> Kathy Gill:
> >>From another list:
> >
> >> http://www.cio.com/archive/webbusiness/100198_customer.html
> >>
> >Frankly, *I* think it's wrong -- it suggests its the UNIX heads who
> are
> >adding "flash" over sustance -- not the "thirtysomethings on Madison
> >Avenue whose primary interest is winning awards for their dramatic
> >advertising designs" ... What do ya'll think?
Notwithstanding Kat's experience, I'm darn tempted to send this man a
flame so hot it'll singe his hair. :P
I have yet to find a true pony-tailed Unix geek that is that enamored of
technology that they suggest animated gifs everywhere. This usually
comes from people who want people to think they're unix geeks, so they
carry around a copy of Unix for Dummies. :P It's always been my
experience that it's wanna-be's, artists (not all!), interns, and
marketing types that lead to the nightmares he describes.
Find it rather hypocritical of him to criticize animation loading time
when there are not one, but two different animated ads on that page with
the article.
And to suggest that these poor marketers moved onto the Internet and, of
all horrible things, now have to live with the original inhabitants . .
. well, BPLHTPTH! That's like moving to the forest and complaining
because there's bears in the woods when you get there.
At the bottom line, does he really think that if it weren't for
marketing types there would even be animated gifs and related crap on
the web? Seems to be everything he rants against is exactly the type of
thing that is designed to get attention (marketing). Someone did, after
all, have to pay to have all of these toys developed in the first place
. . . and the Unix geeks weren't paying themselves to do it.
Personally, I think this guy ought to have to do more than write books
and spout for a living ;) His perspective and research abilities need
a little work. I spend half my time on web projects beating ideas such
as the one he rants against into the ground, not introducing them to
sites--and most other people I work with do as well. And the people
we're arguing with are his readers.
That article is management feel good BS, IMHO. One more person riding
the wave instead of contributing to the momentum . . . and worse, one
more example of suits that can't comprehend their employees resorting to
stereotypes so they can laugh a little, momentarily forget their
ignorance (and fear ;), and then go back to advocating NT (because, of
course, NT types are clean cut and more likely to wear suits *grin*)
Brett
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