stephen black's blog

1. Create a notification system so that bloggers know when a comment has been written specifically in response to one of their articles. If I hear that fathead Stephen Black again complain about how he has to scroll through every article to see if any new comments were added, I am going to scream. Doesn't that guy ever shut up? Man oh man...

2. Get back to that Bill Gates guy..who is he and why does he keep calling?

Hmmm.. I was very surprised to learn that today my article reached number one on digger, according to Todd. Also according to Todd, the article attracted 1500 visitors and caused the server to stand still. Great for the site, bad for the server.

Um...if my article was responsible for 1500 visitors, why does the counter presently show only 113 people read my article? 

Could someone explain this to me?

1. Stomp out that bug which prevents bloggers from replying to posts.

Presently they can only "preview" and then watch it disappear. That Stephen Black is particularly noisy about this. He also mentioned in that unforgettable post of his that he didn't understand what "parent" and "reply" were on the form which appeared. What an idiot!

2. Make FusePress the best goshdarn place on the web.

3. Get back to work on fixin' that Middle East situation....

Recently I tried to send out an announcement to many of my friends and acquaintances, regarding a movie I am in, as well as some news on gaming classes for children.(See attached)

In doing this I set off Google's spam detector. After a flurry of emails to Google, I did receive a response:

-the limit of emails is 500 per day

-your account will also be frozen if you are sending out a large number of gmails which turn out to be undeliverable.

After an unspecified period, your account will return to normal.

I could not find this information out before the fact.If it happens, there is no pop up warning: you just lose the ability to send.

I presently find myself in a situation in which Google's response to a valid complaint is being defined.

The situation: I seem to have triggered a spam alert and without notice, I am now unable to send anything. No warning was given, nor was there any mention of how I could correct or appeal this error.

I have been online since 1994. I have lived in several cities around the world. As a businessman and an artist, I have collected many names of people who have, by their actions, indicated that they want to know of my activities. I AM NOT A SPAMMER.

In this case, I am starting workshops on photography and gaming for children next month. Announcing my blog as well.Much to my surprise, I am also the lead actor in a film which is being submitted to Cannes. I am surprised because I have never acted before!

Hello

I have been involved with FusePress for a week and I have really enjoyed it. It has been/is an experiment, however. The experiment attempts to answer the question: Why join a group like this?

So, a few notes, in no particular order....

1. I am still unclear as to how WE make money.I know the money goes directly to us from Paypal. I worked my way through that maze and seem to have it working properly.

How does being a part of FusePress increase my earnings? I know Todd is working hard and people are writing, but I don't see how my blog is going to drive "my" readers to the other blogs.

The movie I appeared in will apply for consideration in the Cannes Film Festival, as part of the Director's Fortnight. I have never acted before, so this is quite an experience!

The attachment shows a small image from the film as well as other information on my various projects.

I originally wrote this for The Communicator, the Monthly Journal of the Forum for Corporate Communications an organization based in Tokyo. It was written in 2000 and reviews a presentation by a number of people from Virgin…

   With four dynamic speaker presentations, great music, a standing-room only crowd and excellent food and drink, March’s FCC dinner was one for the books. The topics included: naked shoppers, David vs. Goliath business strategies, sex-in-airplane scandals, internet insider info, the British rail system, punk rock, Austin Powers, AND an invite to crash the Miss Universe Japan party in nearby Harajuku. In short, the evening was as exciting as the Virgin brand.

I originally wrote this for The Communicator, the Monthly Journal of the Forum for Corporate Communications an organization based in Tokyo. It was written in November, 1999 and reviews a presentation by Richard Waller, a Director of Finance for Apple.

this poem premiered at softblow, an online poetry journal(www.softblow.com)

For Arleen Schloss

 “The world is a collage”

This is a poempaintingwordperformancepiece. All of the following words describe scenes. All of these wordscenes contain signs. The signs may not obvious, but they are there. In some cases, there may be a large number of signs, in which case, all are to be included. The colors of the signs, the numbers on the signs and the text and language of the signs are to be emotionally and chaotically combined on one huge imaginary and ever-present canvas, an eternal painting dedicated to Arlene Schloss.