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picture perfect... or not
Okay, I need a second opinion.
Recently I've been getting VERY frustrated at the way people seem to be taking my picture archives for granted, as if it's just an obvious thing that I'll go to events and snap lots of pictures and spend a lot of time resizing/editing/captioning/etc them and put them up on dr4b.org for everyone to do whatever they want with them.
Well, I'm getting sick of that, to be honest. Yes, I might just be having a really bad day (I forgot my keys, I'm stressed over this trip, I need to do my taxes still, I spent last night resizing pictures instead of packing, etc), but considering I seem to keep revisiting this theme, maybe it's time to do something about it.
So I basically nuked my entire pictures directory an hour or two ago. Whee!
The question is, "now what?" Your input is greatly appreciated:
[Poll #122318]
Also feel free to post any advice. Whee.
Recently I've been getting VERY frustrated at the way people seem to be taking my picture archives for granted, as if it's just an obvious thing that I'll go to events and snap lots of pictures and spend a lot of time resizing/editing/captioning/etc them and put them up on dr4b.org for everyone to do whatever they want with them.
Well, I'm getting sick of that, to be honest. Yes, I might just be having a really bad day (I forgot my keys, I'm stressed over this trip, I need to do my taxes still, I spent last night resizing pictures instead of packing, etc), but considering I seem to keep revisiting this theme, maybe it's time to do something about it.
So I basically nuked my entire pictures directory an hour or two ago. Whee!
The question is, "now what?" Your input is greatly appreciated:
[Poll #122318]
Also feel free to post any advice. Whee.
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So, the question is, are you doing it for you or are you doing it for them? Do you want people to thank you? Do they whine at you when you don't take pictures? It sounds like you're way too invested in what other people are thinking/doing; perhaps you should do it for yourself first, and if other people derive a benefit, that's great. If they don't, too bad for them.
Joe Hughes and I built and maintain a website that lists bus schedules. You know why? We needed a website that listed bus schedules. We don't get paid to do it (and it's a nontrivial website). Now, it happens that it gets some traffic, and occasionally we get fan mail and occasionally we get "hey, I couldn't figure out how to find X". Having the audience helps keep us motivated to add features and make sure it stays up-to-date and configured properly. And it feels good to help people out [pats self on back]. But there's a healthy portion of rational self-interest involved in the whole thing.
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Yes, people actually do whine at me when I don't take pictures. Well, not exactly, but it's more like, I bring my camera somewhere and take pictures of people and people are like "WHEN WILL THESE BE UP? CAN YOU GET THEM ONLINE TONIGHT?" and stuff. And I'm usually like "No, I can't. I have to download them, resize them, etc..." I love having the pictures around to remember the cool stuff my friends and I did (and these pictures go all the way back to 1997, really) and I love it when I post pictures and people are all happy about them. But then it's when the pictures start leaking out all over and people start making fun of them, that I get all sad.
I heard about your bus website and I think it's great. Seattle's bus system at least has a decent website and doesn't suck, but MAN was the PAT bussite awful when I was still in Pittsburgh.