I had a conversation this morning that left me wondering about some basic “life issues”. So in the way of most women I decided to talk it out or as in this case to write it out and clarify my opinion.
The topic was how much are you really influenced by others in your personal life and in your business?
I don’t mean are you the kinda guy that matches his tie with his shirt and suit because he doesn’t want to be a fashion disaster. I mean are you a person that allows others to sway you in your personal decisions or business decisions? Again I need to modify that statement. How much do other people control what you do and I don’t mean your spouse or your priest or your best friend I mean Joe Blow at the bar or the netpond?
Of course we take into account our loved one’s opinions and that of persons whom we respect. However, how much does the person you barely know influence what you do and say and even to the extreme how you might run your business?
For example when you wear a special dress or suit out somewhere and a casual acquaintance makes a less than complimentary comment on it. What is your reaction? A moment of self examination? Asking your partner how it looks? Or do you run home and change it knowing the whole world must be thinking you look stupid?
Sounds a bit extreme right? Well believe me there are people who live that way. My sister is often to be found home midday changing clothes because someone in the office she barely knew says her colors don’t suit her skin tone.
People also do that in business. We know the people even less in our business, just from boards and their comments. Who’s opinions matter to you?
Do you show off your shiny new project to everyone and then when someone you barely know comments on it negatively, what do you do? (someone will always put it down because it is in the nature of boards and people) Do you run home and change to something more mainstream and suitable?
I am just wondering who’s opinions really matter to us. Even those persons we might know and admire from a board or from church or from the office if they are commenting on your business it is always best to keep in mind that we are are the ones that will either burn or profit from it.
Opinions are cheap and everyone has several and most will offer them freely. However they are only valuable if you know that person and their skills well. Not only that but every person has an expertise (or lack thereof) so if you ask Joe the greenhouse guy to comment on your taste in decoration chances are his opinions will be very personal and pulled from his ass.
I have to wonder how many people are influenced by comments from folks they barely know and have no idea if they have real expertise in the area. Yes, I am actually wondering too how much they matter to me personally.
It applies to our home life and our business as well. It is easy to create a persona online it is harder to get those checks if you don’t have the expertise.
I actually started this post wondering which type of person I am. I still don’t know. I mean if someone says my dress looks ugly I usually ask my sister (she is brutally honest) or figure they are taste impaired.
If someone criticizes my business model I always consider the source. Is it someone I know is successful or just another name on the board? Are they talking in their area of expertise or pulling it from their ass? Do I really know this?
In any case at the end of the day it is me that will be wearing that bright orange vest with the lime green slacks or cashing or not cashing my checks.
Who’s opinion matters most to me? I guess ugly or unworkable or even unprofitable is all dependent on your point of view. I suppose in my case it is my own opinions I tend to value.
On a sadder note we have received news that Sleazy Bear is ill and in the hospital and though according to Snuggles he is doing well he will require a period of recovery. I know that everyone who reads netpond board is sending their best wishes for his health and recovery.
SB we are thinking about you, and our prayers, or well wishes or mantras they all go out to you. Please take care of yourself and rest.
I hate change. Call it a sign of getting old (getting?) though you can’t blame it too much on that, the young are more inflexible than the old. I just hate change.
My sister decided this week that I spent too much time in my office and that I needed a “happier” and healthier environment to work in. What has that to do with change? I am getting there.
In any case I stumble out from my bedroom at 12:00 after an all nighter on the computer. It was a bright saturday morning/noon my head hurt and I really wanted to go back to bed but had blog posts and such to make. I was going to put the coffee on (coffeepot stays in my office) so I went straight to the spare bedroom where my office and computer are and opened the door to yellow. Yes yellow a screaming bright sunny yellow on the new sofa the new pale yellow walls the sunny little clock with bright yellow petals around the happy face clock. OMG! She had put a yellow doily on my work chair!
My nice thick curtains were gone no more dark and peace for me. Instead there were these godawful white and yellow filmy things that were not only offensive in color but allowed way too much sun in! My coffee pot was still there in the work area but the mugs were….you guessed it, yellow!
I may never find the work I had piled up in stacks but now sitting in the bright yellow in and out baskets (wherever did she find yellow in baskets?) I had everything arranged in a nice chaotic pile where I could find any single sheet at a moment’s notice!
Oh yeah and as an accent she had added an orangish throw rug in the middle of my nice bare clean floor and a orange godforsaken mishmash of color painting looking like it had done by a preschooler in a tantrum of paint throwing.
