Yet another......<A href="http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/contribute/">content mngmnt system</A>? you can <A href="http://www.macromedia.com/software/contribute/productinfo/features/">take the tour</A>.........wow; waaaaaay not SIMPLE! No price yet, but you can be pretty sure it's more than <A href="http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/">DW</A>, which is 400 clams! (No secret I'm not a big MacroMedia fan...) Come to think of it, this system is really damn flawed, from what I can tell...the content producers see the actual page layout? Why? Why don't they just have a form for each type of content they produce? Hmmm...I'm always asking rhetorical questions about the way I'm going to do <A href="http://swm.danielsjourney.com">SWM</A> aren't I? ...<A href="http://paolo.evectors.it/ideaTools/">and another</A>. This one runs on <A href="http://www.userland.com/">Frontier, which is way more than Manila</A>, which seems like a great CMS. Lesson, don't build yer CMS on someone else's big-ass product. Another interesting thing about this one--they use Radio to weblog. 19DesignDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishNote to SelfSWM desktop gets two different versions: design and contrib. Contrib just gets data view and update forms. But most important is a "sync" feature, getting all the latest content from the server at the start, then again when publishing, to make sure you don't write over some other contrib'rs update. Only what if both contrib'rs update at the same exact second? Maybe limit concurrent FTP'rs to 1 or just take the risk (the update will still be current on the contrib'rs local machine, so the only "bug" would be they would have to hit "publish" again). 18DesignDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishI commented on <A href="http://www.jordoncooper.sk.ca/2002_11_01_archives.html#85657695">this post</A> of Jordon's. M says I was too harsh; I hope he understands my winkie-winks. 17ElsewhereDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishSo much to learn......so much to even keep up with...<A href="http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/index.jsp?date=20021110#133648">Beattie said it well</A>. I may update this thread as I deal with it all myself... 16DesignDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishor in this case, lack thereofI'm having a hard time finding good stories lately. I don't know, maybe I'm pickier or something. Last four movies I saw, for example: The Transporter--and action film, no story, no story expected, no biggie; and damn good action so there u go White Oleander--can't put my finger on it, but I didn't like this story; it's not the story itself, but the way it was told...just didn't work for some reason; also, on another note, I think Michelle Pheiffer (sp?) was the hottest actress in movies until she succumbed to the Hollywood plastic surgery machine and now she looks like she's stuck in a windtunnel. Dammit. Frida--saw this one last night, and I must give it the break that I had high expectations; I normally love movies about artists; but this one wasn't really about her as an artist; but it wasn't really about her as a cripple, or a bisexual, or a betrayed wife either. I'm unsure if another hour would've made it a better movie, a different lead, a different screenplay. Again, I can't put my finger on it. Good but not great. Femme Fatale--last night we were going to "double feature" 8 Mile, but they were checking tickets at the door of the actual theatre, so we went into this one. This one was very weird. It tried to be cul and smart and mess with your head, but again, it just didn't pull it off. Good idea, bad execution. Also, I saw The Shipping News on DVD. Now that's based on a Pulitzer-winning book, so there u go. They could've dealt better with the frontstory in the movie tho, and easily made it an hour longer (and that much better). And books: Requiem--supposedly one of the best non-linear stories, but not only scattered like crazy, where you couldn't keep ahold of one thread until it came back around again, but the actual threads were too weird to have much continuity within themselves. <A href="images/Slide8.JPG">My non-linear story theory</A> is a little bit different. Anne Lamott, Travelling Mercies--was great, really great, for the first .5, then it got more and more whiney until I had to give up about 2-3 chapters from the end. When your wife is truly suffering, in true pain all day long every day, you just can't stand to hear some self-absorbed middle-aged woman go on crying about how her son puts her out or she has bad hairdays sometimes. