Hi.
So this is the blog for the web site Twenty Four Pages Per Second. I'm glad that somehow you have found yourself here. Maybe you'll find yourself there (at the web site) and you'll enjoy what we have to offer, or are hoping to offer in the future. Maybe you are already a fan of the site and that is why you are here in the first place, welcome!
For those that are already familiar with the site, you may want to skim if not skip this part, because it will be mostly redundant, then again, maybe you want to revel in my excitement and read on with enthusiasm, just as I keep eating, sleeping, and breathing what I am trying to accomplish here.
It is thoroughly argued that books are better than movies, and where this is true in a lot of cases, there are plenty of exceptions. Twenty Four Pages Per Second will be a site dedicated to reviewing books, plays, and video games along side all of their movie adaptions. IMDb boasts over 29,000 titles when you use the key words based-on-novel, making the idea for my site no small undertaking. Now granted, that number probably includes a lot of movies that have been made and remade, and titles that aren't printed in English (for now, we are that limited) but that doesn't put a big dent in what is out there to read/play and watch.
Luckily I am not a team of one. Though I had no doubt my partner in crime, Jonathan, would want to participate, I really didn't think I would garner any outside interest to contribute until well after the site was up and running and full of content. However, right out of the gate I had two lovely ladies declare their desire to participate. I am happy to have them both and look forward to seeing what they choose to review and what medium they felt was the better portrayal of the story.
There are a few desires that went into this idea:
First, I want to do something I love. Who doesn't? I can't think of too many better ways to spend my time other than reading, watching movies, or writing. There is just nothing better than escaping into another world, whether I do all the heavy lifting or let the "experts" in Hollywood do it for me. Even better than the reading and watching is discussing it, and I find that I am much more eloquent when I take pen to paper (or in this case fingers to a keyboard.) The only problem with the later is not a whole lot of people can see it, and thus lacks discussion. So this is good opportunity to do all the things I love with as a big of an audience as possible.
Second, I wanted to design my own web site. Everything about the site is my own doing except the logo and background image, those I thank Kim Z. for. The color, font, layout, navigation, content decisions all me. Though the site is up and fully operational, it by no means reflects the work of an expert. However, as this project moves forward I hope to expand my html and css skills and slowly give the site a more polished look.
Third, I wanted to create a thing, a piece of something in this vast world that will be shared with more than my family and friends. Maybe, that is as far as this will ever go. Just a thing that a few people and myself worked on at some point in our lives, but I really hope this will go far beyond me and those on my personal Facebook page.
Looking back to the discussion part of my efforts: At this time there is no place for discussion on the site. This is done for two reasons. Number one being that I haven't figured out how to do that yet. I know that my web host offers software to do it, but eventually I may want to take on the challenge of figuring it out on my own. The number two reason, and really in importance should be number one, I have a life and would like to not have it wasted on taking care of trolls. There will be plenty of people that will post just to press buttons or to spam, and honestly I don't have the time to police the site. This is where the blog and social networking sites come in. Each have their own systems to keep users in check, and as long as those services are free I will be taking advantage of them.
Eventually the site will have advertisements. I will make sure that there is nothing so annoying as the pop-out ones that take over your whole screen because you had the audacity to inadvertently move your mouse over it. I'd also like to point out that these aren't ads that I am being paid up front for. The only way Twenty Four Pages Per Second will be making any revenue is if readers click on the advertisement and make a purchase with one of the companies the site is affiliated with. If you are a fan of the site I'd urge you to remember our links when you do your on-line shopping. Not only will you be getting product that you already intended to buy, but you will be contributing to the longevity of the site and the potential success of Twenty Four Pages Per Second as a brand.
As for the blog, I wanted a better way to interact with any readers that come this way. I place to keep them informed on what is to come. To walk through some of the thought processes behind the site, or the reviews, and to get feedback from those willing to give it. There is still a lot that I am trying to figure out about the site and for now Blogger lets me accomplish one more thing without too much work on my part. Considering how much reading and movie watching I need to start doing, who's going to begrudge me an easy button for the time being?
