Wolfie!

Wolfie!

My words, they seem to have been confused with the traditional Australian view of the ABC; the punching bag. According to the representative, what I said looks like I am anti-art and against the ABC. Also, I was told that I am being too serious.

I was also told that ABC is an experimental place. Of course, I find this odd, because I didn’t see or experience that kind of atmosphere. The biggest problem facing the ABC Island is apparently, a lack of communication. Additionally, I was told that the art galleries were given permission by said representative, though I can’t help but wonder, if the galleries had full clearance on the corporate side, would the issue of closing them down due to copyright have ended up being what killed it?

I think I should most definitely make it clear that I am no against the ABC, I am not for it’s permanent closure. I am for putting ego aside. I am for teamwork. And I am for a serious evaluation of the situations.

Sometimes someone has to be serious for others to have fun.

My words, they seem to have been confused with the traditional Australian view of the ABC; the punching bag. According to the representative, what I said looks like I am anti-art and against the ABC. Also, I was told that I am being too serious.

I was also told that ABC is an experimental place. Of course, I find this odd, because I didn’t see or experience that kind of atmosphere. The biggest problem facing the ABC Island is apparently, a lack of communication. Additionally, I was told that the art galleries were given permission by said representative, though I can’t help but wonder, if the galleries had full clearance on the corporate side, would the issue of closing them down due to copyright have ended up being what killed it?

I think I should most definitely make it clear that I am no against the ABC, I am not for it’s permanent closure. I am for putting ego aside. I am for teamwork. And I am for a serious evaluation of the situations.

Sometimes someone has to be serious for others to have fun.

I did offer to Lise that if she was stuck, to give me a call and I’d do my best as long as I had something to help me, a question sheet or a guide of some type… especially if I didn’t know the subject very well.

What I’d like to see is ABC with a stable of in-world presenters who know Art, Music, Politics, Sports, Gardening, Wildlife etc.

Perhaps that’s an idea, maybe they need to scout for in-world talent, but they would be best to pay these people for their trouble, and Lindens would be acceptable I think.

One program each night would be wonderful, if they could pull that off, and I believe they could, then there’d be a major turnaround for the Island.

Voice is indeed a problem, I’d love to use it with Rockit, but it wouldn’t work.
I’m dealing with people who I may not have met before, and so it would be extremely difficult to place a name to a voice and credit the right person with an answer… and I’d lose chat history, which has saved me many times.

I believe I know the presenter you mean.
Eva and I have offered to give new ABC folk a little training and to help them with their looks before they do what they do, but unfortunately not everybody has the time to sit and play, and that is some of the problem.

True, there’s a lot of advice out there, but filtering out the “noise” is very difficult, especially when you’re still fairly new… ok sure, they’ve been here a year, but you know how it’s been as well as I do.

I think we’re all frustrated with the island in some way, but I still have a feeling that things will turn out ok.

One of our frustrations is that although we don’t mind being volunteers, and here’s me as an ex-volunteer at the moment, there was nobody taking charge as a leader, Sure Abi and Lise were available by e-mail, but we really need someone in-world who we respect and trust, and there’s nobody who fits the bill.

Wolfie!

The record industry hasn’t coped well with the sudden change in direction, people who formerly bought CDs, suddenly downloading mp3s.

People are downloading movies and TV programs right now.
and perhaps the thing stopping more people doing so comes down to speed limits and costs, particularly in Australia where we are struggling in that department.

It’s going to cause a problem for the television industry soon.

People won’t wait for their favourite show, they’ll download it and watch it when they have time.

Just like people don’t care that MP3s don’t sound nearly as good as CDs do, they also won’t care if the show is in High Definition or not, many will be satisfied to watch the program on a low definition portable device.

TV Networks are going to be quite worried, as expected, so they will try Secondlife and other internet ventures.

A few weeks ago on Media Watch, there was a story about how newspapers are starting to feel the pinch, because younger readers are happier reading their news online rather than buying a newspaper.

And people would rather buy and sell via pages such as e-bay, than get an expensive classified in the papers.

It will be interesting to see how the music, movie and media [Triple M?] industries cope with the new age.

Wolfie!