: Some "TOP SECRET" stuff... :

: 12/29/07 :
-      Ok, well it isn't quite government stuff here, but still not open for full public disclosure yet. Yes, it has been a while since I have updated this sad excuse for a website. Why, you ask? Glad you asked! However, I can't tell you all the details yet. Too many thieves among-us. Most are on the tips of my open palms, bleeding fingers, sucking like digital vampires, and pouncing with the grace of a drunk jackal. That is good for me, because the bastards are stealing my codes and ideas, and screwing them up in the process. One sad soul even got hacked from the code he stole. Hehe, that is why I never give ALL the details of what I do.

-      Ok, so what's all this crap about "TOP SECRET" stuff? Well, IMVU has failed to deliver any positive improvement on the developing front, even making it worse through all these experimental "Improvements" they have made. Translation, I couldn't get a serious response from any of the people who were once interested in paying us for creating content here. Not to fret, they scoffed "There" and "Second Life" also, calling them "Marketing disasters", and "Funding vortexes". I found it hard to disagree. Sorry, I won't lie, just to make a dollar, when IMVU fails to deliver. Though, I have not lost them as potential clients. They still have an ear my way. I am the only one offering them anything worthy of an ear at the moment. In the short, the "Branded Content Project", is completely on pause.

-      Crap, you say... Yea, like you didn't see that coming. (Talking to developers here, not users.) Well, there were elements of the "Branded Content Project" that were going to be used for delivery, control, regulation, expansion, and advertisement. The "Treasure Banner" was one of those elements. One that launched with great success. Since its launch on Sept 5th 2007, until Dec 29th 2007 (Four months), there have been...

659,940 page loads.
171,123 Unique visitors
95,880 First time visitors
75,243 Returning visitors

-      So, what does all that say? Um... Says I have the eyes of about 10% of IMVU's entire living users looking at us. Though it was never intended to be only an "Independent Developer" banner, it has found a home as such, and this got me thinking. Who needs branded content, we are our own brands. We know all the ins-and-outs, and have worked around them, or just live with them. Now my development has turned from "Branded Content Control", to "Developer Content Control", and "User Content Control". Yet another area where IMVU has a strong lack of control and ability. Sure they can make toys for us to play with, but using duct-tape and super-glue is getting messy.

-      Ok, so, what have I been doing for four months? In fairness, I spent a month fighting the banner, once it got into operation, and I thought... There has to be a better way to handle this. There was, it just doesn't exist yet, so I began to make it. I took all those pages and pages of notebook ideas and code, and just changed them to work for us, by us. As opposed to having them work for us, by "Branded Content Owners". Without going into heavy detail, one site will control all the "TOP SECRET" services. This site is called www.iMVUtoys.com (Internet Multi-Value User Toys). Payments are ALL IN CREDITS, for EVERY SERVICE. One giant control center, with an indirect tie to your existing IMVU accounts. Everything you need/want as a developer/user of IMVU.

Some future service names you will find here, soon...
www.iMVUtoys.com (The main site.) {Tied to QuickPay}
www.iMVUtoy.com (Type-O site.)
www.iMVUtools.com (Um, tools you might use on IMVU.com)
www.iMVUtool.com (Type-O site.)
www.iMVUgold.com (TOP SECRET) {No, not a credit reseller}
www.iMVUnow.com (TOP SECRET)
www.iMVUstyle.com (TOP SECRET)
www.iMVUplus.com (TOP SECRET)
www.iMVUdeveloper.com (TOP SECRET)
www.MYeTAG.com (Same concept, one place for all your stuff.)
www.TreasureBanner.com (Developers items, and HOT IMVU links, and random prizes.)
www.TopPeg.com (Original concept sold, new concept pending.)
www.ProjectPalindrome.com (Branded content project, put on hold.)
www.FeedMeYour.com (Old home of the TreasureBanner, new concept pending.)
www.ISAWHIM.com (Um, you're here.)

-      Ultimately, the whole service will be a hub for all other services related to IMVU. Got a banner or AVI or sticker shop? Are you a credit reseller? Having a contest that IMVU would not allow you to have? Does your contest need more structure? Want a banner that changes on every-one's page, when you change yours, including link-destination? Want others to just be able to click and add your banner to a list of developers they support? Looking for a way to support multiple developers, without cluttering your page with a million, slow loading banners? Want to start your own catalog, independent of IMVU's catalog, full of dead and broken items from non-existant developers? Having trouble trying to find a way to showcase your creations? Pure mental explosion, providing you with things IMVU refuses, or has no interest in, because it won't make them money.

: What is still on the table? :

: 8/01/07 :
-      Oh, I am hardly finished... There is still much on the table. My desire to continue, in a similar private endeavor, has led me to some great discoveries. Part of my discovery is a website called IMVU, which is a 3D instant message program. They have tons of things that come with the program, and you can win, buy, and earn additional credits for more stuff. Though my wardrobe is limited, my rooms and furniture are not.

-      My focus has been on the 'Developers', who are just normal users of IMVU, with the ability to create simple and complex items. You can not grasp how easy they have made it to create things in IMVU. If you can upload an image to MySpace, or Xanga, or PhotoBucket, then you have what it takes to start making your-own custom items to sell in IMVU. However, being good in art, or in 3D creation is a major bonus.

-      I have a modest 15 items in the catalog at IMVU. Currently, there are over 940,465 items in that catalog. I can honestly say that I make about 20,000 to 50,000 credits a week. You can buy 5,000 credits from IMVU for around $5.00usd, developers and brokers also sell credits for about half that price, when they are available to sell. (There are many developers that have made millions in sales, AKA: Pro-Devs.)

-      My focus has been the developers near the bottom, as well as those on top. The art event I was conducting, led me to many contacts related to marketing and manufacture. I am attempting to bring some of this to IMVU, and equally, bring IMVU to them. The simple fact is that these guys want what's new, what's hot, and what gives them great exposure. Surprise, I am back to exposure again. Similarly, there are many great artists within IMVU, that could use some great real-world exposure.

-      Thus, my new project. (Adopted from my previously expired names.) We now have the 'Branded Content Project'. The goal is the same, so www.ProjectPalindrome.com will ultimately be the resting place for that development. The www.MYeTAG.com will be used as a gateway for account purposes. Each IMVU developer will be getting a free/paid www.MYeTAG.com site. (There are two flavors of www.MYeTAG.com, Free and Paid. One is limited, one has the options for additional content and customizations.)

-      I will be posting some of the related things for this new project, so that they are in one central location. For now, all the info is scattered throughout IMVU's forum. That is where I spent a greater half of my IMVU time. Millions of people from all around the world, offering assistance and support for EVERY other individual. Yes, even IMVU offers assistance and takes some spare time to speak to those with the least irrational postings. Um, mine are not always rational. You can see that I have been edited a few times.

: NEWS AND NOTICES :

: 12/29/07 :
MSIE: WTF, where are my pages going? I hear the damn click-sound, so where is my page? Damn-it, load the page, load it, load it...
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: 8/03/07 :
PHP: The magic to protection. There is more reality in this magic than you may think. Though, many still like to play with illusions...
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: TOP SELECTIONS :

-      Here is my selection of highly rated charities, in no specific order.

Oprah's Angel Network

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

American Red Cross

Direct Relief International

CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation

Volunteers of America

Ronald McDonald House Charities

AmeriCares

Feed the Children

Siena/Francis House

*      I am not associated with these organizations in any way. These are my personal selections based upon strict criteria. The information provided by www.charitynavigator.org was an invaluable tool, used to help me determine which organizations to select.