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Post by rorschalk on Nov 3, 2021 14:21:56 GMT
I'm so low tech I could die. So my idea of a meeting is gmail correspondence, There's something over there on the right hand side of the gmail screen that sez "Hangouts" so maybe we could all fit in there, who knows?
I just wanted to float the possibility of restructuring our process since our once solid center seems to be diffusing like a cloud of smoke. The Floor in particular has become Rockefeller Plaza. Carol's last post waS 3 wks ago.
I'm just thinking that if the Floor continues its desolidification process...is that a word? Anyhow. If it continues we may need to restructure the whole shebang. So I'm floating that thought for anyone of you to ponder and let me know what, if anything, you may come up with as far as what restructuring might look like.
Thanks and I hope to hear from you soon.
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Post by rockefeller on Nov 3, 2021 16:17:18 GMT
I like the idea of giving each submission its own thread on the Floor, like in the Terminal. Obviously submissions would need to be pretty low, but I think we've pissed off enough people now and been cancelled enough that this might be doable, at least for a while. If volumes start to become unmanageable, there might need to be a Basement filter.
I also like that there's no publishing schedule, that we're more about the vetting than the vanity.
It is getting a little lonely. Not sure how to entice more involvement. Probably I have too much time on my hands. Maybe I need to back off a bit. Make room or something.
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Post by rorschalk on Nov 3, 2021 16:20:04 GMT
The new feature I just intro'd to the BIG BOARD "assigned" will be used to isolate particular subs on the floor, so I don't think we need to do anything with the floor structure actually now that I think about it. Boli, Carol, Dep ... two cents?
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Post by rorschalk on Nov 3, 2021 18:59:58 GMT
Bulldust, Rockefeller's comment about the process being the thing (the play between the capital managers themselves and the venture capitalists, even more so than the actual capital gains) what do you think about bring the interplay on the new freemarket to the front page more dynamically? You're the designer/IT nerd of the crew. Do you have any ideas on how we could maybe tweak the format to make the day-to-day operations as seen in all the offices of the FREE MARKET more visible?
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Post by bulldust on Nov 3, 2021 19:31:05 GMT
Howdy!
Yes, I'm a geek and do servers, networking, dancing monkey rituals, but web development is not my strong suit. That being said, I think it can be done and I could figure it out. I just need to unfuck my brain to do it. I've been spread thin these last few months and neglecting a lot of my editorial responsibilities, let alone geek projects. However, I can make an effort to take a look at the site. Just don't hold me to any deadlines.
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Post by rockefeller on Nov 3, 2021 20:37:16 GMT
I'm not recommending more back-and-forth between the avatars. That should be incidental to the critiquing. VC's aren't going to be that into anything much beyond their subs. I think we need to focus on the writing. Sure some personal rambling and chit-chat is great, but I used to dislike when the subs got lost in it.
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Post by rorschalk on Nov 3, 2021 20:40:35 GMT
Heard and heard. No deadline, just putting a bug in your bovine ear. A meeting like this scrolled acrsss our front page like a news crawl or something, breaking news? could turn our fortunes and make it a whole new ball game. Also, Rox, working on getting johnVC in here with us to give us a venture capitalist perspective on our site and situation.
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Post by rorschalk on Nov 3, 2021 21:06:26 GMT
[there is a general lag, what happens when the teleportation device hums into negative space so that the molecules can rightly be reconfigured and there's not some Jeff Goldblum's Brundle Fly abomination that is resultant, and then there appears a new member at the table ZAP, ZING YAMA DOODLE RAMALAMADINGDONG]
All right. Hold it down. I know this is a treat for all of us. May I introduce to you, the act we've known for all these years...the ubiquitous, sometimes duplicitous but always felicitous and enormously prolific, not to mention monolithic, johnVC! Yes. Please stand up and take a bow, Mr. VC. You've been keeping our chord bundles sentient all these many long years.
