The Wrong Day to Stop Sniffing Glue
So in my last post I alluded to the fact that my latest project has reached open beta stage and now I guess comes the marketing and publicity. I’ve spent the morning following links with one eye open as if the equivalent of a web Howler might appear in Firefox castigating me for producing horrible software. Fortunately I’ve not encountered anything like that yet. But still I’m really nervous about it all.
You know, I see people on television all the time, actors, authors and the like, that claim not to read reviews of their work and I don’t get it. I suppose normal people can channel their energy into a project and when they’ve completed it, it’s enough to know that the creation was what was rewarding to them personally. I don’t get that myself. Not the I haven’t enjoyed working on Proxi. It was and continues to be great, but it’s my baby. I’m curious what people think… of course continuing that analogy, even if 100 people say it’s great, but 1 says it’s horrifying, it will be that one negative review that will stay with me. It will gnaw at me slowly breaking the few delicate strands of sanity I cling to… and inevitably I will have to hunt down and destroy that person. You’ve been warned.
You have nothing to be worried about. It’s great software and I’m extremely happy to see it see the light of day!
Hi Casey,
if 1 out of 100 saying something bad worries you and makes you feel bad then take this simple advice: do not EVER post your work to versiontracker.com – it will ruin your day/week/month/year (pick yourself).
🙂
Andreas
Thanks for the compliments J (this praise brought to you buy the guy sitting within striking distance of eiher Ammo the Amoeba or my tiny Ninjas)
And Andreas, well if the ratio is actually 1 out of 100 then I’ll probably be really happy. But I will still be troubled by those 1 in 100. The trick will be trying to satisfy their needs, but not at the expense of the other 99 that are happy with Proxi.
MISTER
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