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Post by Trev on Jul 27, 2017 3:48:48 GMT -5
Hi all I have been busy catching up with reports to review and making some changes to the site and the social media for the news magazine. I don't know what google is doing to google plus but the site hasn't been improving. In a lot of ways has been getting worse and more confusing. The about section has the biggest problem. It doesn't display all text. All you see is sentences cut off.
I have deleted the google plus page and have been focusing more on the facebook page and the twitter profile. Facebook has been making a lot of changes to the format so been busy determining how need to change content and frequency of posts.
I have been making some adjustments to my computer upgrades to security software and add applications to improve the computer performance.
I had to return as the primary contributing writer after some horrible experiences with unreliable and inexperienced writers. I am not looking for writers with a lot of experience but they should be able to run a spell and grammar check, and have a better understanding what type of articles to submit. I have been going back to some old articles and drafts for future to pick a few to work on immediately. I have been busy revising and expanding on a few old articles before including them on the news magazine. Fortunately the subjects are still topical.
I have been revising notes for a couple of At This Time TV breaking news episodes that late to broadcast but because of the subjects they are still relevant and topical. Also have been working on notes for other episodes.
I have put At This Time radio interviews on hold for right now. I have had a couple of problems scheduling guests. It happen during my health crisis and didn't help my stress management. Also need to focus on At This Time TV episodes right now.
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Post by Trev on Nov 9, 2017 2:18:17 GMT -5
Hi all the last few weeks have been very busy. I had to take over as primary writer and have been working on a number of new articles/commentaries. I have been making some changes to At This Time TV and special reports. I got some ideas from watching videos of others on youtube.
Recently I had to upgrade my computer sooner than planned. The hard drive for my computer crashed. One of several problems and the hard drive crash the last straw. The last couple of days working on the settings for the broadcast tool and believe have come to a resolution. Will only know for sure after record the next special report episode.
Topics for a number of special reports have been continuing to develop for weeks. I had to revise show notes frequently. I will be returning to regular schedule for At This Time TV full episodes and special report episodes.
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Post by Trev on Nov 12, 2017 19:50:48 GMT -5
Hi all it was a particularly rough week getting the new computer up and running. Also some internet service issues in my area. It was stressful determining the source the isp or the computer. However too many in my area have been reporting the same problems. This has been issue off and on for weeks and months.
In any case I have been shoring up the security for this new computer.
I am looking forward to resuming At This Time TV and radio. I love doing the episodes and miss talking with all of you. I have been slowly adding to the official instagram page. Various content including video updates.
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Post by Trev on Dec 18, 2017 17:36:23 GMT -5
Hi all I have been making steady progress on various changes and improvements for the news magazine and At This Time TV. I have recently upgraded my computer and have replaced the studio software for broadcasting At This Time TV episodes and special reports.
I have been extremely busy with program notes, making changes to all the pages of the site, and writing new articles. Each day I am monitoring various news wire sources. However there are some sites I will not check or share any news reports. The forbidden sites: CNN, Shaw Global news, Fox news, Breibart, and RT
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Post by Trev on Dec 28, 2017 19:18:19 GMT -5
Hi all an important announcement to talk about with you. I am testing a couple choices for a further change to the news magazine. It is related to change for the studio software for At This Time TV. I will be replacing the youtube channel with a different video hosting. I will be explaining why on the next full episode of At This Time TV. Yes I will be resuming the episodes. These last few weeks have been crazy. A lot of work and changes to the site and dealing with a terrible internet connection. The last couple of days believe was the worse of the problems. I am keeping fingers crossed and knock on wood for improvement by the start of the new year. I am looking into changing internet providers but alternatives are very limited in my area.
Things are moving along in any case and getting better slowly.
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Post by Trev on Jan 26, 2018 16:09:54 GMT -5
Hi I have some good news and improvements to inform you. Although the internet service in my area continue to be a problem but there has been some improvements in the service. Still not satisfactory and will be changing ISP as soon as can. There are other priorities need to deal with before making an ISP change. I have some work that needs attention for my public practice. The practice pays the bills for the news magazine.
I have made further revisions to all the pages. The pages continue to improve in appearance and easier to navigate. I am working on bringing in some long term sponsors to help pay some of the costs. Don't worry that will never compromise the mission of the news magazine. That is a promise and you have in writing here on the forum. The news magazine is and will always be bringing and going beyond the headlines for answers. I spend a lot of time checking wire services for reports that can be found on mainstream news sites for local papers from around the world. The reports appear on those sites but don't get noticed because they are buried for top stories. The reports are just as important as the top stories.
I have made further improvements to my new computer and the new studio software. I will be resuming episodes for At This Time TV. That too is another promise. I continue to make revisions to show notes for upcoming episodes in order to make sure all topics are topical. For most part that is not a problem. The subject matter for the topics continue to develop further.
