2007-07-02 DMFA Vacation

[Darkmoon]

1) When did she agree to that?

2) Amber is never going to have a buffer. Last I had talked to her, she purposefully avoided buffers at all cost... mostly because it takes her eight hours to do a single comic, and trying to build up a buffer of those leads to her having no life at all.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Heh.

Actually, I was thinking about this. If she falls back to a mon/wed/fri/sat cycle, and drops the Thursday updates completely, she could use Thursday (or Wednesday, whatever time she'd use to do Thursday's update) to put in a single comic into the buffer.

Over a month, she'd have a week's buffer, no problems. And having a one day buffer would give her that much less stress about being on-time and all.

This would result in less comics for a while, but, honestly, she's been -so- regular, and -so- predictable (as far as comic time, not content, goes) I figure she's due some break time. And I don't think anyone would be -too- upset if she fell back to M/W/F after Abel's Story finishes, which would give her another chance to build some buffer.

Except her, of course. :-]


... all this presumes that she'd be happy with such a suggestion, and, on the whole, I think I've got more chance of persuading the Mississippi to flow backwards than I do of persuading Amber to change her work habits this much. So I don't think anyone should hold their breath. ;-]


Maybe if I bribe Tailsteak.... ;-]

[Darkmoon]

Eh, somehow I think if Mab had it so she didn't have to update less, that would only result in her spending less time on the comic.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

ya think? ;-]

[Darkmoon]

Knowing my sister, she'll invariably go for the lazy 99 times out of 100...

Although, having said that, I'm sure she'll now see it as a challenge to actually be productiev.

[Fuyudenki]

...drops the Thursday updates completely...

We were getting Thursday updates?

funny, the comics didn't seem to have any significant time-gaps...

[kaskar]

     Anyway,  have a fun Holiday if you read this. Everyone needs to recharge their batteries sometime ...

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

...drops the Thursday updates completely...

We were getting Thursday updates?

For a while, now, she's been doing things like Cubi Information, or the Fashion things, on Thursdays. She's mentioned in rants that she doesn't seem able to keep up with daily-barring-Sunday, but if she drops Tuesday, she's reasonably ok.

Bear in mind I'm not looking to put pressure on her here - rather, I'm looking at ways of reducing it, so that she can focus on the art - after all, I can't do art, so why should she be expected to code webpages for the updates? Seems fair enough to me to get someone who does things well, and enjoys those things, to focus on just that. *shrug*

[kaskar]

  Hope Amber is having fun.

[Darkmoon]

empty post! Burn it!

[kaskar]

    It's a change, I suppose ...

[Damaris]

1) Kaskar, write your post, then post it.  Don't post something empty and then add it in later.  That's not how forums work. 

2) Amber Update:  She's at our house safe and sound, with no driving issues to report.

[Gornemant]

2) Amber Update:  She's at our house safe and sound, with no driving issues to report.

But then something horrible happened.... all the chocolate ended up in melted goo because of the heat, the horror 

[Damaris]

Yes, we were told of the horrible news   Tragic, it is.

[nikename2]

Is it too late for smores? 

[Gornemant]

you can still eat it, even if it does look like poop it doesn't taste like it 

[superluser]

you can still eat it, even if it does look like poop it doesn't taste like it 

Jason Lee: Say, would you like a chocolate-covered pretzel?  They're a bit melty, but man are they tempting!

[Alondro]

*Charline enters, looking sooo sad...*  I'm afraid Charles didn't make it back.  He simply vanished without a trace.  No sign of him anywhere.

*muffled voice from within Charline*  Help me!  I'm still alive!

*Charline acks!*  Uhm... not hearing anything... la la la... bye now!  *zooms!*

[kaskar]

 
     Hope Amber is still having fun relaxing on vacation ...   

[Turnsky]

2) Amber is never going to have a buffer. Last I had talked to her, she purposefully avoided buffers at all cost... mostly because it takes her eight hours to do a single comic, and trying to build up a buffer of those leads to her having no life at all.

just ask any comicgenner about a buffer and they'll say "what's that?" seriously, buffers are for people with too much free time on their hands, and no life at all..

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

I'm not sure comicgen actually enables using a buffer, though.

Especially since they seem to have a random delay on actually updating, once you put in your update. Or so people seem to keep complaining...

[Turnsky]

I'm not sure comicgen actually enables using a buffer, though.

Especially since they seem to have a random delay on actually updating, once you put in your update. Or so people seem to keep complaining...

you have no idea.. =p

right now comicgen's undergoing a server move, and thus services have been down the crapper as of late.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

I'm wondering if they want someone to look at the services they have and work up some sort of help with it... ;-]

[Turnsky]

I'm wondering if they want someone to look at the services they have and work up some sort of help with it... ;-]

given how one was without internet and the other was at AC last week, (as far as i know) things have been...interesting.. 

[Caswin]

Saw an old pic that Amber did. I thought it was cute, so I think it deserves to be on this page for a day ...

[Snip]

  This post will be removed within 24 hours. Hope Amber is still having fun relaxing on vacation ...   

...I think Amber's reaction in panel two perfectly mirrors mine.

[Alondro]

*Charline scoots in front of the camera*  Hello there!  Are you stricken with DDS (DMFA Deprivation Syndrome)?  Do you suffer from chills, night terrors, heart palpitations, and constant refreshing of your page in the hopes of an update?  If so, I can help!  Join "Charline's Menu" today, and pretty soon all your problems will disappear... permanently.   

*Disclaimer: "Charline's Menu" does not guarantee survival of treatment.   

[Turnsky]

you ruined a perfectly good nap.. 


*goes back to sleep on his tablet*

[bill]

iono that doesn't seem like a good idea to me

[Zedd]

Charline solves alot problems

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Charline solves alot problems

.. for Charline.