This person attacks my reading comprehension, yet fails to recognize her own words. I've included the post that she insists that she said... as opposed to what she thinks I'm talking about. I've colored the portions of her re-quoted statement that I originally addressed.
[quote]Originally posted by Page1News:
MyACTUALpost wrote:
Fun, fun, fun! I haven't read a word of this thread; I just like playing with colors. I'm all about typography, design elements, element placement and whatnot. What we have here is a failure to visually communicate. Your shade and hue of blue is not pleasing to the eye. My shade and hue of red disappoints me because I prefer a deep, deep red. Red is my favorite color. If I could, I'd paint the world red, not just my town. Did you know that your choice of color says a lot about you? You should read up on it; it's interesting. Then, there's typography and point sizes. I like funky fonts, but, unfortunately, too many people get stuck in the arial and helvetica ruts. Did you know that the classic way to design is by creating an "S" shape on your page? This way, the reader's eyes flow throughout the entire page. Photo placements also are important. You should always make sure that whatever photo subject you have is not facing off the page. Sometimes, you can get by with off-page photos if you are creating an inside page, but it's still bad form. Your use of point sizes also is important. I bet you don't know how many points are in one pica. I still use a pica pole, color wheel and photo sizing wheel when I create some types of print materials. I'm old-school in a lot of ways. Hey, I even had a dog that I named Pica. She was a good dog. She lived 14 1/2 years, and then I had to put her down last winter. The poor girl started having horrible seizures; the same kind you get when you have to look at your awful shade and hue of blue. I also had a wonderful German Shepherd dog. His name was Midnight, but I had to put him down last winter, too. I think he was suffering from a broken heart because Pica was gone. I'm a dog person, so I couldn't last more than a week without a dog. Then I adopted a Caanan mix, and her name is Panda because she's black and white. I love her lots. She's a mama's girl. About DMS; I don't think there is anyone out on the Web that hates DMS more than I do. The best revenge is obtaining far better work for far better pay, doing what you love to do. Mr. Blue Man, it seems what you love to do is play on the Internet all the time, looking for forums to infiltrate. It's too bad that the owner of the Internet doesn't pay you for all that hard work. I gather you'd be rich, rich man. Anyhoo, back to fun, fun, fun. I so wish DSS's color palette included custom colors. Your blue is just hideous. Granted, my red is pretty lackluster, but at least it's bolder and makes more of a statement. It's all in the presentation, as illustrated by my Great Wall of Text. There are just too many words, and it's the reason I haven't and won't read anything on this thread. Too many words hurt my eyes, and I move on to something else. If you have something to say, just say it. Get to the point and be done with it.[/quote]
The remainder of the post that she complains about follows. Notice how the above underlined sections match what I actually addressed:
Page1News: About DMS; I don't think there is anyone out on the Web that hates DMS more than I do.
There are posters on DSS that hate Demand Media Studios, but still write for them. They'll vent up a storm while taking the steady DMS paycheck. I guess the false sense of being a writer outweighs the costs of having to deal with DMS' cadre.
Page1News: The best revenge is obtaining far better work for far better pay, doing what you love to do. Mr. Blue Man, it seems what you love to do is play on the Internet all the time, looking for forums to infiltrate. It's too bad that the owner of the Internet doesn't pay you for all that hard work. I gather you'd be rich, rich man. (INDUCTIVE FALLACY: STRAW MAN)
It's a good thing that your marksmanship is nowhere near like your assumptions about me. If it were the same, someone wanting to commit suicide would simply stand behind you as you try to shoot the target in front of you.
Your assumptions are dead wrong on two main counts.
First, getting better paying writing assignments is precisely what I've done. Demand Media Studios was never my only client, and it never was my only paying client. DMS represented a trap. Because of the easy money, because of the titles that were available, it was easy to just write articles.
Many people wrote articles instead of prospecting for other clients. Why bother? They were getting a constant paycheck.
I never intended to spend the rest of my life writing for clients paying me for cheap content articles. It's also not a good idea to have just one client providing you with all your income. Many in Demand Studios made that mistake.
Part of the reason I was able to stop writing regularly for DMS, two years before they let me go, was because I had other income streams. Demand Studios was just a stepping stone, a client to add to my client list. I didn't let myself fall into the Demand Media trap.
Second, unless you could watch me 24/7, and record my actions, you don't have a leg to stand on trying to dictate what I do with my time. You're fully capable of noting the times that I posted on Demand Studios Sucks' message board. You're also fully capable of noting my posting frequency.
You're also fully capable of seeing the cause and effect going on in that thread.
These two variables would tell you that your assumptions are dead wrong. But whom am I trying to kid? The opposition doesn't seem to be big in the critical thinking department.
I don't have time to post on message boards all day long. I don't always post on message boards. I'm too busy following my own priorities of work. Non writing activities fall around that.
Page1News: Anyhoo, back to fun, fun, fun. I so wish DSS's color palette included custom colors. Your blue is just hideous. Granted, my red is pretty lackluster, but at least it's bolder and makes more of a statement.
Based on what I've seen on other message boards, blue, or other colors close to it, are popular text colors. I'm not the only one that posts with a text color other than black. It's very rare that I'd find someone using red text color or a color close to it.
Your description of my text color reflects your emotions. It shows that you're blinded with bias and that you have absolutely no sense of logic. The sooner you realize that your opinion on me doesn't constitute fact or logic... the sooner you could move forward to becoming a critical thinking person.
Page1News: If you have something to say, just say it. Get to the point and be done with it.
That's precisely what I'm doing.
You also have to remember that my post volume is related to what the opposition says. If someone says something... and I could ask questions that would've been answered if the person wrote a longer piece... then that someone wrote something the represents an epic fail.
Don't give me advice if you don't know my objectives. A doctor that pulls your stunt would get sued for malpractice.
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