I was going to say as well , can we ask the Reddit crowd to find the identity of the mysterious FXperson?
:D a joke! best Rob On 7 January 2013 18:02, John Richard Sanchez <[email protected]> wrote: > There are people actually using the area for a message board? Wow! heh Just > kidding. > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Brent McPherson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don't re-post as there is no way to do that on a mailing list. >> >> Rather I take a long time to compose my responses and don't hit send >> until I have read and revised my post several times. (or in some cases even >> deciding that it is not worth sending at all) >> >> Anyway, I think we have had enough etiquette for one day should get back >> to our regularly scheduled discussions... ;-) >> -- >> Brent >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fx Person >> Sent: 07 January 2013 17:10 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Area ate my message ( and spit it out again :) >> >> Hi Brent, >> >> I’m actually not sure what’s with the various fonts my posts show up in. >> You mention reposting many times, is there a way to unpost to fix such >> things? >> Or did you mean litterally re-posting messages? >> >> As for the punctuation, perhaps. The double dots .. are meant to act like >> “long pauses” to which I’m not aware of a standard way of expressing that. >> I have seen the extended(long) dash used as such, though not exactly, & I >> actually didn’t find it in the Character Map. >> >> 1/2 an hour ? Try 4 hours lol :) of making sure everything is as fair as >> I can make it, >> while admittantly conveying some emotion (or perhaps some bluntness) >> in a quite intentional way if I may say so.. >> (or in a “channelled” and respectful way, .. which considerably differs >> from like gratuitous “free bashing” to which I really don’t think applies to >> my remarks) >> >> While knowing for a fact that the “emotional charge” you reference, to be >> a major factor for any effort to have any sort of impact, as opposed to >> merely adding to the background noise. >> >> And I must admit that I didn’t really have to “fake it”, while objectively >> (I think) finding it quite reasonable and fair in light of certain >> situations. >> >> All of which can also be the source of my reluctance at revealing myself, >> being in this industry (and in a small world), >> if some of my “noisy” pleadings are to have any sort of bearing on how >> things play out >> (even if small or if at all), I would’nt want either Credit or Reprisal to >> that effect, and that is my (quite legitimate & rightful) choice to make, >> while knowing that whoever anyone is, should not have any relevance to any >> issue at hand, apart from satisfying mere curiosity. >> >> As for the Held for moderation bit, >> I’d like to add (also to Stephen?) that when I said “what makes me think >> it was NOT censorship” while perhaps implying that I actually thought it >> was, was that more than a few things led me to believe that it really was.. >> (at the time). >> While at the same time wanting to minimize the importance of that in >> contrast to the bulk, or the main purpose of my message. >> >> But even if I may have had “good reason to believe”, I’m in full agreement >> that waiting for a reply (to be sure) before posting that bit, would have >> been the least I could have done (also by my own conclusions after posting), >> and my apologies given to Maurice (and posting an “errattum”) was for >> exactly that. (learning from my mistakes :) >> >> Anyway, Thanks very much for your input! >> Best >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Brent McPherson <[email protected]> >> To: Fx Person <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, January 7, 2013 6:50 AM >> Subject: RE: Area ate my message ( and spit it out again :) >> >> >> FxPerson, >> >> You have a tendency to write in partial sentences, use strange punctuation >> and use multiple font sizes in your emails. This makes it hard to understand >> the points you are trying to make. >> >> Writing is hard. I will often rewrite a single email or posting multiple >> times until it feels right. I think it was Luc-Eric who once told me it can >> take him 1/2 hour to craft a single reply to this list and I am in the same >> ballpark. >> >> I don't really have any advice other than to keep re-reading and refining >> your message until it is as clear as you can make it. >> >> Also, never write when you are upset or emotionally charged. In those >> situations I will often compose my reply but then sit on it for a few hours >> or maybe even a day and then go back a rewrite it when I have calmed down. >> >> Treat others with respect and try not to assume intent before you know all >> the facts. A better reply to the "held for moderation" message would have >> been to just state what happened and ask what it means. >> >> Finally, posting under my real name helps because if I fuck up and say the >> wrong thing it reflects on me personally. Making mistakes and learning the >> hard way can be a very good thing IMHO. ;-) >> >> Cheers! >> -- >> Brent >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fx Person >> Sent: 06 January 2013 13:40 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Area ate my message ( and spit it out again :) >> >> >> @Raffaele & Stefan >> >> Actually the Line Breaks are manual (not left to the automatic line breaks >> of the page width) >> which normally should be easier to read, >> but the Area fixed page width ended-up slightly shorter than measured, >> resulting in sporadic extra line breaks with 1 or 2 words on the extra >> lines.. >> >> Would have fixed-it if there was an Edit button, but there was not. >> >> But << **Could not** read / understand it >> ? (hum..) >> >> >> @Andy >> Not sure about the distress.. strong feelings perhaps.. >> >> as for your previous post.. >> >> Yep.. aah! sales.. >> >> But what makes me somewhat hopeful, >> particularly for when MayaFX would come out, in respects to what would be >> left of ICE marketing, >> (ICE Marketing being whats left of SI Marketing) >> >> .. from what I can tell, "the industry" seems to be moving towards the >> smaller-shop market, >> and that includes Autodesk.. >> >> Smaller-shops/indy freelancers being exactly where SI can shine (or >> outperform) most, >> and where AD would have a few very good contenders there (Modo.. C4D..) >> (unless they would acquire them all .. gna-hahaha!) >> and where Maya may feel a bit overbloated. >> >> Otherwise, if they only knew how much (Godforsaken) sales they may be >> about to miss-out on. >> >> Depending on how things turn out, I'm personally keeping an eye on Modo >> (workflow/philosophy-wise ) >> while having witnessed an increasing amount of actual job posts mentioning >> it. >> >> (and while surely also keeping-on using SI at home, >> as I would Photoshop if it got aquired by Corel & replaced with Corel >> Paint) >> >> Also please don't apologize! I personally found your long post to be >> rather short! :) >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Andy Moorer <[email protected]> >> >> I was the same, I saw it as indicative of a degree of distress and strong >> conflicting feelings on the matter. (Shrugs) I can accept that, I've vented >> on this board myself (probably to the annoyance of the rest of you, heh, >> apologies.) >> >> In a sense, I'm glad Softimage is a tool which can arouse this degree of >> emotion, I think it's an amazing tool and am glad others also feel as >> strongly. But I hope nobody will stress themselves out too much. :) >> >> >> On Jan 6, 2013, at 1:13 AM, Raffaele Fragapane >> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > If I have to be honest, I couldn't puzzle out, or read the entirety of, >> > the post due to the layout/typography being so... messy? >> > >> > I don't even get what is a quote, a self-quote, a statement, or anything >> > else. >> > I might be alone in this, but I really couldn't get through the lot, and >> > not for lack of trying. >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> Autodesk Limited >> Registered Office: One Discovery Place, Columbus Drive, Farnborough, >> Hampshire GU14 0NZ >> Registered in England and Wales, No. 1839239 >> > > > > -- > www.johnrichardsanchez.com
