12:07 AM
Winding down from another long day. Still sick as a mutt and walking sideways. My balance is way off and I'm sitting here wishing this was over so I could get some sleep.
Today's big news from TechTV was that they were eliminating the first shift of chat from the morning schedule. I was pretty bummed because I really did get used to waking up, taking a shower, getting breakfast, then spending the next two hours trying to get Robyn on TV by participating in chat when everyone else is half awake. I got used to it and it's going to be different come Monday when I wake up early and find ... well, I guess I'll do a lot of work in the mornings now.

No offense to the chat hosts, but a "moderated chat" for the first two hours isn't going to work IMODO. I know, I know, everyone's saying this is is a "good thing" and that they'll "focus more on chat" during the remaining hours. To that I just smile and nod and say "all things will pass."

I'm going to hold my tongue. I haven't seen it yet and I'm sure it will be great. However, I will say that I'm dreading it because if they screw this up and they lose chatters they will never get them back. 8 years of community work on-line tells me that. Their base chatting community is just too small to support too many changes and the loss of a few key players in afternoon chats could mean disaster. Then again, I'm sure they're smarter than I, so I'm sure it'll be a rousing sucess.

Me? Again, no offense but I'm passing on the "moderated chat" and I'll probably stop watching the early hours of TechTV. I'm fearful that it's going to go to ::gag:: market coverage for the first two hours. The last thing we need is another channel going on and on about market coverage. As much as I like Bill Tucker and as much as I think Jean Lee is a cutie pie, if I want to see market coverage, I'll watch CNN/FN, or MSNBC, or regular CNN, or the local stations or ...

Read up on Fantatics about the Call for Help suggestions session. All I can say is the three things listed there as things they're going to do are exactly what I would have suggested -- get rid of the ticker (it's after the bell anyway), get rid of the news (not that I want Stacey T. gone -- but it does interrupt the flow of the show), and get the show on it's own set. Right now having it on the TechLive set after the majority of the TechLive people leave just seems weird. It needs it's own set and it needs it's own focus since it is not TechLive.

On that note, I'm fading fast. Be back tomorrow with probably more stories and blogs.

k9

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