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2 years ago
in Untitled Document on The Spicy Cauldron
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
You and Sue are both FAR older than me... Sue by about 5 months, and you by about 4... Yes, I'm but a wee pup compared to you both! (Sue's such a cougar!)
Apparently, when I was brought home from the hospital, my eldest sister screamed "TAKE IT BACK!" and my elder sister whined that she wanted a younger sister. The latter, when during the eighties I went through my long, dyed hair phase, she used to say, "I finally have the sister I always wanted!"
Happy birthday, and with the blessings of poodles, may you have many more!
You and Sue are both FAR older than me... Sue by about 5 months, and you by about 4... Yes, I'm but a wee pup compared to you both! (Sue's such a cougar!)
Apparently, when I was brought home from the hospital, my eldest sister screamed "TAKE IT BACK!" and my elder sister whined that she wanted a younger sister. The latter, when during the eighties I went through my long, dyed hair phase, she used to say, "I finally have the sister I always wanted!"
Happy birthday, and with the blessings of poodles, may you have many more!
2 years ago
in Untitled Document on The Spicy Cauldron
Sadly, my experience with Mac users is people that tended to be rather arrogant. Whereas the PC crowd tended to talk about what they could run and what upgrades they made, Mac users simply would talk about how Mac was better than PC... and PC users OBVIOUSLY weren't creative.
I was in the I.T. sector from 1988 through 2003 professionally, and Mac users never failed to act very pretentious... moreso than anyone else. This is a generalization... but it's been my only experience... from friends at the Ontario College of Arts to the businesses I was in.
Now, to show I'm NOT a "Windows-Exclusive" nit, when people in the 90's would ask me what my favourite O/S was, I'd answer Mac O/S 7.
Still, Apple cut their throat when they ensured little downward compatibility and proprietary hardware... without third-party stuff and difficult-to-license software, Macs became more and more of an albatross... in fact, OCA (mentioned above) got rid of their Mac labs six years ago.
PC/MS Windows managed to catch up graphically... and Adobe started concentrating on where the money was... and in my eyes, Mac suffered... and suffers still.
Doesn't help that the "ad campaign" they're using now is so "Mac vs. PC" trying to make the PC look so inferior... they REALLY should concentrate on Mac's advantages... and not pull something that MIGHT have been true a decade ago... but consumers, for the most part, know better now.
Now, off to read the article! I wanted to see if I agreed with the fellow before hand.
I was in the I.T. sector from 1988 through 2003 professionally, and Mac users never failed to act very pretentious... moreso than anyone else. This is a generalization... but it's been my only experience... from friends at the Ontario College of Arts to the businesses I was in.
Now, to show I'm NOT a "Windows-Exclusive" nit, when people in the 90's would ask me what my favourite O/S was, I'd answer Mac O/S 7.
Still, Apple cut their throat when they ensured little downward compatibility and proprietary hardware... without third-party stuff and difficult-to-license software, Macs became more and more of an albatross... in fact, OCA (mentioned above) got rid of their Mac labs six years ago.
PC/MS Windows managed to catch up graphically... and Adobe started concentrating on where the money was... and in my eyes, Mac suffered... and suffers still.
Doesn't help that the "ad campaign" they're using now is so "Mac vs. PC" trying to make the PC look so inferior... they REALLY should concentrate on Mac's advantages... and not pull something that MIGHT have been true a decade ago... but consumers, for the most part, know better now.
Now, off to read the article! I wanted to see if I agreed with the fellow before hand.
2 years ago
in Untitled Document on The Spicy Cauldron
HEY! 1967 was a GREAT year! (Sue and I both turn forty this year... Sue, being a cougar, was born in January, and I, being a poor innocent lad who was wide-eyed to the wonders of the world like a newborn since I was so much younger, was born in May. (See, I'm MUCH younger...)
Happy New Year to you and your's... Two-Aught-Aught-Seven will be a good one for you, D, Drusilla, and all your extended family I'm sure!
Happy New Year to you and your's... Two-Aught-Aught-Seven will be a good one for you, D, Drusilla, and all your extended family I'm sure!
2 years ago
in Untitled Document on The Spicy Cauldron
Sad when anyone familiar with how to manipulate Shockwave skews voting... and I agree with you WHOLE HEARTEDLY about the nastiness that's been going on with all the "Popular Online Voting" awards...
What we need is "Peer Awarded" blog awards... something like your own... but perhaps a panel of good and active bloggers picking their favourites and then narrowing down the field to a "winner" based on peer review.
Just my thoughts...
What we need is "Peer Awarded" blog awards... something like your own... but perhaps a panel of good and active bloggers picking their favourites and then narrowing down the field to a "winner" based on peer review.
Just my thoughts...
3 years ago
in Om and Rafat are the future of news on Mathew's comments
Not much time to post today — in the middle of moving, which is not an easy thing with three daughters, two of whom are teenagers
Egads! My sincerest sympathies! Good luck with the move (from step-father of two teens)!
...I would argue that any media organization with brains should be paying close attention to what Om and particularly Rafat and his team are doing — it may sound apocalyptic, but PaidContent is the future of journalism in many ways.
...but would you say it would do away with the larger amount of "staff writers" and or regular contributors at most media outlets?
Egads! My sincerest sympathies! Good luck with the move (from step-father of two teens)!
...I would argue that any media organization with brains should be paying close attention to what Om and particularly Rafat and his team are doing — it may sound apocalyptic, but PaidContent is the future of journalism in many ways.
...but would you say it would do away with the larger amount of "staff writers" and or regular contributors at most media outlets?