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things--Ok, two huge caveats (again, sp?) (oh, just found the spelling check in this program...sweet) (I've been spelling it right; and the sp check can't just do one word for you, have to do the whole document, which can be a pain when you misspell cul on purpose)--Ok, 1: I've met the author and heard him speak and I know he's a very cul, humble cat. 2: I'm only .25 the way thru it. But only one thing has happened yet. It reminds me of what Chuck was saying in Lullaby, the best way to forget something is to get lost in the details. Oh yeah, apparently the whole book is only one day. ....But it's ok, all British stories are slow for some reason. Must be the weather. Ok. 15CommentDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishof CitydeskCheck that about 60-80%, it must be categorized... <A href="http://www.fogcreek.com/CityDesk">This thing</A> does about 30% as far as final website functionality (the "article" is the only data type paradigm, and while you could work around it to make it work, it's just not particularly scalable), 60% as far as the desktop piece functionality, but the destop interface itself is really good (read intuitive). Also the 80 clam version is only up to 500 pages, then you have to get the 350 clam version! Yikees! 14DesignDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishNew Digi Camera<img src="images/blue.jpg" alt=""> Got a digital camera this last week. Walked around town one morning testing it out. This one i call Blue. 13ImaginingDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishNote: I've moved off this product and pulled my articles back into my own XML formatI'm testing out <A href="http://www.fogcreek.com/CityDesk/">citydesk</A>, a desktop blogging-type cms from <A href="http://www.fogcreek.com/index.html">fogcreek software</A>. It is about 60% of what I have in mind for <A href="http://www.danielsjourney.com/swm/">SWM</A>...but at 80 bucks a pop pretty steep for what you get. I'll be test driving it for a few days anyway tho. If I had to buy something it would still be <A href="http://radio.userland.com/">Radio</A>....but this interface is about 100% easier to navigate than Radio...but this does less for more money (besides that). (Another caveat {sp?}: I don't like full fledged products to be web-based (like Radio is)...but some people do and that's fine. It's just my preference. I set some goals for SWM and they have been a complete joke. Mentally, I am mostly wasted in anxiety over M (more so than her--but she's mentally wasted from dealing with constant pain). Time-wise, I just have no idea where the time goes, but I can tell you I'm not the most excellent time-manager, and to properly work on coding I really need long periods of total uninterruption. This and a night-owl tendency mean that I normally only get anything done in the one night a week I treat myself to a 2-4am night. "Treat"--yeah, because for the next two days after that I'm wasted. :P I'm pathetic. The main thing I have been doing this last week, tho, was to research all the other products that are out there. It's amazing how hard it is to actually find them all...this one, from a real company for real money..I thought it would be more present in the marketplace, but it is just not. And I have learned something: <A href="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</A> is so popular because it is so damn idiotproof. You don't need to know anything to use it if you set it up on <A href="http://blogspot.blogger.com/">blogspot</A> with a standard template. You can ease yourself into modifying your template or moving off onto your own server. With SWM, those two, at least, will be necessary off the bat. Hopefully down the road we will have partnerships with hosting companies and tons of built in templates for all kinds of content (not just blogs). However it is apparent that this market is about to become totally saturated...just found <A href="http://www.lifli.com/Products/iBlog/main.htm">iBlog</A> today too, for the <A href="http://www.mac.com/">Mac</A> (too bad I don't have one so I can't test drive it), also looks similar to this. So I'm tempering my expectations...and I never had any illusions of building a proper desktop product on my own, I'm dependent on the availability of <A href="http://www.queuing.com/">friends</A> for that...but even with, this is going to be a tough over-sat'd market, and I have no expectations. All that said, I think I am going to develop the biz from within the <A href="http://integration.danielsjourney.com">non-profit</A>, ala <A href="http://www.osafoundation.org/">OSAF</A>, but within the artistic support framework that will be the purpose of the foundation in the first place. And we can provide SWM for free to our artists and other non-profits for their info management and web presentation! I still haven't hashed out the details in my head, even, and if anyone has any info/exp in this area please let me know...all I know is I'm trying to figure out new models of doing economy within the existing one, and I think this non-profit-that-also-provides-something for itself model is a decent one. Just don't know if the laws allow for it at all is all...but OSAF is a good model... Ok. 12DesignDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publish<img src="images/ch911106.gif" align="left">Today I'm a tad frustrated. Frustrated with my inability to organize, my ability to procrastinate, by the number of products that are close enough to compete but not close enough to use and do what I want to do... Obviously I'm still frustrated with health or lack thereof, the medical field in general... Especially with God and my faith or lack thereof... Music is still the only thing keeping me sane, the song and artist mentioned below, plus <a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/105/innocence_mission.html">these