Re: Anyone in the mood to be cut-throat and opinionated? The author speaks.
by "J. Foliot" <fouram(at)sympatico.ca>
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To the sensitive souls who have been offended by my initial response, I =
will offer my condolences. If the ultimate goal of my response was some =
how lost on you, for that I am sorry. I will not however apologize for =
my posting.=20
I have no vested interest in this person's work (and in the larger sense =
they could be construed as my "competition"), but in an effort to aid in =
their "business", I offered a blunt (but I think fair) analysis of their =
site, AS THEY REQUESTED. Business is and can be a cruel place, and I =
was attempting to help the original requester better their site, and =
their business. I didn't just critique the site, I spent time offering =
suggestions and hopefully constructive ideas to the author(s). Business =
is not for the "thin skinned", and for those who may have yet to learn =
this lesson, be prepared to learn it one way or the other. =20
If the intent of the Critique List is for self-serving back-patting, =
perhaps I'm in the wrong place. For those unwilling to expose =
themselves to reality..."great site, keep up the good work."
John Foliot
Another 4:00 AM Web Thing
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
www.fouram.com
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>To the sensitive souls who have been =
offended by=20
my initial response, I will offer my condolences. If the ultimate =
goal of=20
my response was some how lost on you, for that I am sorry. I will =
not=20
however apologize for my posting. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have no vested interest in this =
person's work=20
(and in the larger sense they could be construed as my =
"competition"),=20
but in an effort to aid in their "business", I offered a blunt =
(but I=20
think fair) analysis of their site, AS THEY REQUESTED. Business is =
and can=20
be a cruel place, and I was attempting to help the original requester =
better=20
their site, and their business. I didn't just critique the site, I =
spent=20
time offering suggestions and hopefully constructive ideas to the=20
author(s). Business is not for the "thin skinned", and =
for those=20
who may have yet to learn this lesson, be prepared to learn it one way =
or the=20
other. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>If the intent of the Critique List =
is for=20
self-serving back-patting, perhaps I'm in the wrong place. For =
those=20
unwilling to expose themselves to reality..."great site, keep up =
the good=20
work."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>John Foliot<BR>Another 4:00 AM Web=20
Thing<BR>Ottawa, Ontario, Canada</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.fouram.com">www.fouram.com</A><BR><A=20
href=3D"mailto:fouram(at)sympatico.ca">fouram(at)sympatico.ca</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Unsolicited commercial messages sent =
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