Sunday, September 27, 2009

The Art of "Passing".

Yo. I just wanted to quickly make a post dedicated to this before I do another one on whats been up with me.

I just want to let everyone know, so there is no confusion, I do not go to peoples' pages who come by and essentially just say "passing" or some variation of that. I am always happy to hear from anyone and everyone that comes by. I am not a person that browses home pages. I only go to pages when I need to leave a message, that is it. Even then, I usually just click "Reply". So, when someone comes by and tells me they are passing by, that is cool with me. I like that compared to the numerous "silent visits". I just want people to know, I can see that you were passing regaurdless of whether you said so or not. Meaning, if you say that, I am not going to go by your page and I am not going to respond. I am not interested in other peoples pages in general, so I do not find the urge to browse pages or track who silently visits my page by hunting them down.

Like it says on my page, if I notice the same person coming by consistently without ever leaving a message, I block them. Does it make me mad? No. Curious? slightly. But, rather than sitting here wasting my time wondering why the said person keeps coming back... I block them. Ends all of that :P

Monday, September 7, 2009

Hello September,

Yo people. Happy Labor Day. Hope ya'll were able to score some good times during the long weekend... or at least get some good rest and relaxation in!

I have a lot of new things to announce here... not so much product wise (though new products have dropped since I last posted), but just newness in Seis One Productions.

1. I have a Twitter account. It was a long internal battle on whether to create one. Then, there was another internal conflict between whether the Twitter should be for personal use or IMVU related use. What made me go for it was the fact that there is a unofficial petition on Twitter (Twitter + Petition = Twittion) to get the owner of IMVUCE and the alleged ex-owner of IMVUPay banned as a reseller of IMVU credits. I encourage everyone to sign that petition-- even though it is far from official or binding. You can find that said petition here. The other reasons that tipped the scale was the fact that all these people and companies have Twitter accounts that hold special giveaways, discounts, and more exclusively on Twitter. Many did not make their tweets public, so you had to join and follow to see them. Trust me, I have no real reason to be on more social networking sites.

But, with all that being said, my Twitter will be a hybrid mix of personal thoughts and IMVU updates. So far it is mostly IMVU related. To make it easier to view my public Twitter, I have added a (button) link to my Twitter on my badge's interface. You should all be able to see it now as I think it passed the badge review. Preview of the Twitter button in my badge is below. I am @SeisOneWilliams .



2. The blog you are currently viewing (seisone.blogspot.com) was slightly updated. It now features a new music playlist (since the old imeem one was filled with hundreds of 30sec songs!) as well as a Myspace Status widget. The widget shows my latest Myspace status as well as older ones. This is a way to keep track of my activity online. This should end up showing many of you that when the semester is in progress I am generally very inactive online, not just on IMVU. If I feel it gets a little too personal to be mixing IMVU with my personal life, I will take that widget down without warning.

3. I tried the trial period of Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended Edition for a short period of time. I did not find it amazingly great, but I figured I would try it since both my laptops got infected w/ a trojan that basically disabled my laptops. I backed up many of my IMVU files and other important stuff, but I lost the majority of it all when I reformatted one's hard drive and restored the other one to factory settings. Unlike a lot of you, I ended up buying my Photoshop with my student discount. I really didn't even see a major difference between CS2 & CS3. I think I could use CS2 and develop circles around half of you who think having the latest Photoshop(Cs4) somehow makes you a better developer... Especially considering many urban developers like me illigally obatined Photoshop and somehow figure GIMP is weak. Lames.

4. Lastly, I sent some new products into peer review. They technically are a few months old, but like I said in #3, I had some computer issues and am just now really getting that shit ironed out. It's the usual when it comes to me: a fitted hat, a tee, and a pair of kicks. The inspiration of the "pack" was the Ms. Pac-Man SB Dunks. So, naturally, those are the kicks; enough said there. The tee is by Imaginary Kingdom... bka IM King. One of my all time favorite brands. The tee is cool, but I must say I dunno if it is gonna pass peer review. Peer review is spotty: sometimes stuff that should not pass passes (such as a whole bunch of Nazi themed products with swastikas) and some things that should pass, fail. Now and then sometimes things pass then get flagged! So who knows. The hat goes with the outfit. I say "goes", because it is not a direct match. But it all blends nice, at least I think. The icons are lame, I know. But, here is the preview below.



Until next time.