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Post by Trev on Jan 26, 2018 16:17:23 GMT -5
An additional point to mention. The social media for the news magazine continue to require constant monitoring, and I have been trying different techniques for updating the facebook page. Facebook frequent updates make difficult but not impossible to keep up with the updates. I have been busy with a number of twitter engagements on the official twitter page. I am a long term twitter veteran who continue to use as twitter was designed. As for the official instagram page. I have been experimenting with the best ways to post updates and on location segments. Instagram has some technical issues that I hope they are working on but not sure what is happening.
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Post by Trev on Mar 24, 2018 17:31:54 GMT -5
Hi all I have been consistently busy with a lot of updates for the news magazine. Also in light of various on-line security and privacy problems I have open up the forum to those who prefer not to create a profile and to login. However the forum profile doesn't require you to give a lot of personal information. I don't have a lot of information on my profile. Profiles make the discussions on the forum more interesting when we know something about each member. I still request At This Time radio guests to create a profile so you know who they are.
I have included security measures to make sure the forum won't be besieged by trolls and cyber bullies insulting and offensive comments.
On the subject of insulting behavior. I have been very frustrated with my internet service. For far too long the connection speed and staying connected has made it difficult for me to upload new At This Time TV and special report episodes. I have tried to record and upload a couple of episodes recently but problems with Shaw has interfered. I am still looking to change ISP as soon as possible.
on the At This Time radio TV the forum page you will noticed some At This Time TV episodes missing. I had to delete the youtube channel before transferring all episodes. I have been busy delinking google products. I had to delete the gmail account that was linked to the youtube channel and other google products. All episodes for At This Time TV will eventually be transferred.
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Post by Trev on Mar 31, 2018 17:21:40 GMT -5
You will notice a big change to the website. I have removed the ads from each page. I don't want ads you have been seeing but the ads I have seen was very strange and if this is an example for who is advertising through google than I don't want to be a part of adsense. I have never clicked on any of these ads and wouldn't surprise me if no one else has clicked on any of them.
I almost considered to put additional ads on the pages but I quickly came to my senses. Other websites that has doesn't have any non ad content. I have stopped visiting a lot of websites that nothing but ads. One website I am not kidding actually crashed my computer with all the ads trying to open including auto play videos. I won't name the website not going to give it any free publicity.
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Post by Trev on Apr 8, 2018 15:56:45 GMT -5
I have made some changes to the setting for this forum including open up to comments without the need to create a profile. This decision not just due to recent social media controversy. However I have put in place a system to keep out trolls and other cyber bullies who like to take over discussion topics to spread their trash talk and misinformation.
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Post by Trev on Apr 13, 2018 16:15:23 GMT -5
Hi all due to continuing to update show notes for upcoming at this time tv and special report episodes and updating the news tickers I have been considering further changes to make for at this time tv episodes and special report episodes. Each day I am busy checking various local and independent news sources and wire services and some of the reports I come across got me thinking how to discuss the reports on at this time tv. I have a number of ideas and slowly implementing into changes for the news magazine.
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Post by Trev on Apr 15, 2018 11:47:26 GMT -5
Hi all some terrible news when the weekend started the king of late night talk has left us. Art Bell passed beyond the veil. I have been busy with tributes and honoring the man who inspired me to start At This Time the news magazine. I am planning a special episode for At This Time TV as well.
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Post by Trev on May 5, 2018 21:45:48 GMT -5
You will notice something different on the news magazine. The google ads have been removed. I don't know specifically what ads you were seeing but the ones I have when visit the website has concerned me. Also after what happen to facebook with use of personal information of users I was reminded google and google ads depend on putting cookies on your computer in order to show specific ads to you.
Frankly being a google ad partner hasn't been any benefit. I haven't seen any ads that wanted to click on to know more, and generally no one has any interest in any of the businesses who pay for those ads.
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Post by Trev on May 17, 2018 21:00:17 GMT -5
Hi all things have been moving along though slowly I have been very busy and swamped with a lot of things lately. Also I have been working these frustrating internet issues. I had to try some things with my computer to see how responses on websites responds and to narrow source of the problems. Making progress in that regard as well.
The news magazine continues to be updated every day with new reports. Occasionally updated more than once a day. I have been getting some ideas after checking out other webseries. At least what not to try for At This Time TV and special reports.
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Post by Trev on May 17, 2018 21:05:44 GMT -5
Hi all I continue to be consumed with a lot of little modifications to the pages of the website. Also I have been researching, trying out a few new tools for some features of the site, and making some changes to the look of a few pages. It has been frustrating at times. My internet service has improved somewhat not as many problems but occasionally there has been a speed problem. The editor I use for updating the webpages have been a little buggy as well. It along with some other applications I use don't get along well with windows 10.
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