way to go, Michael. I need some work. Let's do SEO. Seriously. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Why not just embrace what you have and start your own little band? > > Because my own little band would do nothing to advance the ColdFusion > language. It would not help to keep the language focused on it's core of > getting the job done quickly and simply. > > >> 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. > > What others, or at least some others think of me is important to me. I'm an > introvert forcing myself to be an extrovert. I can take a few knocks but > when I get trounced by people I respect, it forces me back to my core > introverted self. Introverts stick to their small comfort group and don't > get out into the wide open. Writing is the wide open. Speaking publicly is > the wide open. I love doing both, but... > > >> 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 >> > I was once the bad boy of ColdFusion (really) but I've been trying to be > good. This is the first time I've complained about something in the > community that directly affects me since the first community suite thing 9 > years ago. If you see me going against the grain in general and I don't then > I have to readjust my view of myself. > > >> 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'm definitely not doing my job right. I don't want to be over anyone's > head. I don't want to be 'up there'. I want to bring everyone 'up there'. Or > explain 'up there' so that it doesn't seem so far up. > > >> 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 > > YOu know I love you and would never blast you...in public. :) > ok, never blast you at all. > > I'm just venting about something that's been there for almost a year. I > should just say fuck it (yes, those words) and just do my thing no matter > what. So I piss off Adobe. They don't pay me for anything. So I piss off > pundits for certain paths of thought. What can it do, stop them from writing > for Fusion Authority or Flex Authority? Screw it all. > Give me a few minutes and I'll blog some code and concept on standardized > urls and SEO. > > >
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