amazing people</a>. Also my CD drive recently busted, so I'm super thankful all these people stream, also <a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/112/the_love_frequency.html">this</a>, <a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/260/jimmy_eat_world.html">these</a>, and <a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1252/1252690.html">this song</a> even tho it is horribly optimistic the music's good (love that chord progression). One thing that hasn't gone from me is my recent proliferation of songwriting. Another one came rushing out of me last night, an awesome, simple blues number about dieing of all things. Seems to be a theme. It will of course take me weeks if not months to record it, so unless you are at <a href="http://www.drdremo.com/">Dremo's</a> tonight you are out of luck for a while. I will try to record it soon tho because it is so now. 11DanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishthanks all who wrote me. music does now comfort. although still not too much. <a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/2572/2572512.html">this song</a> in particular. m feels a little bit better today. a glimmer. i do find it funny how providence (or lack thereof?) makes us deists. anyway, i have been waiting all day for <a href="http://swm.danielsjourney.com">swm.danielsjourney.com</a> to make the dns rounds, and i still Update: Still?!? Will have to bug someone tomorrow re this. can't see it. but it's only going <a href="http://www.danielsjourney.com/swm">here</a> anyway. 10DanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishWe would consider it grace and a great blessing to live a short, short life. Just take us; we can't take it anymore pull the plug zip us up in a bag leave us alone for good give us new bodies and put us with the rest of the dreamers you know the other ones we know you wanted for yourself This world is backwards; those that are supposed to help hurt and those that would help you haven't given the tools we're barren and lame and you stuck us with this desire for more and a faint knowledge of what it might be like if it were but it isn't You make her suffer and you make me watch and we're just about done with you, to be honest We laugh in the face of any who would say you interfere in the world of men Your book is a joke, it's stuck in all our throats; and we spit out its clich�s You're not here, so take us to where you are these glimpses are not enough and we are done Either come here or take us to where you are because we are done fucking around in this shithole you've deserted 09DanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publish<img src="http://www.nbc.com/photos/Primetime/American_Dreams/1AMDbi02.jpg" alt="yeeeeah"> 08DanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishUK alt.wSp Install<a href="http://www.the-cube.org.uk/">www.the-cube.org.uk</a> digital installation 07ElsewhereDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishMS Big Winner...Us Big Losers<a href="http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/4423774.htm">Competition took a hit on Friday. ...So did innovation, which is the worst loss of all.</a> 06ElsewhereDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishMy thoughts on Urban vs. Suburban<a href="http://www.quicktopic.com/15/H/jHeiSKErACH">i'm still around</a> 05CommentDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishTheyblinked on Community and BuyNothingXMas"the community whose art fills their lives is a community supple to the touch. these moments cannot be programatized. art is the outpouring of life. the space opened by art for the encounter with a broader humanity and perhaps even with the divine is one that demands a cadence and a space that by definition annihilates any attempt at programitization. "this requires a depth and breadth of curiosity and commitment that does not see 'the meat' of the faith in the fix-to-fix jesus cocaine of the market driven national and international worship and teaching boxed sets nor spiritual health in the fad-to-fad spiritual masturbation of the cycles of christian consumption that characterize the products and programs of late modern christianity." --<a href="http://theyblinked.blogspot.com/2002_10_27_theyblinked_archive.html#83778631">theyblinked</a> <a href="http://www.buynothingchristmas.org/index.html">buyn0thingchristmas.org</a> 04ElsewhereDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishAwesome flash poli cartoons<a href="http://www.markfiore.com/animation/guns.html">markfiore -- GuNsRUs</a> 03ElsewhereDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishDC Subverting<img src="images/melting_web.jpg" alt="i'm melting! i'm melting!"> This advert has been subverted all around DC; this one is from our Metro stop. 02ImaginingDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publishRyan Adams: suddenly not my hero"I did the Gap ad, because who says no to $30,000 an hour? I don't! I'm sorry if that's selling out, so be it. Yes, I sell out. I do Gap ads so that I don't have to work in a factory. Also, I don't mind their clothes." --Ryan Adams. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/25/mroom.ryan.adams/index.html">really</a>. 01ElsewhereDanielTuesday, November 12, 2002publish