My room, my haven, my office and my chaotic order were gone. All my quiet dark peace the place where only light was the soft glow of a small table lamp f(my old one was gone and replaced by a ceramic obscenity in yellow) and the only sound the clatter of the keys as I typed, all of this was gone.
I found a note taped to the screen of my computer where I would be sure to see it (as if I could possibly miss all that freaking yellow?).
It read:
“Sis,
Don’t you just love the new colors? I know you will be happier in this nice clean light place than in that dank dungeon you made it.
Happy Birthday!
Jan”
Little does my sister know I love a good dungeon. Oh well, now the light screams in at me from the filmy fluffy curtains though I must admit I am enjoying the scent of the “yellow” candle burning. Did you know there are birds outside? Uh huh, just in case you guys forgot I am here to tell you there are.
Maybe in a year or two I will get used to all this yellow…not. However I will live with it and make nice noises since Sis went to a lot of trouble and expense to arrange this “happy and healthy” environment. I will in time get used to it and perhaps even grow to like it in say a million years.
I do hate change.
This week at the netpond there have been changes as well. Perhaps not as profound as the yellow that screams at me from my walls but still changes and they do affect people like me who are very set in their ways. Hell, they affect everyone.
Haui left us to pursue his own interests in mainstream. He made a right and necessary choice for his personal growth. I still miss him.
Luckily we do have some order. Sleazy has stepped up and Meat has returned. Now to me those choices are way preferable to yellow since they are people we know and like.
Sleazy and Meat thanks for stepping up to the plate to maintain a semblance of normality. I know you miss Haui as well, and probably hate changes as much as I do.
However from a personal standpoint, please let me say this: I like you guys much better than yellow.
MOBX To Launch In Prague “The Adult Industry…. Handheld”
8-9 November 2007
Towers Hotel
Prague, Czech Republic
The organisers of AOE and World Telemedia today announced their intention to join forces in Prague and launch MOBX - the first event dedicated to uniting all facets of the adult industry within the exciting world of mobile content, marketing, billing and delivery.
“This takes the best ‘adult bits’ of both worlds, providing an opportunity to responsibly tackle some very real challenges whilst showcasing the huge potential of mass mobile penetration”
Said Jarvis Todd the event director, who went on.
“Adult content has always been the major technology driver and now we’re seeing amazing opportunities for online, video, retail, TV and the original voice service providers to partner up. In a convergent world high tech customers (and potential customers) are demanding multi media content and service – our feedback is that the adult industry will to be right there when they want to ‘click buy’”.
MOBX runs in parallel to World Telemedia and will therefore benefit from sharing the expo floor (marketplace) and many of the networking events throughout the show. Since the event already has a long established track record of bringing together the major players from each sector, the combination should deliver a winning formula.
The two day conference features:
• Content Search & Discovery
• Click & Buy Strategies
• Generating Mobile Traffic – From Anywhere
• Age Verification
• Building Profiled Customer Data
• Video & TV to Mobile
• User Generated Content
• Enhancing & Sourcing Content
• Alternative Billing Models
• New Technology & Hardware
• Working With The Operators
• Webmaster 2 WAPmaster
CONTACT
Jarvis on +44 (0)7711 927092
Email jarvis@aoexpo.com
ABOUT WORLD TELEMEDIA
“Generating Premium Network Traffic”
WT is the only European trade event to bring all elements of the Telemedia value chain together - to learn, network and do business. The unique combination of conference, expo stands, bars, lounges and hospitality areas delivers a relaxed yet dynamic 24/7 business marketplace in a “5 star environment.
WHAT IS TELEMEDIA?
The Telemedia industry generates premium network traffic. It brings together network, billing and delivery capabilities in partnership with media owners, marketers, brands and content owners since the early 1990s.
Anyone able to identify an audience can benefit from unrivaled strategic expertise and technical knowledge which now genuinely represents how to profit from convergence.
It’s become the single most important element of successfully turning today’s digital content and media challenges into high value commercial opportunities.
ABOUT MOBX
“The Adult Industry … Handheld”
Announcing Europe’s first dedicated adult industry event aimed at responsibly tackling the challenges and opportunities represented by mass penetration of MOBILE.
All facets of this dynamic sector consider how to integrate and capitalize on the most exciting technology link to consumers since the internet.
• 2 Day Conference Track
• 24/7 Networking Schedule
• Co located World Telemedia Expo, Marketplace & Hospitality
• Eureka for Mobile Awards – New adult categories
WHERE?