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Post by johnVC on Nov 3, 2021 21:14:36 GMT
Hello, this is JohnVC. It is good to meet you all. I expect many years of fertile cooperation,
Sent from my iPhone
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Post by rorschalk on Nov 3, 2021 21:18:10 GMT
Dammit, John
I told you to keep your transponder at the airport! Sheezus. But...perhaps, we're not yet on the domestic terrorist watch list. ... What do you all think? It is after all, johnVC, after all. Now I am ashamed.
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Post by johnVC on Nov 3, 2021 21:28:36 GMT
I am at a conference. Will be available later.
Sent from my iPhone
[and ZAP ZING BOWEE, johnVC dematerialized from the TQR conference room just like that...]
[9 hrs later when they all reconvene, he's back]
I will say that a slow response time did somewhat cause me to withdraw my last piece, but only compared to the publication that accepted me. Other publications have a three month response time, but they also accept that the piece might be published elsewhere.
You see, I sent my piece out to multiple publications, and Synthetic Reality Magazine just happened to be the publication that agreed to publish it first. Given that I was seeking publication for the first time, I thought that was a rational thing to do.
I don't know if you agree.
That being said, I don't know how long on average it takes to get through your publication process, but I have noticed given my freshmen effort, that some people reject me in a day while others never get back to me. If it's taking months to come to a decision, you might want to tell people that you are willing to publish reprints, but at a lower rate. That's just my humble opinion, however.
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Post by sturgeon on Nov 4, 2021 14:54:09 GMT
Hi all,
Thought I'd pitch in. I'm honoured to be a part of this ignoble venture, and in constant awe at the wit and dedication of the core editorial cabal, but my level of involvement has been necessarily minimalistic for I already have a novel's worth of submissions to read each week for my main venture (which itself is a sideline).
The immense value of the glimpse-under-the-hood and editorial critiques that John and Janes get at TQR must not be understated - it's the reason, I believe, that people keep coming back despite the... low... acceptance rate. Why, I wonder, have the last half-dozen or so pieces to successfully get through the Terminal not hit the front page? I fear that stagnation leads on to stagnation.
I will happily maintain my admittedly arms-length involvement however you choose to restructure, but in the words of a great and wise editor I've known: publish or be damned!
Wally Sturgeon
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Post by rorschalk on Nov 4, 2021 15:13:55 GMT
Noted. My recent mishandling of the capital venture ROCK STAR wasn't my brightest moment. I fear there are hellhounds on my trail. Boligard, are you in the room or is that a white elephant?
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Post by rorschalk on Nov 4, 2021 19:28:17 GMT
Anyhow. I think whoever was going to be here has had their say. I'm thinking the design has to have some tweaking, get more direct access to the New Free Market for us to be able go forward into the future with this thing, and, also, I have to figure out how to refine the process with the current staffing problems we're experiencing. But before we adjourn, I'd like to give a well deserved reach around to johnVC. Give it up, you perverts! Mr. VC, is there anything else you'd like to say in regards to the current state of our humble e-zine, the great and powerful TQR?
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Post by johnVC on Nov 4, 2021 19:46:36 GMT
I look forward to see how your zine develops. I have additional stories coming down the pipeline, so keep an eye out for them.
Sent from my iPhone
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Post by deplancher on Nov 5, 2021 3:34:28 GMT
Who what when why where was I and what date and time for such an important purpose was this gathering called?
Not that I've much ground to have a say in any of it having been mostly a ghost between walls for the last many weeks months years.
Sir Boss, you ought fire me. I can't read anyway much less discern worthy from mash amid the incoming and smoldering slush pile.
I've skimmed through the thread and the thoughts for what may emerge from some restructuring. Who knew there were so many when it seems we're so few? Many minds contribute to whatever it is keeps TQR limping forward for so many years I forget exactly how many. Many minds...or is this all Rorschalk talk?
Listen: I know I am one of the causes, however minor, for long turnaround and general inefficiency. I don't post enough. I disappear. I'm too much involved in too many other projects and have too many devices and identities each one of which I mismanage to some degree. VCs (most of them anyway) deserve better than I deliver.
What is the solution? Sir Ted. Je pense, mais Je ne sais pas.
