Before deciding what should be on the front page one question to ask is, what reaction do you want the new visitors to have when landing on it? If it is “Whoa, cool stuff, gotta read that, click on this, watch that other thing scroll by”, then the current web 0.9 style is out of the question.
For example, select discussion threads might roll along in a twitter/IM style tape, a small window with a youtube video of the best SIAI presentations can be prominently visible, a tempting invitation to solve a cognitive science riddle should beacon, etc.
Before deciding what should be on the front page one question to ask is, what reaction do you want the new visitors to have when landing on it? If it is “Whoa, cool stuff, gotta read that, click on this, watch that other thing scroll by”, then the current web 0.9 style is out of the question.
For example, select discussion threads might roll along in a twitter/IM style tape, a small window with a youtube video of the best SIAI presentations can be prominently visible, a tempting invitation to solve a cognitive science riddle should beacon, etc.