Comments on: Bits & Pieces Part VII http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/03/bits-pieces-part-vii/ All About Your Voice & Marketing It Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:05:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan Nims http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/03/bits-pieces-part-vii/comment-page-1/#comment-867 Dan Nims Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:10:09 +0000 http://www.voiceemporium.com/?p=2299#comment-867 Maybe I need to enroll in a 'bone-head' geography class! Maybe I need to enroll in a ‘bone-head’ geography class!

]]> By: Andy Boyns http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/03/bits-pieces-part-vii/comment-page-1/#comment-866 Andy Boyns Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:56:33 +0000 http://www.voiceemporium.com/?p=2299#comment-866 One quick way to get the time is through a Google search eg: "current time Cairo" Strangely while testing that just now I discovered that there's a Cairo in New York... so you get two time zones for the price of one! ("current time London" is even better value) Who can find the place name located in the most time zones? best regards andy One quick way to get the time is through a Google search eg: “current time Cairo”

Strangely while testing that just now I discovered that there’s a Cairo in New York… so you get two time zones for the price of one! (“current time London” is even better value)

Who can find the place name located in the most time zones?

best regards

andy

]]> By: Dan Nims http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/03/bits-pieces-part-vii/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Dan Nims Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:01:57 +0000 http://www.voiceemporium.com/?p=2299#comment-864 A time zone chart would be very handy. Even in the USA, people forget about the time difference just a few states away. I have enjoyed Skype conversations with individuals in China and it seems bizzare that with our standard time 16 hour difference, when speaking to someone in the evening at home, it's mid-morning the next day there. I am speaking into the future! Best wishes for a great day, Mahmoud Taji. A time zone chart would be very handy. Even in the USA, people forget about the time difference just a few states away. I have enjoyed Skype conversations with individuals in China and it seems bizzare that with our standard time 16 hour difference, when speaking to someone in the evening at home, it’s mid-morning the next day there. I am speaking into the future!

Best wishes for a great day, Mahmoud Taji.

]]> By: Mahmoud Taji http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/03/bits-pieces-part-vii/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Mahmoud Taji Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:52:16 +0000 http://www.voiceemporium.com/?p=2299#comment-861 Hey Andy, No point in sitting still right? The industry needs to move forward... not all my ideas are possible but a well maintained directory seems like something that I can put some time into as long as I have my costs covered. I might have to start adding a world times module to TVE so people know what time it is where I am at... you and I are in the same timezone so no issues there (methinks). Taji Hey Andy,

No point in sitting still right? The industry needs to move forward… not all my ideas are possible but a well maintained directory seems like something that I can put some time into as long as I have my costs covered.

I might have to start adding a world times module to TVE so people know what time it is where I am at… you and I are in the same timezone so no issues there (methinks).

Taji

]]> By: Mahmoud Taji http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/03/bits-pieces-part-vii/comment-page-1/#comment-860 Mahmoud Taji Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:50:14 +0000 http://www.voiceemporium.com/?p=2299#comment-860 Always good to hear from You Jodi, I think the best way to handle the skype issue is to send you an email with when the conference call will be held and my skype username so you can add me. What I can do is just basically go into skype now and look up your name so you are already on my list. The more feedback I get will help make up my mind on the directory. As of writing this comment I have gotten 3 positive reactions so I know that I'm kind of on the right path with this. I will be rejecting allot of amateurs in the beginning ... and that will piss allot of people off... and that means I'll be turning away money... but at the end of the day the money is for the site's maintenance not to buy me a new car (my old one works fine thank you very much :) ) Thanks for your feedback on this... and please ask your friend if they would be interested in this project and if so to leave a msg here to let me know. Taji Always good to hear from You Jodi,

I think the best way to handle the skype issue is to send you an email with when the conference call will be held and my skype username so you can add me. What I can do is just basically go into skype now and look up your name so you are already on my list.

The more feedback I get will help make up my mind on the directory. As of writing this comment I have gotten 3 positive reactions so I know that I’m kind of on the right path with this.

I will be rejecting allot of amateurs in the beginning … and that will piss allot of people off… and that means I’ll be turning away money… but at the end of the day the money is for the site’s maintenance not to buy me a new car (my old one works fine thank you very much :) )

Thanks for your feedback on this… and please ask your friend if they would be interested in this project and if so to leave a msg here to let me know.

