yes. i do have a grasp of ground up production. i owned my own digitech company in atlanta for several years before moving on to other things.
during that time i built it from the ground up (10k initial investment) and brought it up to be a successful and highly profitable venture before finally deciding to change my life's
course.
please understand, my criticism is not meant to destroy the effort. thus far, it is good, though i believe that it is lacking the structure and the innovation that will carry it up another notch from its well constructed plateau.
understand, i am speaking on a theoretical level here...proposing what i see as primary difficulties in the model and attempting to bring them to bear through discussion.
that we might disagree is actually a better result. it keeps the discussion from meeting its own entropic demise too quickly...the fate of all things.
many years of crits in art school taught me how to handle criticism of my work. i learned when to take it, when to let it go...what i found was that it was usually in the intent that you found the worth of the message. i learned that you must stay true to your voice.
so, let me state here that my intentions are good and my goal is nothing other than to aid in the developement of a better model through my interactions within the community.
i say these things because i care. i would assume that those who defend the status quo do so because they care as well.
the fact that i am recieving the responses that i have
thus far is, IMHO, an indicator of a good point or a fairly close shave. experience tells me so.
one does not accuse ones credentials if one is has not taken the message seriously....and i hardly expect hitech to take on a debate the true merits of my arguements in this venue. that would be ludicrous.
but let me add...
i have worked with and employed multiple programmers. i have met in boardrooms with fortune 500 companies and i have broght concepts from seed to tree
in ways that had never been done before. all with incredible deadlines, many headaches and many many sleepless nights all for that one brief glimmer of creation.
i too have built it with mine own hands.
and.
i have found that it is the fear of the creation that takes the bite out of progress. the trembling that occurs at the edge of our comforts zones...
but, those are the places where things are really happening. where the doubters lose the roll of the dice and those who can look at it from all of its sides can play it out further.
some fall on the other side of the arguement. i respect that. some are successful that way too.
some dont like the fog. i do. i see it as progress. i see every whine as proof positive that things are going in the right direction. there are always those who will hinder progress. a neccessary part of the equasion? yes, but stopping it entirely? not so good. its a security blanket. in the end, change is innevitable.
HT claims that i am off base. i dont.
i think he misunderstands my statements because he views them as an attack rather than potential wisdom.
alas,
it is his company. its my pastime.
his perogative. my dime.
hopefully, others will offer me the same courtesy of an educated an thoughtful opinion and trust that i wouldnt be speaking if i didnt know a thing or two about it before i spoke as i often have for others.
and, i would certainly love for you to explain it to me sometime Mr. Addink. or vice versa perhaps... i am always open to new learning.
(bow)
happy holidays to all,
i return again to silence.
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