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Post by rockefeller on Nov 6, 2021 0:32:00 GMT
You, Dep and Doom, are the pillars of TQR. Other floorites and terminali have come and gone. I, too am not sure why a shake-up or restructuring is necessary, why fast turnarounds matter, or why more publication is important. There are zillions of zines publishing zillions upon zillions of stories. What TQR does is unique, different by an order of magnitude. I, too, have a hard time discerning what is worthy. Reading is so subjective. I have never pretended otherwise. That one can submit here and possibly see numerous subjective opinions, and the odd useful edit, on their work is huge. God or Monster, you have created something, Ted, of which you should be proud, and not overly anxious to "fix."
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Post by rorschalk on Nov 6, 2021 0:42:49 GMT
Dep, you are eternal, but ephemeral as Bukowski's ghost. You want to be fired, be fired. But I wouldn't call it that, a simple thanks for the good work and adios is what I'm saying. You have any literary friend who can stand in, let me know. And if you want to stop by and say hola, please do. I won't send you any more capital. Could you let me know the cap you still have outstanding? Go in peace and know that we all love you, truly. You've been such a huge part of this place. And I am glad you're still around.
Rocks, thanks for saying so. You're right about Dep and Doom. The reason we're having this meeting is because the pillars have evaporated of late. I need to start recruiting or we need to figure out how to make do/due? with less. That's where restructuring the process comes in, is what I'm saying. You've been the only one responsive on the floor for over a month. Unless Boligard rides in on his pale white horse and the chaos starts again, we're nearing almost total entropy.
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Post by johnVC on Nov 6, 2021 17:23:39 GMT
Dear Ted Rorschalk and co,
I think you guys are great. Keep doing what you do for as long as it pleases you. Gladys Kravitz can fuck a cactus. Even if you never publish any of my ventures I will keep sending them just to read the comments. (As a stoner and a masochist, I enjoy getting roasted. And truly they are very insightful and constructive.) I have six more exceeding 4K so you’ll be hearing from me for the next year and a half. I like the current setup but if you’re thinking of restructuring I thought I’d throw in my two cents from this particular contributor’s perspective. Cheers!
With humble gratitude,
AnonVC
(or perhaps johnVC #010110010)
[Also: Sorry I fudged the subject line on my last submission – and also apologies for sending in standard manuscript format again – however, I somehow missed where it states your preferred submission format – I am guessing it is with a space between paragraphs, no indents and no header? Please confirm. Perhaps someplace public even a dunce like me can find, if it isn’t already.]
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Post by rorschalk on Nov 6, 2021 17:29:08 GMT
Dear Mr. VC,
Your last sub was fine. Fudging on the subject line is usually something we can figure out. As to your words, I humbly thank you. Like the rest of the world, we're going through a labor shortage, trying to work through it and figure the whole thing out. Thanks for hanging with us.
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Post by deplancher on Nov 13, 2021 2:36:22 GMT
Rockefeller, you bring me to the soft and humble with your words. Doom and I, we have been roaming in circles for many long days, it's true. He more than me, because of course he is he and I am I reliably me. He is the foundation. I am the mobile, spinning in the wind.
It's you too though, Rox, especially for the past long long stretches of nights and days, that you have been here with Doom and Carol, gifting those brave, albeit sometimes few VCs the air for which they yearn, or imagine they yearn...who can tell why they come come? Have we asked them?
I saw some in the meeting thread. The meeting through my own nodding I did miss. They made comment. They are not fools. They recognize something, be it odd or heartbeat or cream puff or nasty just short of mad. All of these things somehow attract them as they did us in the beginning, when was that, Blue suit Ted? Has yet a century past since our becoming?
Why is it we hang on? Answer by pressing the green lever and shouting into the abyss here ------>
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I wear a patch of contradiction. Fire me. Please don't. Let me maybe shuffle around like some half ghost. I will keep my Allman Brothers down low but a blue light burning over there in the corner past the hammock.
[She whispers something inaudible]
That's for you, Doomey. Come home. The wood needs chopping and the amber supply is so low.
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