tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post9201483555801738085..comments2024-03-28T11:36:22.391-04:00Comments on Half an Hour: How Not to Seek InputStephen Downeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-85674457083423140362010-05-21T09:27:22.055-04:002010-05-21T09:27:22.055-04:00The fact that there is more of a discussion about ...The fact that there is more of a discussion about the NBITC site here than on the LinkedIn group speaks for itself.<br /><br />I agree wholeheartedly with your comments Stephen. I know they were fair, even though for my part, and even before reading your criticism or Harold's comments, my immediate reaction was to close the NBITC unaccessible site tab upon the request to install SylverLight: no time nor inclination for that.<br /><br />Let's keep the dialogue open and be transparent rather than foster cliques and plot in the trenches. NB is too small a province for such petty tactics.Robert Gregoirehttp://hera.ci.umoncton.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-51223458692448229492010-05-17T08:01:58.192-04:002010-05-17T08:01:58.192-04:00The site is dysfunctional. If anything, if I were ...The site is dysfunctional. If anything, if I were an entrepreneur thinking of moving to NB, this site would really discourage me.<br /><br />This being said, I can see how such a site comes about. Organization gets a budget. They hire someone (maybe someone they know well, or a student) and they get the result. They pay for it without looking too much into it. And anyhow, they have already spent their web budget. So there it is.<br /><br />The problem is the people they selected for the job. Clearly, the NBITC site was *not* created by bona fide web people. The source of evil in this case is the competence of the people who did the work. No matter who clueless the people running NBITC are, no competent web developer should even come up with an all-silverlight web site.<br /><br />I hope it was cheap though. But no matter how much they paid, it was too much.Daniel Lemirehttp://www.daniel-lemire.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-42042716754279383012010-05-16T19:43:48.200-04:002010-05-16T19:43:48.200-04:00NBITC didn't want your "comment", th...NBITC didn't want your "comment", they wanted your grovelling accolades. They should have asked, "Come on, slime up to us and stroke our egos!" <br /><br />Good on ya, Stephen, keep saying it like it is!rlubenskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11518962181442701634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-26426816458512281482010-05-16T15:41:33.095-04:002010-05-16T15:41:33.095-04:00What, and you think I haven't been trying to b...What, and you think I haven't been trying to be constructive, Keith? Nobody who knows my work would say that.Stephen Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-38116578146835041902010-05-16T15:05:20.875-04:002010-05-16T15:05:20.875-04:00Perhaps you should try to be constructive and help...Perhaps you should try to be constructive and help build IT in the province. If you have time to spare, maybe you could lend your expertise to making a better environment rather than simply putting down the efforts of others. whether you like it or not, at least people are putting effort into moving forward.<br /><br />KeithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com