So for those of you that didn't know this, in 2003, e:strip started out as my Thesis project for my Masters In Fine Arts at UB. It is finally almost time for me to hand in my thesis. In order to complete it I will need some feedback from you guys.

Here are some of the questions, you can just post the answers on your journals. Please post the answers before friday, June 19th. Include a link to this journal so I can see the connection. If you want to keep the answers private for any reason you can always email me instead. Also if you have any additional information you would like to share, feel free to add it.

Thanks for your time.

People:
1. How did you find out about/why did you become of estrip?

2. How "out" are you about having a publicly accessible online journal. Do your friends know? Does your family know? Do your co-workers know? Does your boss know? Do you use your real name? Do you use your real photo?

3. How many epeeps have you met real life?

4. How has estrip changed the way that you meet people, on and/or off line?

5. How has estrip affected you love life?

6. How many of your friends have joined estrip because of your influence?

7. Are you from Buffalo/do you live in Buffalo?

Equipment:
1. What type of hardware or software purchases have you made as a result of using estrip?

2. Have you used the mobile version of estrip? Why or why not?

Lifestyle:
1. In what way has estrip changed your Internet surfings habits? Describe the amount of time you spend on estrip, when you use it and about how long?

1a. How many journals do you usually read per day?

2. In what ways has estrip changed the way you perceive your local community?

3. How has journaling about your life affected the way you spend your free time?

4. Has estrip changed your living situation in any way?

5. Do you find that you mediate/document more of your experiences now that you share them with others?

6. Has publishing on estrip affected the way that write?

7. Do you have other online journals? If so, with what service and has estrip affected your usage of that journal?

8. Have you ever gotten in trouble for using estrip at work?

9. If you have stopped using estrip, why?

I still have a surplus of magnetic e:strip bumper stickers. Does anyone not have one that wants and/or needs one? I have been sticking them on random cars at this point to try and get rid of them.

I updated the autosave system so that it you don't need to check the box and it saves anytime you type a letter. The most you will lose is the last letter you typed. Because it is not on a timer, it will never save over something you typed, accept with something you typed. As soon as you start typing you can see it is saving because the restore button turns red.

I hope you guys like it.

I promise to make a better sound player very soon. The new one under the userpics is temporary. But better than what was there.

I am in the process of updating the site to my new javascript libraries. I am going to certify that everything works in IE 6 and the latest firefox. Safari is going to be tested at the end. Hopefully, it works already, if not use firefox.

You shouldn't notice much of a change yet, as there are no specific new features but this will provide a great framework for new features. PNG support in IE 6 is upgraded. The major difference will be the speed at which I can develop and integrate new stuff and keep track of my own developments.

Email me if you have a specific new trouble you think is related to this.