DAY # 226

UPDATE: Monday, 30-Jan-2006 10:03 PM

What a strange day? It was a Monday, but beyond that there we the unusual challenges. I spent much of the day updating the sites, and checking things over before another month beings.

Then I got the most unusual of emails from a site moderator accusing me of lying to him about a post that I made. The matter was straight forward to me: I am revising slightly the look and text at http://www.maxsimo.net. What is there is what I launched with. And it did really well. As I have said, call it like it is and tell the truth and the world will follow. That was it. Now I wanted to update the site, but I wanted some outside opinions.

So, I took advantage of a email that I have been getting for years and I went to their site and posted on their forum board that I was looking for an opinion or two.

Then I got a message that I could not do that? So, I begged the question: How can I get an opinion of the site when I cannot show the URL of the site? Then to the reply telling that I had no business to advertise, I replied that I was the owner of the domain. I suppose I could have been more accurate to say a "partnership" of which I am one. Anyway, I exercise ownership of it as I have been "responsible for the content" since creation and until I am done with it --which may be a very long time.

Anyway, the point was lost. The point was that I needed an opinion. I never ended up getting it. I ended up getting about 10 emails from the moderator with many opinions. Anyway, the Internet is full of "all types" as is society, and it's rather easy step on someone toes.

In the end a precious hour wasted wondering where my opinions were and what exactly this guy was up to. In the end, I took the same stance as the programmers that I ripped me off and of the software sellers who have sold things that didn't deliver. My thought in the end was to *do nothing* --just nothing. I suppose I still behave very naively on the Internet when I trust everyone and seem to work with the belief that everyone is nice and cordial. I need to wake up sometime.

I have my focus on exactly what needs to get done. I have for many years, and these types will come and go, and I need to stay focused on what I need to get done. On the other hand when they do something damaging, there's no problem what so ever. What "they" or one person "does" can always be turned around to benefit some way.

In my life I have been around and succeeded to such a stage to always know that there is a silver lining that benefits my way. So, what ever goes. My only concern is that damage to the company, in some way damages the success of the representatives. I don't like that and will do everything to make sure that their trust in me and my work will not be compromised.

Anyway, a lesson full day and I didn't make much progress in the matters that I needed to complete. But I have a good feeling that tomorrow and Wednesday I will... I 'll look forward to that. Carpe Diem, Sam out.

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