Corinthia Towers Hotel
Prague
Czech Republic
AOE-Webmasters Are “Taking The East End – Doggy Style”
Tuesday 16th October 2007 London, England
Following the success of last year’s unique combination of debauchery and business in London’s wild West End, the next AOE-webmasters event returns to take on the infamous East End.
The event transports webmasters and WAPmasters to a part of town rich in culture, history and just that little bit of danger to make it interesting! The first 70 successful applicants will travel in style on the “pimp my ride” AOE double decker from central London to the notorious East End - home to The Krays, Jack The Ripper, greyhound racing and the original underground gentlemen’s club.
On board, the bus comes complete with wall to wall plasmas, big sounds, leather trim, cabin crew service and a live shoot. The evening also includes drinks at a variety of well known crime scenes, dinner and a Q&A session with the sponsors followed by an evening of racing at Walthamstow Dog Track.
“We intend to run more targeted and creative European webmaster / WAPmaster networking events like this one”
Said Jarvis Todd Director of AOE, World Telemedia and now MOBX
“I’m certain that our sponsors and guests will have fun ‘doing the business’ at this truly unique evening and we’re anticipating plenty of talk on how web and mobile combine to enhance content, increase customers and generate new revenues”.
The night will naturally finish as the next day begins with free flowing drinks and spectacular live entertainment at a VIP party in one of London’s most famous night clubs.
15:00: Limo pick up from central London
16:00: Blind Beggar Drinks
17:30: Q&A Seminar and Pre Dinner Drinks at the track
19:00: Dinner and Race Night
23:00: VIP Party with the cream of British porn back in central London
NUMBERS RESTRICTIONS
CITY TOUR, Q&A SEMINAR, DINNER & RACING
70 Webmasters
10 Vendor / Sponsors
On Saturday September 8th 2007, Sabrina Deep set the new record for the largest and longest gangbang ever broadcasted live on webcam. The German porn star had sex with 77 men during an 8 hour non-stop session which was broadcasted live to Sabrina Deep's website members and throughout the tricams.com network.
According to regulations no time-limit was set for each sexual contact; unlike what happens in similar events, vaginal, anal and oral penetration were repeatedly performed at the same time and several men attended the whole length of the event reaching multiple orgasms. A total of 112 cumshots were performed on Sabrina Deep who also visibly squirted 26 times.
The 8 hours gangbang saw also the participation of Danish starlette Nasty lidya as a fluffer.
"It was a blast and probably the first time in my life when I felt I had enough sex for my appetite," Sabrina Deep said in a statement. "However, just a few hours after the show, when I woke up in the morning, I found myself masturbating and I ended having sex with my husband and the same evening I had two hours sex on my webcam again. I wasn't sore at all, not dry and since then lingering thoughts about the gangbang have left me craving for more."
The whole event was broadcasted live by two webcams and filmed by 3 video-cameras. It was covered live on Deepsabrina.com as well as by tricams.com (part of the moocash.com network of sites) A follow up show was also broadcasted the following day on their new product onecams.com
"We loved working with sabrina," a representative of moocash said. "She is as smart as she is sexy and she clearly enjoyed the action from start to finish: We look forward to carring more of her live shows on onecams.com"
A DVD-set featuring the event will be released and distributed in October 2007, both online and offline.
More information about Sabrina Deep can be found at http://deepsabrina.com/ or contacting her at info@deepsabrina.com or via ICQ 304-624-368
Ultra-high speed burst shooting captures 60 still images per second
High speed movie recording, at 300 fps, catches motion faster than the human eye
DOVER, NJ, AUGUST 31, 2007 – Casio Computer Co., Ltd., announced today that it is developing an entirely new digital camera with hitherto unseen high speed performance and image capture functions that make the most of its cutting-edge digital technologies. This revolutionary camera of the future will be able to take still images at an astonishing shooting speed, to catch fast-moving subjects at the crucial moment. It will also take movies that capture movement so fast that it cannot even be seen by the human eye. The first prototype will be on display at the IFA, a consumer electronics trade show, in Berlin, Germany, which opens on August 31, 2007.
Check out this prototype here at their promo site for some samples, this one might be cool for some slow motion squirting cum shots or whatever, it shows great picture quaility sure would like to get my hands on one of these cams!
“Program includes filtering software for home PCs, as well as an ISP-level plan being tested in Tasmania.” CNET News.com reports here: “Australian Prime Minister John Howard has announced a plan by the country’s Coalition political parties to clean up Internet porn, in an effort to woo Christian voters.” Please let us know what you think about this issue here in this thread at the Netpond Webmasterboard.
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