Oakie said...
'He soon became very popular and people realised his skills were there and wanted to make use of them.'
Did you write that yourself??
Really????
Saffer (It makes me more important to talk about myself in the 3rd person) thinks that sprucemeister wrote it himself based on the final sentence which says "Enjoy the photos, and don't hesitate to contact me for whatever reason.."
Saffer thinks maybe sprucemeister should have got someone to write it for him, and then put their name at the bottom so the sprucemeister doesn't look vain and self obsessed. Saffer agrees that people should be careful about criticising other people's photos when sometimes the person doing the criticising isn't perfect. Saffer does think the sprucemeister has potentially opened himself to some weird and wonderful proposals from some really sick people by saying that people are free to contact him for any reason, although Saffer is not sure on whether this was the sprucemeister's intention.
Saffer also thinks that the sprucemeister should get someone to spell check the webpage because their are basic spelling errors that could be avoided using the wonderful built in technology called "spell checker" found in most programs. Saffer also noticed grammatical errors in the story part, for example, Sprucemeister says "Dave started taking the photographing more and more serious". Saffer thinks unless the sprucemeister intend this to mean that the spruce became had more serious facial expressions, the sprucemeister should probably substitute serious for "seriously".
Perhaps the sprucemeister may now realise that it doesn't take an expert on web technology to criticise a person creating a webpage, much the same as it doesn't take a pro photographer to criticise someone's photos, and perhaps it may be an opportunity for the sprucemeister to learn that there are kinder ways of helping critique someone's work than in a public forum. The sprucemeister may also realise that contrary the popular sprucemeister belief, simply saying "This page sucks" doesn't help the author fix the problems, and perhaps sprucemeister should avoid this method of critiquing photos in future.