Taji

]]> By: Mahmoud Taji http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/03/bits-pieces-part-vii/comment-page-1/#comment-859 Mahmoud Taji Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:45:42 +0000 http://www.voiceemporium.com/?p=2299#comment-859 Hello Dan and thanks for your input. The whole point of the directory is to have a comprehensive directory that won't cost you much to be a part of ... but will be controlled by a voice actor who knows what to look for standard wise. That might seem a little elitist but I've seen some of the other directories available and they don't seem to be what I envision as a comprehensive resource. As for the Skype conferences. Free is exactly the point... but more importantly its method that is available and if we organize it properly ... we can have a voice 2010 whenever we like depending on who wishes to participate. It's the perfect way to build connections and you'd get to know the person directly. Regards, Taji Hello Dan and thanks for your input.

The whole point of the directory is to have a comprehensive directory that won’t cost you much to be a part of … but will be controlled by a voice actor who knows what to look for standard wise. That might seem a little elitist but I’ve seen some of the other directories available and they don’t seem to be what I envision as a comprehensive resource.

As for the Skype conferences. Free is exactly the point… but more importantly its method that is available and if we organize it properly … we can have a voice 2010 whenever we like depending on who wishes to participate. It’s the perfect way to build connections and you’d get to know the person directly.

Regards,
Taji

]]> By: Andy Boyns http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/03/bits-pieces-part-vii/comment-page-1/#comment-858 Andy Boyns Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:30:38 +0000 http://www.voiceemporium.com/?p=2299#comment-858 Hi As ever moving forward with positive steps... it's amazing, but I think you could produce something really big with your $3 contributions... the trick will be to monitor standards. Skype conferences could be good too... keep walking the path Taji! best regards andy Hi

As ever moving forward with positive steps… it’s amazing, but I think you could produce something really big with your $3 contributions… the trick will be to monitor standards.

Skype conferences could be good too…

keep walking the path Taji!

best regards

andy

]]> By: Jodi Krangle http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/03/bits-pieces-part-vii/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Jodi Krangle Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:35:37 +0000 http://www.voiceemporium.com/?p=2299#comment-854 Hi Taji. Both sound like a great idea. I'd even be willing to pay for a feature in your directory. Those prices sound very reasonable. :) As for Skype, I'm like Dan - I don't actually turn the program on unless I have a pre-arranged meeting going on. But it's a great way to communicate to folks all over the world with little hassle. I'd be willing to participate in such a discussion, if you had one. Keep the great ideas comin'! All the best, --Jodi Hi Taji. Both sound like a great idea. I’d even be willing to pay for a feature in your directory. Those prices sound very reasonable. :) As for Skype, I’m like Dan – I don’t actually turn the program on unless I have a pre-arranged meeting going on. But it’s a great way to communicate to folks all over the world with little hassle. I’d be willing to participate in such a discussion, if you had one. Keep the great ideas comin’!

All the best, –Jodi

]]> By: Dan Nims http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/03/bits-pieces-part-vii/comment-page-1/#comment-853 Dan Nims Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:52:15 +0000 http://www.voiceemporium.com/?p=2299#comment-853 Yeah! If all you would need is $3 a year per member to support a 'directory' then by all means, go for it. (If it were $300, I would have to do some serious thinking. But for $3, no thinking is required!) As for the Skype chat, I'm open for that too. The price is right, peer-to-peer Skype chat is FREE world wide. Not sure what I could contribute to a discussion but it would be very interesting to know other VO folk who could be reached with Skype (perhaps with e-mail to set up appointment, guidelines what what's fair to talk about, that sort of thing.) I normally don't open Skype unless I'm expecting a call because the 'unsolicited' contacts can be a distraction. The software is free and usually the quality is better than a telephone. What's not to like? Yeah! If all you would need is $3 a year per member to support a ‘directory’ then by all means, go for it. (If it were $300, I would have to do some serious thinking. But for $3, no thinking is required!)

As for the Skype chat, I’m open for that too. The price is right, peer-to-peer Skype chat is FREE world wide. Not sure what I could contribute to a discussion but it would be very interesting to know other VO folk who could be reached with Skype (perhaps with e-mail to set up appointment, guidelines what what’s fair to talk about, that sort of thing.)

I normally don’t open Skype unless I’m expecting a call because the ‘unsolicited’ contacts can be a distraction. The software is free and usually the quality is better than a telephone. What’s not to like?

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