spot on. a nicer version of what i had to say, but you said enough. mike you lose me most of the time within 10 seconds of talking. then when you whip out comic books, i get even more lost (35+ yr old dude talking about and saving comic books, loses me.)
anyway, just my .02 cents On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Erika L. Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mikey. Whilst I understand your frustration at not being on the committee, > because it's obviously something very important to you and you HAVE been a > long standing member of the community and provide us all VERY IMPORTANT > services ... > > Why not just embrace what you have and start your own little band? > > So what if you don't like the frameworks that are out there. Not everyone > uses them. I NEVER have. > I use my own. > > So what if you don't have the same opinion as someone else... just march to > the beat of your drum and hold your head up high. > > So WHAT if your opinion of other's code isn't high ... it happens! > > I REALLY fail to see why what OTHER people think is so important to you. You > OBVIOUSLY have the backing of quite a large portion of the community or the > HOF and the mag wouldn't be as big as they are. > > So EMBRACE that popularity, and build on it. > > And maybe I'm missing some of your point, but SHIT. I wish I had half your > talent, half your following and just half of your name recognition. I mean > damn man - stop worrying about everyone else and just build your > brand!!!!!!! > > You've done more for ColdFusion's lifecycle than a lot of folks. But the > whining isn't going to get you anywhere. Attacked for having views different > from the world?! OMG Mikey. There's gonna be people who dont agree with you. > So WHAT>?! Don't let that stop you blogging. > > Don't feel that you should release the articles???? WHY?! you have every > right to your opinion as the next guy and after all these years, I should > certainly HOPE that you just do what you want to do - or it becomes > political. > > I feel you are always trying to go against the grain, trying to be > different, and you keep wanting to draw attention to that.... we all know > you are PASSIONATE about this industry. We KNOW you are like "genius level" > smart, and some of couldn't ever be in your shoes ... > > But the crux of the matter is thus: the majority of us programmers and > product managers and government employees, and corporate checkbooks cannot > relate to you on your level of smartness. > > Have your opinions, do your code, but learn to talk "normal" with everything > else. You're too high up there Mikey. The majority of your knowledge goes > right over our heads. And you either learn to dumb it down a bit - or you > keep losing us in the process. > > I know it isnt right. And if you can't lower your standards to hang with us > "not at genius level", then FINE. DONT. But dont stop doing something just > because someone doesnt want you on a committee. Maybe they don't like comics > and they don't want to hear about them. Who knows! > > I've heard this story from you before.... and I LOVE YOU MAN ... but I'm > worried you let it bother you WAY TOO MUCH! > > WAY TOO MUCH. Because if there's one person I'd listen to in this whole > community... it would be you. > > And if I'm off my mark, by all means, blast me and let me know. I'm far from > hitting the mark sometimes, and I cant put into words eloquently enough to > tell you how much I appreciate you and Judith - so I cant sit by and hear > this from you without responding. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294983 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
