Ron Lindeboom
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Both.
I’m also honest enough with myself to not be afraid to face the guy in the mirror or take slaps at people hiding behind false names, Mike Downey.
I’ll leave that to you.
Bye,
(By the way, my back has healed nicely.)
Ron
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Les,
I have known you for years and I do not think that you were out of line. Some may read it like that but I didn’t.
Thanks for the apology for the sake of keeping peace but I think that you are quite within the realm of our policies here at the Cow.
Everyone gets a little frustrated at times, especially when discussing the more esoteric features that are not needed by most editors. But working in the mass production, rapid-fire environment in which you work, features such as asynchronous trimming are the kinds of things you must know to get so many jobs done in the time you have.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
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Sonicfire Pro is quite easy to use. If you are in Europe, their licensing does not meet all the criteria in the European market to qualify as 100% royalty free. In the USA and other countries like Canada, Australia, etc., it does qualify as 100% royalty free.
Sonicfire Pro has a large library and since you said that you are doing wedding production, etc., they do have some volumes targeted at that market and so it should meet your needs.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
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Gary’s suggestion regarding Sony Acid is quite right if you have any real musical apptitude.
If you do not, then tools like Smartsound’s Sonicfire Pro and Digital Juice Stacktraxx are worth their weight in gold.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
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Hi Seth,
The endorsements were strictly those of the participants. We never tell people what to like or not.
Having been the managing editor of a daily newspaper for a time during my career, I have learned that “journalistic integrity” and “journalistic neutrality” are simply legends or the self-deluded imaginations of journalists. Me, I saw far too many truly important stories get left on the wire and never added to the day’s paper as publishers were afraid to publish them — either for fear of retribution from special interest groups or from harassment from public officials.
Because of this experience, I do not even try to tell our leaders what to like or not like; there is no official Cow policy and Franklin’s opinions are his own — just as my own belong to me.
I suspect that we will never get the broadcasts into a neutral position as that would mean that we would have to ask people to quit being themselves, something we are hesitant to do.
Please do not misread me: I appreciate your feedback, I truly do. It is important to hear what people’s opinions are as they give us a window into things which we may not have seen on our own.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
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[seth] “…this podcast felt a lot more like the front page of this website
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[seth] “podcast felt a lot more like the front page of this website
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[Jan Crittenden Livingston] “My interpretation, up and until you responded to Ron was that you were not interested in the P2 system nor this camera based on comments that you were making…”
Exactly the way I interpreted it, as well. I do not think I was hallucinating nor was I misreading the message — it was quite clear what he was REALLY saying and in remarks like “Regarding P2, I still do not see its flexibility, even in the future.”
It’s always easy to back-up and say that you didn’t mean what you said but I doubt that had I not jumped in with heavy feet, that he would have backed down from the intent, message and directness of the meaning of what he was REALLY saying. But it’s easy to throw up a smoke screen and say you didn’t mean what you most clearly did…
But that’s MY opinion and you are free to read it however else you wish to.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
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You DID build the site so a “created by…” or “designed by…” link is not anything that they can sue you for unless it is clearly spelled out in the contract that it would not be allowed.
Secondly, often decisions in court are made based on “trade custom” and on the Net, it is definitely trade custom that many major corporate and business sites do include a “designed by…” link if the site was not done in-house.
You are under no compulsion whatsoever to tell them what software you used but I would offer them a suggestion … Microsoft FrontPage — heee, heee, heee. That ought to fix them real good and make them appreciate you more. ;o)
Lastly, as you know, most all things done on the Net are based on standards which the company can learn about and modify if they wish. You have done nothing that cannot be changed and they are free to do or not do as they see fit. They are trying to pawn off their responsibility on you and if there is no contracted obligation in place, then I would send them a registered/certified letter spelling out things like “industry standard tools” and “trade custom across the Internet”, etc., etc., and they will get the message that they have no case and are totally on their own.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
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Own your words or don’t but do not insult my intelligence with disingenuousness like this, Simon.
Ron Lindeboom