baby steps. baby steps.
having bought notebooks yesterday, i settled down today to start my education of how to build a business.
the first thing i did was write down what questions i have from the get go. some are very broad (what about the finances?) with specific subquestions (how much will a web designer cost to hire?).
the second thing i did was write down some problems that i already know of - for example, my complete lack of knowledge of almost everything financial.
i bought two notebooks. one is larger and sturdier and will serve as a section by section breakdown of the business plan. i haven't touched it yet. the smaller notebook is for the questions, little notes, overall/general information. i have touched it.
since i feel that in order to do this right that i need to be highly organized, i decided to break down the smaller notebook as such: each page will be numbered and each question, problem or fact that needs (further) addressing will be numbered. when i am addressing an issue, i can refer to it by the page number plus the issue number - for example, "1.11" means issue #11 on page 1.
the final thing i did today was to e-mail my few remaining contacts in the film industry in the hopes that they can answer a question that may or may not fundamentally alter the process of setting up the website.
Posted by iain at September 14, 2005 05:59 PMI also know several web designers with whom you could speak and get ideas on pricing etc. The one advantage to web design, they don't have to be anywhere near you to do their job. (Actually, remember Jeremiah? He does this and can probably host if for you and any professional should be aware of copywrite laws, etc.)
I am enjoying your pictures although I am amazed that the cities look so empty! Why is that?
I loved my yoga classes and I should have done that instead of step aerobics. Next time!
Posted by: Elizabeth at September 14, 2005 06:16 PMi'll definitely talk to you re: web designers. as for hosting it... that might be a different issue as the scope necessary is enormous. i'm talking about thousands of individual pages. hrm... this is stuff i haven't considered so far. it was bound to come up. thanks for firing the right cylinders, lig!
the cities look empty because i wanted pictures without people. heh heh... and sometimes i happened to be on sidestreets with very few people. and the cities i've updated so far, outside of Warsaw i believe, have been small cities (less than 1 million people). all these things combined to make the photos appear empty. one indication of my shots where i'm avoiding people is when you cannot see a doorway - chances are i aimed high to avoid seeing people. in Riga, in particular, i went to a residential neighborhood to shoot some Art Nouveau buildings and there were very few people walking around. so you'll see plenty of doors in those shots.. heh heh...
Posted by: iain at September 14, 2005 11:45 PM