On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 04:44:17PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: > Sure, Walt, and like everyone at one time or another, I do that too. > And if the article was from someone who only or usually writes dull > drivel, I'd spend little time before silently moving on. > > But Larry writes worthwhile stuff -- often hilarious -- and I had high > hopes. So to discover that I'm lost almost immediately is > disappointing. I would hope that my comments might provide some useful > feedback.
Thanks for the above paragraph, that makes the previous feedback a bit more palatable. The formatting wasn't nearly as opaque on facebook, I didn't realize that it would fare so poorly in the cut and paste. It is still a rather formidable chunk of text, but judging by the comments left on it, several people did read it, and gained a bit of appreciation into what goes into the process of event photography. For those who are facebook enabled, the original post is at: https://www.facebook.com/ellarsee/posts/10152008328089673 > > I was probably too abrupt; rude even. I should have heeded my own > advice and edited my reply until it wasn't. > > tlt;de > Too Little Time; Didn't Edit I can sympathize, I've been there myself. :-) > > > On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Everything you said is true, but it's not like it cost anyone any money. In > > my experience, I can determine whether or not I want to read something and > > decide whether or not to do so in a shorter period of time than it takes to > > write the response informing the writer in question whether or not I chose > > to read it and why. > > > > And any time spent on the exercise beyond what's required to decide is a > > further investment of time that you feel you wasted to begin with. > > > > -- Walt > > > > > > > > On 10/8/2013 2:21 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> > >> Is it really too much to ask to have a meaningful Subject and a > >> statement of purpose? Something to say why I should be interested? I > >> am willing to forgive an essay written in some haste for its wordiness > >> and actually read the thing ... _IF_ I know what it's about. > >> > >> This one came across to me just like starting into the 3rd paragraph > >> of a report on the City of Mississauga expenditures for 1st quarter > >> 2011, or a scientific treatise on the effect of a lack of potassium on > >> fungus gnat reasoning abilities. It required me to scan downward > >> through a dense thicket of words to divine what the premise is. > >> > >> Some things aren't worth sending out into the world. Like bread dough, > >> yucky uncooked, but well worthwhile when baked. > >> > >> If one doesn't yet have the time to finish something, put it away for > >> later. > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> I should say that Bob does have a point and that it dovetails somewhat > >>> with > >>> your theme. Editing is a great example of the invisible effort you're > >>> talking about, and consumers don't generally give any thought to it until > >>> it > >>> doesn't happen. > >>> > >>> It's just that I happen to think people are entitled to some forbearance > >>> to > >>> that end when it comes to discussions among friends. > >>> > >>> -- Walt > >>> > >>> > >>> On 10/8/2013 1:33 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Actually, the whole concept of invisible effort is worth thinking > >>>> about in every context, whether it's putting on Thanksgiving dinner, > >>>> taking photos of the school play, running a mailing list, > >>>> or editing the PDML annual. There are a lot of tasks that you just > >>>> don't realize how much work is involved until you have done them > >>>> yourself. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >>> follow the directions. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
