Dave, I’ve noticed that you write about Gmail a lot, but I’m hoping you can help me out with an MSN Hotmail question too: I’ve had an account on Hotmail for a long time and would like to be able to have messages from specific mailing lists automatically filed in different folders, rather than jammed into my inbox. Is that doable, and if so, how?
Dave, I need your help. I’m updating my Web site for The David Lawrence Show and would like to display ‘ON THE AIR’ between 7p and 10p PT (3a to 6a GMT) Monday through Saturday, and ‘OFF THE AIR’ the rest of the time. How do I do this? Later, I can easily replace this displayed text with an image tag once I find an on-air light graphic that doesn’t look like it’s from 1943. 🙂
Dave, where can I find the PERCENTAGE breakdown on the average of what it costs a Publisher to print and distribute hardcover and softcover books. In other words, I am looking for how their broken down overhead costs out in percentage form, based on the total end bookstand price of the book?
And failing that, at least, approximately what percentage of the hardcover and softcover book does printing, shipping, and distribution amount to?
And last, what percentage range of the end bookstand price does the publisher normally pocket for its own share of the take?
Dave, I’ve been reading about various tricks that marketing folks use to gain more traffic for their Web site through paid advertising and just came across deceptive keyword bidding, but I’m not clear what that really is. Can you clarify for me, please? For that matter, I don’t fully understand how keyword bidding is done on Google AdWords anyway.
Dave, I’m interested in proposing a partnership arrangement with a Japanese firm but don’t really know how to go about it. What kind of things should I make sure are included in my letter? Is a letter the best way to contact the firm? Etc., etc. I feel a bit like I’m up a creek without a paddle. Can you help me out?
Dave, I’m interested in writing a technical book and have found that there are two basic reactions people have when I tell them this: they either run in horror or laugh a peculiar, Exorcist sort of laugh then just walk away, shaking their head. Be that as it may, I really think I have something to say and have come to ask you what pitfalls may lurk for a new, naive writer?
Is it possible to have a URL that if you reference it in a Movable Type weblog entry, will actually cause Movable Type to crash rather than add the article to your weblog? And if so, how do you get around that problem?
Dave, I have searched the web over and can’t seem to find an appropriate answer to this question. I have a need for a script that will create millions of 1-5Kbyte files in a linux filesystem for testing purposes. I have to do this on a regular basis and it would be really cool to have it scripted. I am not sure what the quickest way to do this would be?
