hey, i'm glad peeps think it's a good idea, because i think it's a great idea!
(i would have elaborated more last night but it was late and i was sleeeepy)
i realise it will be a shit-ton of work, but i work at home as a graphic designer and i have quite a bit of downtime, so until it got so big that i couldn't handle it alone, i would have plenty of time to devote to it. of course if anyone wanted to donate their time to search for goodies, it would obviously be very gratefully appreciated!
i'm not sure i want to do anything like rating freesites, it's more of a nice showcase and like, a finds site i suppose, which is sorta why i was a little worried it might be a bit redundant, considering forums and stuff do finds and updates. this would be different because it wouldn't just be site updates, it would be content from all over in the pictures, not just from one site.
i picture it being really slick, professional looking, - because as SparklePlenty says, a lot of sites out there look like shit (not to berate any of the site owners, i understand that not everyone has the skills in that area, and thats fine!) and it would be really nice to have their great content displayed in such a way that well, it doesn't look shit, haha.
I'm thinking that it would be a monthly thing, because i'd want to have a good amount of time to put together some nice shots, and gather great content (which wouldn't be particularly hard since there is sooo much!) and i think it would end up being quite a cool resource - specifically with the downloadable pdfs - which would also include links since you can include live links in a pdf, so it would be just the same as online. after a few months of this you'd have like a wee e-book with sweet content, and if you didn't download something from previous months you can just go back and look through your editions and grab it the next month or whenever, you know?
i'll have an invitation for freesite owners to contact me with their items, it'll end up being pretty good advertising for their sites i think!
shit i'm sorry about the freakin novel here dudes...
lol
oh here's one of my pictures i have already - sort of the direction i'm going in
everything in this kitchen came from a free site or maxis!
i am excited about my little project, hehe