FOR EVERYONE THERE (and should be made available to those who show later)- the last transmission from Jill
Way, way, back, before we all became such great friends, I believe Pinky went on about "no other company cares this much," etc. So, I went to your corp. site and the moment I saw your "Images" page, I knew what ol' Pinky was speaking about. More to the point, I used to work in a similar environment, which I miss every, single day.
BEHOLD...the start-up in its perfect, and I mean perfect, size-range. You are, indeed, a FAMILY! Maybe even more like a single unit or being. Whatever skills one has, whatever skills are needed, whatever it takes, and it is so divine. And rare. And right now, in my area, short-lived.
We loved our product. We loved our company. But it was the best when it was small. Programmers, who could code anything imaginable, could barely use Word (Linux guys, you know), and thought administrative, Win application users were wizards. Well, maybe they were just really, really grateful, but it has the same "look and feel."
Appreciate this thing you have, every F**king moment of it. You are a part of history already...the O.G., back-in-the-day, early Internet start-up workers! Dig the hours, the pushes, the build nights (ours were late-nite, with phat dinners and beer for the near-end time). BE ARROGANT, only one in a while. You are entitled. (Just don't get all snotty about it.) You DO something important. MJPlus won't cure cancer, but it will make someone smile as their fave song comes blaring out, thumpin' out, side to side, F*ck yea!
I have a message for Bill Ko. I AM sorry. But I'm not sorry for what I said, really, and certainly not for the way I wrote it. I think it was a nice rallying-source for y'all. It was not badly written, just done in Jill-speak...NICE Jill-speak. I cannot be sorry for real sentiments, expressed while they are going on. I didn't get personal. THAT would be cause for an apology. Personal is weak and low. The thing (player) did not work as easily as I wanted. I hate that. I'm a spoiled, little sh*t, I guess. Plus, people who figure themselves to be pretty darn technical do not react well to failed challenges in stupid media players. I HAD to lash out at Media Player. I didn't make the rules, Bill, I just follow 'em.
TO Bill and everyone:
I AM SO NOT SERIOUS about the previous paragraph!!! Well, I'm serious, but in the good way. I apologize for that attitude I can have. Hey, but what about that attitude,huh? Pretty cheeky, don't you think? (Cool word, "cheeky," but where the hell did THAT come from?) The attitude was not substance-induced (sh*t, I've been doing those shots this morning). Fret not. It doesn't happen EVERY day, just regularly enough that I can do it fairly well.
Go home.Get some slee ...NO, DON'T GET SLEEP! You may never have this chance again.
J-
SF Bay/Oaktown
you have the email
I get the player
cheers!