Friday, August 24, 2007, 1:21:10 PM, you wrote: > Hello Indie_Dev,
> Friday, August 24, 2007, 7:55:47 PM, you wrote: >> 1. By making a reference to Atlanta, quite possibly knows who I am. >> 2. And they could only have obtained that information from the credit card >> information I used to purchase The Bat! as my IP address does not resolve >> to >> Atlanta. > Hello Indie, > Your accusation is *very* serious and by all means *do* investigate. However > someone (maybe a reader of your blog) may identified you. You wrote that you > are quite known, developed or took part in the development of several well > known products and maintain a well known blog. 1+1 = 2 for someone who may > already know you from other places. I'm not _that_ famous that putting 1+1 together would reveal my identity. Even if you put in "indie_dev" on search engines, you'd be hard pressed to figure out who I am, unless I _told_ you who I was. Heck, I even have an eBay page; so its not like I'm hiding in plain site. > I have just one question. Why do you need anonymity? Posting your thoughts > -even when some people disagree- could carry the weight of your name. Simple. I use this gmail address for mailing lists, posting on tech forums, sites I purchase stuff from etc. That way, since I don't stick around, I don't get spam and stuff like that lingering long after I'm gone and they don't have my work or personal email. Its a "throwaway" address. > It's quite logical. If you are a well known software designer your experience > *matters*. For example I'm a mathematician. I never had any to do with > software design. While I could have some ideas that in theory should work, > these ideas haven't been necessary tested in real situations. Feedback > *especially* from knowledgeable and experienced people carry more weight than > others, at least at specific fields. Sure, try sharing _those_ thoughts on a mailing list which has a few, shall we say, "undesirables" and see how far _that_ gets you. The point is, I don't flaunt who I am because it is irrelevant. I don't go throwing my weight around or anything like that. Its not who I am that matters, but what I contribute. I only joined this mailing list because (1) I wanted to see if I should stick with The Bat! or not by tracking its dev progress (2) I'm on vacation and have far too much time on my hands. -- cheers, Indie_Dev ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.99.21 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
