Mashby's profile on TV.com

I'm Done by mashby

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:33:00 PDT

When TV.com first launched it was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed being a contributor. Unfortunately, like most things, life gets in the way and things change and certain hobbies take a back seat. My role as Editor for The IT Crowd and Hustle have taken a back seat over the past year simply because I've been too busy with work and what not to devote the attention it deserves.

So today I retired as Editor for both shows. It was a hard decision to make, because I love both of the shows dearly and to be considered the TV.com editor for those shows was quite an honor. That being said, both series deserve a better editor than I've been over the past year, so it was high time that I step down.

I still think TV.com is a great site and I applaud all of the contributors who continue to make this the go to site for television. It's unfortunate that I'm unable to find the time to be more active, but it was fun while it lasted.

Take care everyone!

Must Have Been A Pity Point by mashby

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:42:34 PDT

Looks like I got bumped up to level 28 "Disco Stu". I don't know exactly what I did to deserve the bump, because I haven't been active very much up until today. Today I cleaned up the "Hustle" episode guide, so that should move me past the current 1%.

What I See In My Future by mashby

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:24:04 PST

Level Up
I'm only 5% away from moving up to the next level, 28 Disco Stu, but I think I'll wait until the update is complete this evening before making anymore submissions. You know, just to be safe and all.

- Level 28 - Disco Stu.

Butterfly Emblem
Call me an emblem junkie, but I was checking to see which emblems I was missing and I happened to notice that I am 2 friends away from the 20 needed for the Butterfly icon.

- Social Butterfly (User has over 20 friends).

Board Lover
I'm 110 posts away from earning the "Board Lover" emblem.

- Board Lover (500 forum posts).

Contribution Emblem
I'm 305 submissions away from the next contribution emblem.

- Master of the Contributions (2000 Contributions)

I don't see me breaking into this next level anytime soon, but I know it'll happen one day.

Kind Of Shamed To Admit This, But... by mashby

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:10:19 PST

I've become a bit of a fan of the show Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team.

Is it because it has excellent writing? No. Is it because the story lines are so deep and compelling? Ha! No.

Is it because the series is nothing but images of cheerleaders dancing, stretching and running? y e a h . . .

I wasn't a big fan of Baywatch, which was built around watching a bunch of beach bunnies, but for some reason this series really resonates with me. Maybe it's because it's drawing on my pre-pubescent days when I had a Dallas Cowboys poster hanging on my wall. I don't know. All I DO know is that it's a lot of fun to watch.

No Bump This Weekend? by mashby

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:40:14 PST

Eager to finally get off of Level 27, I made another 20 or so submissions, most of which have been approved. However, I'm still at 80%. Did the update run this weekend?

Finally Making Contributions Again by mashby

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 05:21:47 PST

I've been so busy this year that I haven't spent much time on TV.com making submissions. It's kind of ironic that during this time I've been stuck at the "Shark Jumper" level. Well, over the past two days, I cleared out my Gmail account and made a bunch of submissions err.. contributions and moved from 66% to 80%. Considering I made roughly 25 contributions, that's not too bad of a bump.

I figured that I wouldn't be seeing a new icon until I made it to level 28, but this morning I noticed the following icon:

User has submitted news links via the User Link Submission System.

Although it feels good to be a contributing member again, I feel a little out of step. There are so many changes around here, like the user links thing, that it's going to take a little while till I feel comfortable with how things work again.

My New Podcast - Simply Digital by mashby

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:53:35 PDT

A project that I've been working on for over a year has finally taken shape and launched! It's a weekly podcast called Simply Digital. With my co-host, "Analog Dave", we discuss a single topic regarding technology and try to break it down so that it's easy to understand. I guess you could call it a tech podcast for the non-geek.

The first episode is on "podcasts", which at first glance may seem a bit redundant to talk about podcasts IN a podcast. However, since Simply Digital is a podcast, what better way to kick things off than by breaking down this new technology?

All the details, including show notes, for Episode 1 can be found at this link. We've included an embedded player, so you can even listen to the podcast directly from the site. If you prefer a dedicated "podcatcher", you can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, Odeo, Google, or your Podcatcher of choice via standard RSS.

This is our first episode, but I'd still love to get any feedback you may have. Constructive criticism is always a good thing, so if you have some thoughts on the show, positive or negative, I'd love to hear them!

My Blogs Runneth Over by mashby

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:08:48 PDT

Now that TV.com has added the ability to add blogs to shows and people, I'm swimming in blogs now!

I had already created a blog for "Hustle" a few weeks ago, and today I created a blog for "The IT Crowd". While I was at it, I also created a forum and blog for the actor John Mese as well.

Then the thought occurred to me, should I do the same for all the people that I am Editor for? Surely some of the news that I post in the "Hustle" blog could go into the actor's blog instead. I guess the question is, how many blogs to I want to manage? I'm Editor for 6 people and 2 shows. That would make 9 blogs total (including this one) and 8 forums. That seems like a lot to me, but I'm still on the fence.

I suppose if points were given for posting in the blogs, then maybe that would tip the scales. I haven't been around enough to know if this is indeed the case and I'm too busy right now to do the research, so maybe someone can educate me?

What are other Editors doing?

What My Future Holds by mashby

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:55:05 PDT

I came across this great blog post by studog2961 which lists all of the icons that are out there to collect. There are two chat icons I'll never get, but there are a few that might be in my future.

- Master of the Contributions (2000 Contributions). I have 1,688 as of this post.

- Board Lover (500 forum posts). I have 332 as of this post.

- his user has one of the top 100 point scores in the community. I'm in the top 500, but I don't think I'll ever make the top 100.

Of course there are level icons too, but those three will be some of the milestones that may lie in my future.

Go Away For A Month Or So... by mashby

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:52:39 PDT

I've been away quite a bit here recently. I've been busy with projects at work and new endeavors of my own, which I should be able to talk about soon. So this evening I stopped in to check the queue and was quite surprised that I had 3 submissions waiting for me! While trying to approve them, I found that a lot of things have changed.

1. Opera Doesn't Work With TV.com
It seems that Opera 9 and TV.com don't play well together. I haven't dug into the issue, but either Opera is doing something weird, or TV.com is and my bet is on TV.com. Web standards isn't something that TV.com has been all that concerned with in the past.

2. There Are Show Blogs!
The forums have been my only outlet for news and cool information regarding the shows that I edit. Imagine my surprise when I saw a "Blog" tab in the sub-navigation for "Hustle". I scrounged around until I found where to activate the feature and immediately started the "Hustle" Blog.

All I can say is WOO FREAKIN' HOO BABY! This is fantastic news and just goes to show how the TV.com staff respond to user requests. May be old news to you guys, but I'm stoked!

3. I Have A New Icon
Although I made a few submissions this evening, I haven't been doing much during this "off-season". So the idea that I'd have a new icon was the farthermost thing from my mind. So I was a little taken a back when I saw that I had the following in my panel:

= This user was a member during the first month of TV.com.

I knew that I had been on board pretty soon after the launch, but I had no idea it was in the first 30 days. How sweet is that?