[X4U] No ListMom? [NOISE]

[Brett Conlon]

OK, so really, who's hand is in this sock puppet???  ;-D

Coj




Eric Prentice <listma at themacintoshguy.com> 
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18/07/07 12:19 PM
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Not exactly no listmom.... More of a dysfunctional emotionally 
detached listmom.

Back in the late 90s when I created lists I had time to dig into them 
and be an attentive listmom. The lists and my website were great and 
they really helped feed my fledgling Mac consulting business.

Then came the big decision, do I feed my family by doing consulting 
and the web site, or do I move to buying and selling stuff. I made 
the decision to move to the buying and selling side of things and 
opened Dr. Bott LLC. Turns out, it was a wise decision because the 
combination of the dotcom crash and Steve Jobs coming back to Apple 
eliminated much of my income from the web site and from consulting (a 
huge portion of my business was helping people figure out what to 
buy. Steve made it deal simple and people didn't need my help like 
they did when Apple had dozens of models not to mention the clones.)

So today I spend my days running Dr. Bott LLC and that leaves little 
room for the lists. I've chosen to let them manage themselves and 
only jump in if things get real ugly. I think it is really great that 
most of them continue to thrive after years of "self management".

So yes, I exist but not in the classic uber controlling way that many 
would appreciate.

Just this week I got back in to the email accounts. (Anyone have the 
issue we do where X Server will occasionally munge user passwords in 
the opendirectory server?)

I have dreams and ideas for the lists, but for now we'll let them 
continue as is. I did manage to remove the ebay stuff sig! ;-)

Eric Prentice
Disfunctional listmom
CEO, Dr. Bott LLC


On Jul 8, 2007, at 2:20 PM, Ronald Steinke wrote:

> On 8 Jul, 2007, at 1:44 PM, Stroller wrote:
>
>> Sorry to break it to you, kid - there is no listmom.
>
> And now, I suppose, you're going to tell us there is no Santa 
> Claus, Easter Bunny, or Tooth Fairy either?
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