It’s been a while since I’ve had to wheel out the train picture… The reason this time was the site being down for 24 hours as a result of severe incompetence by my webhost. I won’t bore you with the details, it’s aggravating enough having to think about never mind write it all down, but for now the situation seems more stable than it was. I’ve wasted so much time over the past two months in communication with various support people that I’d move the hosting elsewhere if I had the time. Luckily for the current shower I’m too busy with creative work to deal with such a major logistical effort. I’m not anticipating any further outages but if they do occur again they shouldn’t be for very long.
Okay, enough of this. The post intended for yesterday is waiting in the wings. Onward!
John
Come over to Substack. Best thing I ever did re my site and newsletter.
Thanks, it has crossed my mind, of course, but I don’t think it’s right for me.
For a start I’d still need to keep this place running since the main area of the site is my art and design showcase which does generate offers of work from time to time. As for writing here, it always feels like play, not performance, and certainly not work. The only rules are those I set for myself. I value that kind of independence. If you’re part of a site where you’re asking people for payment to read your words then you’re in a different area, one that’s a lot more like performance and work. If I was on Substack I’d worry all the time about offering value for money.