Time rolls on…

As I sit here fretting over the information architecture of the new and hopefully improved After the Mouse site I find myself wondering how far I should go. How many levels of information do we need and how searchable do they need to be?

So I am sat here at my desk on a quiet day in the office with entirely too much time on my hands wondering about the site. More specifically the usability of the site. I would like the members to be able to search out friends and colleges through a variety of methods by name, where the worked, the year they worked together etc.

You see having this site work well and it be successful as a point of contact for fellow Disney Cast Members is important to me, I want… need it to work. I have been playing with this idea in various forms for the last 8 years or so. Firstly with the dlpcastmembers.4t.com and later with mouse.nodstrum.com so I am hoping that using a dynamic, database driven site that the community can grow itself and I can concentrate on managing the look, feel and style of the community… one day soon…