DW ?)

10. Tell me about your default icon. and 10. Pick 10 random icons from your userpics and tell me about them.

Default icon

You know how, people in the mid-90s were very, very, very excited about the fact that, on the internet, nobody knows you're a dog, and that means the Internet will be a better place, kumbaya? It turns out that what they meant was, "On the Internet, everyone's an able-bodied white American straight cisdude until proven otherwise, which gives me license to be a sexist, racist douche all the time." So, I started making my default icons women of color. Finally, I found a cartoon iconmaker I liked and retired the old Jill Scott one, because I don't look like Jill Scott, but I also do not want my picture taken. Like, ever. I liked this icon maker because I was able to make a somewhat stocky icon (it could be fatter to be more accurate), and I could make it NOT SMILE, and adjust the size of the boobs (which you can't see anymore with the double-venus, but they're big. And they had multiple shades of brown for the skin! The only thing discomfiting is that all of the free backgrounds from that time were terrible, and this outdoor scene was probably the least terrible, but there's a cross in the background. I may have to cover that up in the GIMP one of these days.

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11. What features do you think Dreamwidth should have that it doesn't currently? (27 DW ?)

I think better multimedia integration and the bookmarks retool are the most essential ones. But basically, I agree with helens78 and facetofcathy.

I feel like I should be able to think of some other really, really awesome thing, but other than, "What if I could put money where my mouth was for development of features I want? Like, how much would it cost to pay for a week of work on bookmarks, really?" and "Wouldn't it be great if Dreamwidth could make me a sandwich? And a chocolate shake?" everything I want is here or on the radar.

OKAY, wait! I have thought of one. Better twitter integration, so people stop posting their summaries of their twitter postings to the reading page. :(

Also, someone else asked for better sharing. I think that would be good. I don't want reblogging, but it would be nice to be able to easily point people at someone else's dreamwidth entry, either in a DW post or in twitter or tumblr.

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