Has anyone seen an aircraft carrier around here?

Hey - hola - HI. I haven't blogged in a while and I have a damn good reason for it --- we have been working ferociously on the site and have now launched. HOLLER! <www.stylous.com>

Working on the site has been somewhat of a roller coaster (I won't say emotional roller coaster because that would make me sound too emotional), but a roller coaster nonetheless.

The first major issue that we had was that we were getting rejected from several affiliate programs, such as Piperlime, Bluefly and then Zappos. This was scary because that was kinda sorta the whole premise of the silly little money-making bit of the business. Just a minor thing, you know. However, we have overcome that to some extent and it is no longer a threat (I hope).

The second minor catastrophe was that the framework that the site is based on (Cappuccino) was a complete disaster in Internet Explorer -- and that is a HUGE deal because most lame Americans still use IE. Rich and Steve are now working on completely re-writing a new homemade framework based on Javascript called Domino (don't worry I don't really know what that means either).

Anyhoo --- things are going much better. We launched (quietly & slowly) yesterday and are getting a plethora of users. Now if we can just figure out how to pay rent.....

life, post-Arterra

My first blog post. Should be interesting.....

It has been over 3 months since I left my job at Intracorp, where I was the project manager of a high-rise condo in downtown San Francisco (Arterra). These are some of the things you only realize in retrospect...

I now have time to answer the phone, reply to emails, and return phone calls (novel!). I don't get bitter about household duties (well, almost). I understand what my dog must feel like every day (being stuck in the house with no one to walk me). I notice how many crackheads there actually are in our neighborhood. I realize that a lot of my neighbors have AIDS. I confess that Cafe Flore's coffee maybe isn't so good (compared to homebrew). I watch the guy across the street from my dining room window and wonder if he watches back.

I could go on, but I won't.

I am now entering the entirely new and unknown field of internet retail -- a plan originally hatched by Rich and Steve. We are creating the ultimate online shopping site (I use the term "we" very loosely). I am very excited, but a little intimidated at the same time (it may also have something to do with the fact that our country is entering an economic dark age, but that's another story altogether). Anyhoo -- this is the new me. Internet Meg. Nay, internet e-tailer Meg. Site to be lanched next month. Stay tuned.