[mdlug] Who's in charge of this group? - Inter group meeting BerkeleyTIP-Global August 2 Saturday

[Aaron Kulkis]

Mark Thuemmel wrote:
> Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>> Mark Thuemmel wrote:
>>> I have been joining in on the BerkleyTIP the last two months (first
>>> Saturday around 3:00 Michigan time.  For me it was fun getting on Ekiga
>>> and IRC and chatting with people with similar interests.
>>>
>>> With Penguicon once a year,  MUG and BerkleyTIP once a month, Marcel
>>> Gagne (http://www.marcelgagne.com/mytvshow.html) Tuesday nights at 8:30
>>> I still want more, so I thought I'd take a stab at trying to organize
>>> something for Thursday nights that I could enjoy at home.
>>>
>> Gagne's "french chef" routine/new-orleans-cliche gets old real fast.
>>
>> Occasionaly is OK.  Hitting the audience across the face with it
>> several times in every column is beyond a bit much.
> 
> http://www.virtuallug.org
> 
> 
> Aaron,
> 
> I would imagine you are not the only one annoyed by an extra couple of
> paragraphs each month with François, the wine selection, and chef talk
> in general, but he wins Linux Journal Readers' Choice Award basically
> every year.  Check http://www.marcelgagne.com/ljcooking.html for a list
> of his articles (8 years).  Me, personally, I skip the chef stuff and
> read the rest of the article and often get inspired to try something new
> with Linux.
> 
> I don't think he targets you as his audience, but tries to make it
> friendly for newbies to get things done in Linux.  This sells magazines.
>  Frankly, I don't think he enjoys the chef either, but I think he is
> stuck.  Frankly, I'm not his PR Manager, I just enjoy his stuff.
> 
> If you could site some of the articles you have made public (every
> month), I'd be happy to compare.....Easy to be a critic, tough to try to
> do better.

I write constantly, every day, and have been doing so for over a decade.

I've even had comments from some of my postings make it into
people's .sig files.