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12:20:2003 Entry: "Ann : Stupid kvetch of the day."

Stupid kvetch of the day.

I've found it best not to kvetch about the things immediately bugging you, for various reasons, but to instead save them up in your memory and if they still bug you after a year or more, then tell the world.

This kvetch brings me back almost two years ago to when I bought my last computer, the G4. I was having a problem...I accidentally deleted a file, but couldn't retrieve it from the trash or something, although I could see it in the trash...I forgot exactly what happened. I asked for some help on an Apple message board and was ultimately given a solution, but in the meantime, was fed a line about how I need to understand the Unix understructure of Mac OSX if I was going to be using the Macintosh so as to not fear that command line interface blah blah blah. Oh puhlease Mr. Geek. Apple's trying to market their products as easy for the average consumer...you really think Steve Jobs' goal is to have Apple's customers understand Unix first before buying them? By that same token, here's some goals for you to chew on:

All visual artists need to understand the chemical structures of the media they are using...clay, paint, etc. A college class in chemistry is most recommended. Also, knowing how to create the media itself from scratch is most beneficial.

All web designers also need to take an art history class because ultimately they will need to provide a minimal amount graphic design themselves and they really should be versed in various styles and movements, at least in the last 200 years.

All cooks really should work on a farm to get a feel of where the food they work with comes from.

and last but not least

All hardcore computer geeks need to step away from the computer, crawl out of the basement in their mom's house and take a look outside. Wow. It'll blow you away.

By Ann @ 20:36 AM CST:12:20:03 ..::Link::..