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Re: My Stance
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 20 Oct 2000 16:04:01 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Eric Joslin writes:
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> First, if Todd had cropped up in RTL and said "I'm going to make this site,
> it'll be great, it'll be an online LEGO community and we can talk about LEGO
> all day long" people probably would have told him "Hey, we have RTL, what do • we
> need that for?". He didn't do it that way (as far as I know, although he can
> correct me if I'm wrong). He made the site, *then* told people about it. As
> far as I know, the same goes for Brickshelf. Kevin made it, *then* told • people
> about it. People are always going to be skeptical of what the computer
> industry calls "vaporware"... something that you talk about, but doesn't • exist.
> It's just human nature. If you have a great idea for a website, build it, and
> *then* expect kudos, not the other way around.
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> eric
Bravo Eric !
Matthew, you still want to CREATE this website or another or something else?
Then do it. Do it for yourself. Do it because you are driven to, because it
would give you pleasure. All others reasons are meaningless.
The joy for me is in the creating. When I share what I create, be it a Lego
creation or a quilt, I do it to give back a little of what I have taken from
others. Seeing the creations of others, inspire me. Some are mind blowing
and show me things that I had no idea were possible to do. Some give me
entry into a person's dream world. For me there is value in them all. Even
if a design doesn't doesn't appeal to me, there is always something to make me
think. The way the colors are combined, the scale, the unique use of a
commonplace piece, the presentation ....blah, blah, blah,... ideas, creations
evolve. If I truly don't like something, figuring out why is useful. Useful
not to slam the creator, but to know more about myself and where I want to
go,what I want to create.
I am arrogant enough to believe even my worst efforts have something of value
in them. Something that I have created that is really stupid and awkward as a
whole might spark something else in someone's head and lead him/her down a
different path and onward. (even if it is in the opposite direction of where I
am because my stuff makes them sick ...) Hey! that's why roads have wrong way
signs. right?
sheree
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| (...) Matt, You're going to take this as some kind of slam, or some kind of flame, but it's not intended as one, really. Try to keep that in mind as you read it. I've read pretty much every post resulting from your initial posts of a few days ago. I (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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