Archive for October, 2009
Danger: Idiot Driver Ahead!
This is a warning (or maybe just a caution) to anyone out there thinking about starting a web site or a blog. I recently began work on a game-related web site called The Imaginary Game News Network. I thought, how hard can it be? I’m a writer. I speak Photoshop. I spent 20 years writing about games. Man, I even enjoy building 3-D models and rendering scenes. There are plenty of tools out there, most of them free. And code; that’s just words and fiddly bits, right? Now, after two months in which I’ve battled Romanian spammers, wrestled with CSS, Tweeted my heart out to gain viewers, snarled at my dog to sit still so I could snap a picture that would turn him into the image of an evil alien overlord, it’s truly amazing that I can remember how to wake up in the morning. Every assumption I made going into the project was wrong…staggeringly wrong. On the other hand, it’s been one of the most engaging experiences of my life. (You can skip to the end for the pay-off if you like, otherwise, pull up a chair.) Read the rest of this entry »
