Uhm, yes?


Time terms are so slippery...

NB. Update: The following day Scott did in fact post some new information to the AreaV1 list; there has been no response, however, to my follow-up comments.

Lest someone be tempted to point out my own foibles in this respect, no, I didn't get round to updating the site on Friday. I didn't get home until 4:00 AM and when I got up again, the day was half done with and there were more pressing work-related things which had to be done. If I need an excuse, that's it.

It's not like it matters that much, anyway, right? I mean, MacVPL/Marten(tm) is going to come roaring (or squeaking...what kind of sound do Martens make, if any, anyway?) onto the scene and whoosh everyone back into the safe and comfy fold, right?

Of corporate-controlled freedom. Nice!

So, speaking of things upcoming...or supposed to be upcoming...where's that mid-December post we read about? Has it been postponed? Or is it just that people's usage of time-related terms is so imprecise? Who knows! Nobody's saying. You'd think that they would want to keep the group informed, as their best base of potential first customers. Guess not.

And don't give me that "But they're probably too busy getting ready for MacWorld" crap, either. It would take all of an hour—if that—to draft a post to the list. Hell, we've given them a list of things we really want to know (and by we I mean three of us.); answer those questions and fill in a bit more detail and ta-dum, it's done. Let's be honest about it: If they're in a place where one hour is going to make that much of a difference...that's something potential users should know about as well.

This bodes well for relations in the future, no? You remember how Pictorius treated its best user base, right? (Nice to be able to sit on a wooden chair again without a ring cushion, no?)

I guess it's true that people who don't learn from the past...ah, whatever.

I'm pretty much past the point of caring at the moment. As soon as Carl puts the last, finishing touches on the VocDoc we'll be ready to go. (I now have a preliminary version that I'm going through.)

I will say this, if there's a free, limited time demo, I'll download it and have a look. If not, I'll rely on someone else to send me screenshots and tell me how it works. (Unless such actions are prohibited by the User Agreement. Probably will be, right, given the AR hush-hush of the alpha test?)

I think I can find something more interesting to spend my money on. (Like beer & pizza for Xmas; hopefully there's no similarity in the after-effects!)

(Gee...how did I get so bitter? You'd almost think this mattered to me in some way!)

Posted: Mon - December 20, 2004 at 03:17 AM           |

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