A Chat with "The Joy of Tech" Creators
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alanosx: I recently confessed I have a thing for the Go-Gos...and Nutter Butter.
Nitrozac001: Linux people love AY2K
Snaggy001: heh, they were our first fans and most loyal
OReillyMac: ahhh (I actualy like the GoGos)
alanosx: It really is like a family reunion of sorts.
alanosx: Listening to them now.
Nitrozac001: nutter butter, sounds like a good pet name.:-D
Snaggy001: We made Linux sexy with AY2K
alanosx: My lips are sealed.
OReillyMac: cute
alanosx: Have you ever received hate mail for a piece you ran?
Snaggy001: Well, never hate mail, but we have received what Nitrozac calls Control Freak mail. ;)
OReillyMac: all the time ... Oh that question was for Snaggy
alanosx: Have you ever received hate mail for a piece you ran?
Nitrozac001: Melissa recently posed in PlayBoy, you know?
Snaggy001: Of course everyone has their favorite and least favorite topics... so we sometimes get a "too much Bill Gates!" email,
Snaggy001: usually directly followed by a "not enough Bill Gates" email, or the occassional "too much Apple crap mail", which is balanced by all the "I LOVE your Mac comics!" email.
OReillyMac: Sounds healthy to me
Nitrozac001: control-freak mail, we get that
alanosx: What I love about your work is taking some of the wind out of the tech communities sails...
alanosx: we need a little break from it all.
Nitrozac001: I think there are inner cartoonists in everyone, dying to get out, and wreak havoc!
OReillyMac: Mine can't draw tho
Nitrozac001: hehehe
Snaggy001: well, it's fun playing with the real-life characters
alanosx: I think your work is much more authentic to the geek community than Dilbert.
OReillyMac: What's on the horizon hot topic wise for 2002
Snaggy001: Well Dilbert is real Office Culture
Nitrozac001: we take the wind out of their sails?
alanosx: Only when sailing.
Nitrozac001: better out of the sails, then the...
Nitrozac001: =-o
Snaggy001: he means out of their sales ;)
Nitrozac001: more authenitc than Dilbert.... music to my aol chat
Snaggy001: on the horizon... well, macWorld Expo of course
Nitrozac001: and Christmas
OReillyMac: but I mean topic wise
Nitrozac001: post christmas OReillyMac): I have a calendar ;)
alanosx: Loved the David Pogue icon...as did David...so when can we expect to see O'Reilyl icons of Derrick and I?
Nitrozac001: lol
Nitrozac001: oooh, that's where this is leading!
Nitrozac001: you want to be icons!
alanosx: My head bobbingin a dock...it is a fantasy of mine.
OReillyMac: LOL
Nitrozac001: here's one.:-$
Snaggy001: ah, the great suck up for the icon trick ;)
Nitrozac001: hee hee
Snaggy001: lol
Nitrozac001: especially lots of heads bobbing
OReillyMac: Hey you two can plug stuff you know
Nitrozac001: battling bobbing dock heads
alanosx: Please plug...
Snaggy001: Here's an exclusive: The David Pogue icon is moving to version 2.0 soon
alanosx: how about that Mac Genius shirt? ;)
OReillyMac: they might become collector's items
Nitrozac001: Snaggy made a David Pogue folder icon, with lots of David heads in the folder OReillyMac): seriously?
Snaggy001: it's going to revolutionize OSX
Nitrozac001: hey, we do have small MG shirts for sale
OReillyMac: ;)
alanosx: how small?
Nitrozac001: Baby Mac Genius O:-)
Snaggy001: hopefully we can work it out with Apple, people LOVE those shirts
Nitrozac001: it would fit a kid, or a teenage girl
Nitrozac001: or a tiny man
alanosx: I'm waiting for the boxers.
alanosx: Is that an iPod in your pocket?
Nitrozac001: Apple has to stop being Big Baby Mac Geniuses!
Snaggy001: lol
alanosx: You sure know how to persuade.
OReillyMac: Ok, parting shots?
Nitrozac001: hey, you could button tons of Mac Genius buttons to your shirt in protest!
OReillyMac: Or forget the shirt if you're serious
Nitrozac001: awwww
Nitrozac001: it's over.
Nitrozac001: I just got warmed up!
Nitrozac001: Hacker Hats
Snaggy001: somebody stop her!
Nitrozac001: um, any more questions?
OReillyMac: I did, but some how they just seem trivial now ...
Nitrozac001: those were really good
alanosx: So...when do you need the images for the icons?
Nitrozac001: heh heh
Snaggy001: So when does that OReilly Joy of Tech compilation come out? ;)
Nitrozac001: well, email them to snaggy, you never know what Santa will bring
alanosx: This had been fun.
Snaggy001: we'll be swamped with journalist and editors wanting interviews soon
Nitrozac001: yes, very fun!
Nitrozac001: better than phone interviews:-x
alanosx: And educatuional
alanosx: see I can now spell.
OReillyMac: thanks. big fun
Snaggy001: thanks!
alanosx: thanks guys!
Nitrozac001: and I got to call Apple, Big Baby Mac Geniuses
Nitrozac001: thank you!
OReillyMac (11:31:18 AM): bye!
alanosx: I am the wish granter.
alanosx: bye
Nitrozac001: /me waves bye Nitrozac001 has left the chat room.
Snaggy001: see ya
Snaggy001 has left the chat room.
Derrick Story is the author of The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers, The Digital Photography Companion, and Digital Photography Hacks, and coauthor of iPhoto: The Missing Manual, with David Pogue. You can follow him on Twitter or visit www.thedigitalstory.com.
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