Newshttp://www.creativityresources.com/news/2008-06-10T18:32:16ZSquarespaceSite Newshttp://www.creativityresources.com/news/2008/4/6/alvador-error.htmlMatt Metcalf2008-04-06T15:41:57Z2008-04-06T15:41:57ZUpdate: The error appears to be fixed now. The Alvador Project website appears to be working as expected.

I’ve been out of town for the weekend, and I just discovered that the Alvador website is having problems. Unfortunately I’m not in position to do anything about it at this time, but when I get home late afternoon/early evening I’ll try to get it taken care of. Please be patient. Thanks! ]]>Company Newshttp://www.creativityresources.com/news/2008/3/28/alvador-dns-problem.htmlMatt Metcalf2008-03-28T14:46:35Z2008-03-28T14:46:35ZAlvador Project site seems to be having a problem right now, but the problem does not appear to be with the site itself. When I registered the site through GoDaddy, I changed the primary DNS servers from GoDaddy’s servers to the servers at my host (www.hostmysite.com), but I made the mistake of leaving GoDaddy’s servers on the list (albeit farther down). Apparently, some kind of hiccup occurred because suddenly today when I put in my domain’s URL, I get the GoDaddy parking page instead of my site. I don’t know if all three of HostMySite’s DNS servers were offline at the same time or what the problem is.

The point of all of this is to tell you if you go to the site and all you see is the GoDaddy parking page, the problem is a DNS caching problem that will hopefully be fixed shortly.

Thanks for your patience.

]]>Company Newshttp://www.creativityresources.com/news/2008/3/26/announcing-the-alvador-project.htmlMatt Metcalf2008-03-26T18:40:24Z2008-03-26T18:40:24ZThe Alvador Project.

The Alvador Project is a shared universe for fantasy writers. While Creativity Resources owns the website and all of the software that runs it (except as noted), the setting of Alvador is owned by the Alvador Project community, which means that the community can make any changes they want to the setting. There are, of course, some guidelines to be followed (mostly they break down to “be polite”).

The site features forums for discussing the setting and the stories, a wiki with information about the people, places, and history of the continent of Alvador.

If you are interested in contributing to the setting, or just in reading (and rating) the stories submitted by others, we welcome you to visit The Alvador Project.

]]>Company Newshttp://www.creativityresources.com/news/2008/2/19/in-development.htmlMatt Metcalf2008-02-19T14:44:01Z2008-02-19T14:44:01Zall of my blogs. The reason is because I’ve been writing software like a madman (including the cackling laughter and wild eyes).

The software I’ve been working on has mostly been a reusable framework for a number of websites I want to develop, along with integrating that framework in to the first of the websites. The framework contains common data access and business rules elements, along with some new custom web controls that will be usable across all of the websites. The custom controls I’ve created so far are controls for authorizations (logging into the websites), forums (a category list, a thread list, viewing the messages in a thread, and posting new threads or replies to threads), and advertising (Creativity Resources is, after all, a commercial venture, in spite of the distinct lack of income over the past two years).

The good news is that I’ve made tremendous progress in the past two weeks, and for the first site (more details later) I am now working on steps three and four of my ten-step plan. Hopefully I’ll be able to announce the launch of the first of Creativity Resource’s web properties in a few months!

Stay tuned here for more details as the launch date comes closer. ]]>Site Newshttp://www.creativityresources.com/news/2007/12/27/potential-disruptions.htmlMatt Metcalf2007-12-27T18:43:36Z2007-12-27T18:43:36ZUPDATE: All of the disruptions should be in the past now. Thanks for your patience.

I’ll be transfering the site to a new Domain Name Registrar (www.GoDaddy.com ) because Register.com is too expensive and GoDaddy provides the same services for considerably less money. For the price of a one year registration at Register.com (or Network Solutions, for that matter), I can get four years at GoDaddy.

What this means to you is that there may be some slight disruptions in site services over the next couple of days as a result of the transfer and DNS updating. If the site is unavailable during that time, please check back in a few hours or a few days.

Thanks for your patience. ]]>Company NewsSufficiently Advanced Wirelesshttp://www.creativityresources.com/news/2007/6/27/sufficiently-advanced-wireless.htmlMatt Metcalf2007-06-27T01:21:18Z2007-06-27T01:21:18ZArthur C. Clarke once said “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” (also known as Clarke’s Third Law). A lot of technology in the modern era would pass as magic to someone from even several decades ago, let alone centuries.

Take wireless phones, for instance. The ability to communicate with someone else—to hear their voice, see their pictures and videos, and read their e-mail messages—when you are on opposite sides of the planet would seem truly mystical to people not inured in our modern culture.

With that in mind, thanks to the magic of modern technology, Creativity Resources is happy to announce the launch of Sufficiently Advanced Wireless, a new wireless phone company. The marvels of modern technology have allowed Creativity Resources to partner with Sonopia and Verizon to offer wireless service to the world at a reasonable rate. All calls travel across Verizon’s network, which I have personally found to be the most reliable network around.

Right now, we are offering a Motorola RAZR phone (a $299 value) for only $49.95 with the purchase of a two-year service agreement. In addition, we are offering an exceptional plan for only $39.95/month that includes:

• 450 anytime minutes
• Free nights and weekends
• unlimited domestic long-distance calling (airtime applies)
• No charge for domestic roaming (coverage not available in all areas)
• Voice Mail (airtime charges apply when leaving/retrieving message and for setup)
• Call Forward
• Caller ID
• 3-Way Calling
• Call Waiting (airtime charges apply for each call)
• Includes SMS, MMS and Data services. Web SMS is available at no extra charge when sent to other Sonopians or within the network
• Free 911 calls

Other service plans are available with more minutes, including individual plans and family plans. Check out our plans today!

]]>Company Newshttp://www.creativityresources.com/news/gemini-progress.htmlMatt Metcalf2007-06-07T18:05:15Z2007-06-07T18:05:15ZCompany Newshttp://www.creativityresources.com/news/2007/5/27/squarespace-service-provider.htmlMatt Metcalf2007-05-27T23:21:24Z2007-05-27T23:21:24Z ]]>Misc.http://www.creativityresources.com/news/2007/5/8/joost-invite.htmlMatt Metcalf2007-05-08T21:34:37Z2007-05-08T21:34:37ZJoost invite if anybody wants to invite me. Send me an email (CreativityResources@Hotmail.com) if you’re willing to help me out.

UPDATE: I got my invite. Thanks, Roy! ]]>Company Newshttp://www.creativityresources.com/news/2007/4/17/gemini-restart.htmlMatt Metcalf2007-04-18T02:41:23Z2007-04-18T02:41:23Z

1. I didn’t like the way the software was turning out. We had high hopes for what we wanted to achieve with Gemini, and it wasn’t shaping up that way. It involved too much manual work on the user’s part to sync files, and wasn’t very user friendly. We want to rectify both of those problems.
2. The code sucked. Yeah, that’s my fault. I cobbled together some pretty crappy code over the six months I actually worked on Gemini. It was a pain in the ass to make changes already, and all of the business logic was right in the presentation layer. I’ve re-designed the software architecture to make it easier to maintain, support, and add onto, which will also make it easier to create an API. The new version will also have the ability to define sync jobs (as in a group of sync actions, each with its own collection of two or more directories to be synchronized in a variety of ways). You will now be able to select an existing sync job or create a new one, define sync operations within the sync job, select which sync operations you want to run each time. You’ll even be able to run sync jobs on a schedule.

So, the bottom line is, Gemini is going to take a little longer to get out the door, but it will be a much better piece of software when it does come out.

Thanks for your patience.

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