hey guys to everyone who was at the convention, thank you again, so much, for your openness, your friendliness, and your generosity last weekend. it was great to meet everyone. i got the chance to talk to a few of you in depth and on the record, but would like to follow-up with a few questions for everyone. to everyone who wasn't there, i'm matthew richter, and i'm working on a feature-length article about home-submarine-builders and would love to get as much input as i can. i'm attached a short questionnaire to the bottom of this email and would love it if everyone would take a second to jot down some thoughts. would you mind taking a second to answer a couple of short questions? if these questions lead you to other thoughts you'd like to share, fantastic. if you don't want to answer the longer questions, please answer the "nuts and bolts" type stuff and send it back anyway. thanks again, and i look forward to sharing the whole story with you all as soon as it's published. 1) Are you currently building a submarine? 2) Have you already built a submarine? 3) Have you ever been submerged in a submarine? If yes, what was it like? 4) How old were you when you started designing submarines? 5) How old were you when you began building? 6) What color are your eyes? (I ask this because, did you notice, there's a crazily high percentage of blue-eyed people in the group)? 7) What special features does your submarine have? 8) What special features did your "dream" or fantasy submarine have? 9) Describe your "perfect dive." What are you doing? Where? With whom? This could be any level of reality or fantasy at all-- from inspecting pipeline to rescuing underwater princesses. 10) What color is your (either real or fantasy) submarine? 11) What excites you about submarines? What scares you about them? 12) How old are you? 13) Are you a SCUBA diver? 14) Do you live near a large body of water? I'm sure i'll end up with more questions. please let me know if i'm abusing the privilege of posting here, and feel free to email me at my real-world address at matthew@xomonline.com in fact, i don't want to clog up the PSUBS pipes with responses to this questionnaire. why don't you email me your answers directly instead of emailing back the whole list? thanks m Matthew Richter Seattle, Washington www.xomonline.com The information contained in and with this transmission is confidential, may be privileged, may be copyrighted by xom, and is intended only for the noncommercial use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination , distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by e-mail. Thank you. |