A story with almost no point
I was reading Dave Winer’s site and noticed that one of his links sent readers to the wrong site. So I e-mailed him to that effect, as other people are used to me doing. I can’t help it – I’m a compulsive proofreader.
Amazingly, Dave responded to me. The response was one word: “Oy.” Then, even more amazingly, he didn’t fix the link!
Don’t know what any of this means, as usual.
Never try to figure Dave Winer out. You will go insane. I’ve emailed comments saying “I disagree with you on this…” and he’s replied “I removed it” and he did. I don’t know if that was a “fine you don’t like it I’ll take it off” childish kind of thing but it’s one of the reasons I’ve stopped emailing him and only read him occassionally. He’s a little weird. Don’t email him.
I can’t help it – I’m a compulsive proofreader.
Oh, man, how I hear you. During my training as a temporary worker at the law firm I now work at (yay!) I pointed out a typo on the training website, projected onto a huge screen in front of all of us. That’s probably the one time in my life I have ever been thanked for pointing out a typo. Usually people either growl or smile pityingly.