[dba-Tech] Web site (was: Once and for all time: server backups)

Max Wanadoo max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Fri Jan 15 09:06:55 CST 2010


...probably because they cannot get their heads around it - so they
dont really understand it - so they distrust it.

Once they start to  understand it they start to warm to it.

Takes some  hand-holding.

max


On 15/01/2010, Janet Erbach <jerbach at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mark -
>
> If it's any comfort, there are some people who don't like ANYTHING right
> away unless they thought of it first.  I work for someone like that:  it can
> take her anywhere from a week to a month to warm up to something I create
> for her on my own - like an access program that saves her loads of time
> managing inventory, or a nifty web site graphic to catch the customer's
> eye.  The only way I ever find out that she's warmed up to it (because
> she'll never say anything up front) is when I hear her talking about it as
> if it's always been there or she comes and asks me to update it in some way!
>
> Janet Erbach
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mark
>>
>> She should be kissing your shoes. Some people just don't pay attention
>> when pearls are thrown in front of them.
>>
>> /gustav
>>
>>
>> On 15/01/2010, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hey, Nice one John,
>> >
>> > It is nice to be able to help people and nice when they appreciate
>> it.
>> >
>> > I spoke to a lady before Christmas that has just opened a shoe shop,
>> in the
>> > middle of a recession.  Her products are lovely and when I asked
>> about her
>> > website, she said she did not have one.  So I came home and in 90
>> minutes
>> > registered the domain, created the following website
>> www.stripeshoes.net and
>> > created the user and email accounts for her to use.  It is not a
>> €1000
>> > website, but it is free and if she maintains it for five years is
>> will cost
>> > €0 over a five year period.
>> >
>> > I think that fact is lost on this lady however, and unfortunately,
>> does not
>> > really seem happy with it.
>> >
>> > Whats your opinion, is it terrible, awful or OK for a small one
>> person
>> > ladies shoe shop, which ultimately will require a visit to the store.
>>  I did
>> > tell her that she has to fill in more text, more pics and more
>> product
>> > details, as I do not know much about ladies shoes :)
>> >
>> > Mark
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