I need an “Oh this sucks” department. I stepped up and paid my dollars to participate in the Virtual Body Mind Soul Expo event, listed in the travel schedule. Worked with the company before – like the people – generally, like the shows, &c.
It was also more a promotional stab on my part rather than a serious effort to separate people from large sums of money. The "e-commerce" arm of www.kramerwetzel.com/ is in charge of that.
First was fight with file formats then fight with video, then realize that my web-can won’t upload to their website: bonus! Twenty minute streaming video-blog next week. No, none of that is upsetting. None of this is really a problem, I’m sure they’ve got bigger fish with more problems and I’m ahead of the curve on some of their tech issues – I’ve been streaming video for close to a decade, in various forms. No, that’s not what got to me.
History: I worked a 900 line, back in the day, which was good, because I got paid to learn. Then, too, I was sort of picky, I wouldn’t try and keep them hanging on for hours, learned how to master the ten-minute reading. But in the beginning, I spent many long nights waiting on the phone lines to light up. That’s what this was like. Waiting, watching, seeing if there’s a tickle on the screen. Nope, just a fly, not someone in the chat room.
I was going to order pizza, but I dug around and found some crackers in the cupboard. Have to do for now.
NB: (Nota Bene – note well):
The habit (cowl) doesn’t make the monk: cucullus non facit monachum.
The dude abides.
Design note:
Above or below the fold.
What makes Kramer's "Fishing Guide to the Stars," www.kramerwetzel.com/, so special? It's like, German engineering, look at his name. It's homespun, look at where he's from, it's literate, and yet, unwashed, too. A little metal, a little punk, kind of country, maybe folk. It's unlike any other horoscopes you'll ever read. That much, that's a fact.
www.kramerwetzel.com/, it's not about problem solving, it's about solving problems.
Writing about Writing:
Dangerous, at best, but with enough of a canon available online and for free, I’m not too worried about credentials. There was a Washington Post article, long one, and around the 5th page, there was an interesting notation, most comics have a three-year life. After that, the story and gags are all about the same.
Combine that idea with the above the fold, which is where I was urged to place advertising, scroll, don’t scroll, and how to pay for it all. I have no problem dropping ads into the blog. This is free-form. Use at your own risk. The problem comes from the ever-so-much-more sought out horoscopes. The paid stuff? There is one (small) PSA. That’s about it. Trying the opposite.
