Frank wrote:
I stated, not complained, that working with video was time-consuming.
Brian offered an alternative which was no alternative at all for me as
I explained.
[...]
This is a thread on a listserv, not a private conversation with Brian.
It was a response to some non-helpful help which made some arrogant
assumptions about my time and experience.
[...]
I was responding "in kind" to exactly the sort of useless criticism
you accuse me of engaging in.
Geez, you try to offer advice, and you get comments like "non-helpful
help" and "arrogant assumptions."
Frank, my assumption was that you hadn't considered circulating the
video on the Web. And my assumption was that there was a good chance
that you didn't know how easy this was. You may find this assumption
"arrogant," but I think it was reasonable.
As you yourself said, making a DVD on a Mac was an easy, one-two-three
process. I use a PC, and I understand that Macs can be easier. But all
too often, people who are used to the easy one-two-three approach are
likely to not be aware of the other processes involved in posting to the
Web. One may be an expert in this simple Mac process... but it's been my
experience that this doesn't always mean that one is an expert, or even
familiar, with other facets of video publishing. There are lots of
hobbyists out there who can burn a DVD, but who are helpless when it
comes to anything else.
You may call this an "arrogant" assumption, and you're free to take it
as a personal slight if you want. But I merely pointed out that, if
you'd wanted to circulate that video widely-- given the discussion on
this list, that seemed to be a big priority-- there were better
alternatives, which I've used in the past.
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