Hey all, I've been wondering how something as complex as the empeg can be made accessible to the average user. How can every step of empeg ownership be made easier over its entire life cycle? The goal is to bring the goodness of empeg to more users. I haven't thought this through completely (which is why I'm posting for thoughts and ideas), but I'm thinking stuff like:
(and if this stuff exists, please point me to it)
(and as I'm writing this, I'm starting to think "there aren't enough new users to make any of this worth while")

Overview: Pulling it ALL together:
There's so many empeg resources. I've been moderately active in the community for almost a year and a half and I only know so little of it all.
Solution - Create a single site with links to all empeg resources, projects, to-be-created usage FAQ's, etc. Update frequently.

Preparing your mp3 collection for the empeg:
"Tagging all your mp3s" seems to frighten people I tell about the empeg. Is there an easier way?
Solution - Use Tag&Rename to do a simple "folder as album name" and "file as song name" rename work?

Designing playlist structure:
Then there's organization. I obsessed over mine, but what about everone else? Did anyone get by just tossing stuff on their in no real order?
Solution - Use existing folder structure (see above)? SOUP (see below)???

Uploading to the empeg:
Emplode is real easy for me. But what about jemplode and the other upload solutions? What ever are the other upload programs?
Solution - Jemplode SOUPs to auto-create organization based on genre (or something???).

Use in car and in home:
Pretty much easy as-is thanks to button-guide and stuff.
Solution - Link button-guide and to-be-created "manual" from a main site.

Adding software/hardware features:
If an average user is lured to the empeg by the promise of cool features, how can the user find them all?
Solution - Site with overview of currently available software and projects. Volunteers to write docs.

Fixing problems:
FAQ and BBS searches has that covered. And they're easy to find from riocar.org.

What other steps need simplifying?

This is a new thought, so if most of this is totally offbase and stupid, blame it on my "pie in the sky"ness. I'm just brainstorming.
_________________________
-
FireFox31
110gig MKIIa (30+80), Eutronix lights, 32 meg stacked RAM, Filener orange gel lens, Greenlights Lit Buttons green set