It always makes me a bit sad when any site is taken offline. I haven't even heard of Simple Desks before, but it still makes me sad that it is gone.<p>Destroying bits is so darn easy, that people do it too much. I don't delete emails (my spamfilter might delete, I don't). Once in a while it's nice to see what you were up to 5 years ago.<p>My personal homepage is still running. I haven't updated it in many many years, but it still there. Occasionally my friends and I check some photos from there that I posted almost 10 years ago. And I regret that I have deleted all previous version of my homepage.<p>And it was a sad day when GeoCities was taken offline.<p>Sure, if keeping your site up and running (even in read-only) costs too much, it's ok to shut it down. But please, try to save as much of the current Internet as you can so our children can see its history.
So you shut down a tumblr hosted site that didn't cost you anything to run except for time - and now all of us who had never heard of it before can't even see the content that used to exist. I'm glad you are doing something better with your time that you will find more fulfilling - but I think it's a shame you went this route.
You shut it down because nobody should give a fuck about it, yet you tell us what computer you used to develop your website? I don't get it!<p>Also, don't you feel a bit selfish for removing something that other people obvious find value in from the Internet?
apparent update:<p>"Back, and better than ever January 20th, 2012. Many thanks to Pat Dryburgh for his excellent work over the years. Unfortunately, he has chosen to end this venture. We think that is a great shame, and we've decided to bring it back, but in a different form. When we relaunch on January 20th, Simple Desks will return with a more substantial aim: to provide food for thought on the subjects of productivity, minimalism and design and technology (along with some occasionally unrelated musings). We hope you'll join us. In the mean time, we suggest you read Pat's excellent blog post (patdryburgh.com) on his decision. We hope to avoid some of the issues he raises with the new incarnation of Simple Desks."<p><a href="http://simpledesks.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">http://simpledesks.tumblr.com/</a>
I can relate to this so well. I've mentioned previously on this site that frankly I find much of the beauty and inspiration you can find on the web completely empty and meaningless. Technologists love to talk about the social impact the web is having and how it's going to change the world for the better (things which are undoubtedly true), but so much of it is so superficial that I can't help but think about what we're losing at the same time.
So I appreciate that it's your site and you have the right to do whatever you want with it, but isn't it a tad arrogant to judge what other people may or may not get out of it? To call it "porno" is to make a big assumption of what people are using your site for. And even if most people <i>are</i> just gawking at pretty pictures, isn't it a bit much for only <i>you</i> to decide whether it's a net positive or negative on the world?<p>It reminds me of the whole "_why" thing. It's totally your right to stop hosting content, but it's also a bit rude.
You can still see all the work via google images: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=simple+desks+on+tumblr&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=16979l20448l1l20522l13l9l2l2l2l0l182l985l2.6l11l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&biw=1520&bih=683&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=_7YAT-e2JMqQiAL1h4WkDg" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=simpl...</a>
I'm glad you found something more fulfilling to do with your time, but that doesn't mean the Simple Desks idea was trivial, or on par with a porn site. I'm certain that many people can appreciate the ideal workspace setups of others, and yet it's not like something we would be fapping to. Honestly, I'm sad I didn't get a chance to really see the site before it got taken down.
Link to the original site: <a href="http://simpledesks.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">http://simpledesks.tumblr.com/</a><p>It looks like someone has taken over. I'm glad, because it's a shame to shut something down that people enjoy, but you shouldn't feel <i>forced</i> to work on a side project.<p>I wish you luck, and here's to hoping your future endeavors bring a bit more satisfaction.
Well since it paid, why not sell it, or give it to someone who will run it. I check Freshome almost daily. You can say looking at other people's home is pointless specially expensive ones because most readers will never live in such a house. However some people may just find it joyful. Just check your logs and see the ten most frequent visitors, ask a couple of them to run it.
Well, I have no idea who you are and what pages you are shutting down. Of course I wish you the best for your future. That being said:<p>"The real question is, who gives a fuck?"