Terry, I've had some ideas about making this place more popular, but have hesitated to offer the ideas until we are a little more ready for a crowd. I've had some pretty good success with promoting my own sites (cool site mentions from HotWired, Microsoft Network, Prodigy, Yahoo, Excite, CSotD)
and have even taught a seminar about web site promotion for Bluemarble. Also spent 15 years in PR.
One thing I can do is revitalize my nap advocacy site
http://www.bluemarble.net/~amyloo/wno.html
, which is not fully functioning right now; I have all but abandoned it since getting on this P&P kick. I could invite visitors to come over here and talk about naps.
I have some ideas about other less general -- w-a-a-a-y less general --- topics because I think esoteria is the charm of the web. Look how narrow addicts to one mini series is, as a topic. But it bring like people together. New members say things like, "Thank God. I am not alone.
I know I have had at least a dozen ideas for new conferences but can't call them all up at the moment. Here is one:
- A platform wars plug-in for any usenet group, email or web discussion group. Promote it as the place to which people wanting to argue (about, say PC vs Mac or Unix vs anything else) should be sent so as not to poison otherwise friendly communities.