Doug Steele
dbdoug at gmail.com
Wed Nov 30 19:34:20 CST 2011
Good idea to pass on the criticism; hopefully he will take it as constructive... Doug On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote: > No, anonymized as in - Details which could identify individuals removed. > i.e. without identifying you or Doug or identifying what mailing list it > was on. > > It was clearly from me. > > -- > Stuart > > > On 30 Nov 2011 at 16:54, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > I guess that means; anonymous...without your name. ;-) > > > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > McLachlan > > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:55 PM > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Tech Republic covers PowerBasic > > > > Thanks for the feedback, I've passed it on (anonymized) to Bob Zale. > > > > -- > > Stuart > > > > On 30 Nov 2011 at 9:38, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > > > It is almost a badge of honour for programming geeks to have a lean and > > > boring site. The attitude is that the site was hard enough to write it > > > should be hard enough use. The trouble is that many of the geeks see no > > > reason for all that wimpy fancy stuff, if it works that is good enough. > > Many > > > of these guys have absolute no artist or sales abilities, at all and it > > > really shows. > > > > > > Of course, they are blissfully unaware that a crudgy site makes their > > > product seem just as cheesy as their web site and they loss 90 percent > of > > > their potential business because of it. > > > > > > A word of wisdom. If you are selling anything on the web and you are > not > > an > > > artist, do yourself a big favour and get a real web designer and > artist to > > > put your web UI together and you will be amazed at the respect and > > > additional sales you get because of it. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Steele > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:09 AM > > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Tech Republic covers PowerBasic > > > > > > I just spent a few minutes reading the interview and looking at their > > > website. They may have a good product, but the site is AWFUL. > Multiple > > > bright colours, cheesy fonts, lots of exclamation marks. It's not > easy to > > > find out exactly what products they have and how they're priced. I bet > > > they'd have a ton more customers if they fixed it up - it's the kind of > > > site that I would just click away from automatically if I stumbled on > it. > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:43 AM, jwcolby > > <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > A few of you may be vaguely aware that I occassionally use > PowerBasic > > > :-) > > > > > > > > You do? I never realized! ;) > > > > > > > > John W. Colby > > > > Colby Consulting > > > > > > > > Reality is what refuses to go away > > > > when you do not believe in it > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11/29/2011 5:03 PM, Stuart McLachlan wrote: > > > > > > > >> A few of you may be vaguely aware that I occassionally use > PowerBasic > > :-) > > > >> > > > >> Here's an interview with the founder, Bob Zale on Tech Republic > > > >> > > > >> http://goo.gl/KtZIE > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > > AccessD mailing list > > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/**mailman/listinfo/accessd< > http://databaseadviso > > > rs.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd> > > > > Website: > > > http://www.databaseadvisors.**com<http://www.databaseadvisors.com> > > > > > > > -- > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >