[thelist] Are Web designers weird?
John Snippe
design at cybernautica.com
Sat Jul 22 09:07:03 CDT 2000
On 7/22/00, regarding " Re: [thelist] Are Web designers weird? ", Ben
Henick offered the following:
>> On 7/21/00, regarding " [thelist] Are Web designers weird? ", Erika
>> Meyer offered the following:
>>
>>
>> >
>> >hungry?
>>
>> Not any more :-(
>
>Eh, try to be nice. No reason why you can't replace the tofu with
>meat, the seaweed with something more traditional, etc. etc. In the
>meantime, it's called "egg drop soup" - at least at the places I've
>eaten. And it's good when done properly.
>
>Whatever the case, eat whatever floats yer boat. It's what "personal
>taste" is all about.
Sorry 'bout that. Wasn't really trying to be unkind... but maybe came off
that way. Being a non-westcoaster, (and maybe a bit gastronomically
conservative) it seemed kinda 'out-there' for me... nothing personal, fer
sher.
BTW: Que este 'raman'?
>
>On to the original topic... I don't think that Webvolk are "weird" so
>much as "doin' their own thing."
>
>I've long since concluded that for the most part, the majority of us
>were horribly picked on in middle school for being "different." That's
>not just my story, but the story of many others as well (as garnered
>from personal experience).
>
>You have the "model citizen" types too, but they're only in it for the
>money. The rest of us are actually trying to build something that
>stands a snowball's chance in hell of being around a while.
And then there's those among us who, when they found out what 'telecommute'
meant, went "EUREKA!!!"... and either immediately retired or slowly weened
ourseves from the rat-race to stay home with the wife'n'kids, backyard
broccolli patch, and neighbours. Who says that this new digital medium
doesn't enhance community?
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