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Brett:
>Notwithstanding Kat's experience, I'm darn tempted to send this man
a
>flame so hot it'll singe his hair. :P
<smile> Feel free, Brett.
>I have yet to find a true pony-tailed Unix geek that is that
enamored of
>technology that they suggest animated gifs everywhere.
Like an introduction? I can point you to at least 2 middle-aged,
experienced UNIX sysadmins who are so toy-obsessed that they make me
crazy.
UNIX geeks are not genetically superior beings. Some of them, of
course, are wonderful allies in designing and building sleek,
efficient web sites. Others insist on using a gazillion superfluous
bells and whistles on every page just to show the world they are
artists with the latest technological deely-boppers. I've found
similar divergent attitudes among NT wizards, systems newbies,
technical managers, and marketing hacks.
In my dream world, I get to -choose- the people on my client's
project team: a service-oriented UNIX geek who aims for efficient
elegance, a marketingcritter who really knows its customers and their
needs, an artistcritter who can subordinate its personal ego to the
needs of the team and remain wonderfully creative, a genius
programmer who meets deadlines, and a manager who recognizes talent
and gives direction while leaving us room to play.
>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.
I found that irritating myself. However, article authors (print or
online) seldom have any say about the layout or neighboring
articles/ads.
>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
Careful, fella, or I'll bean you with -my- copy. It's sitting right
here on the shelf between "Industrial Strength SGML" and "Windows as
a Second Language".
K@
katnagel @eznet.net (-spaces)
Kat Nagel, MasterWork Consulting Services
Technical writing | Editing | Conversions | Webstuff
"The transformation of calories into words, of words into money,
and of money into calories again are the three cycles in a
freelance writer's metabolism." /Mary Kittredge, _Poison Pen_
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