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hey sandosky, author here. I write engineer-focused content (http://bostinnovation.com/author/kevin-mccarthy/ http://bostinnovation.com/author/kevin-mccarthy/)

hey sandosky, author here. I write engineer-focused content (http://bostinnovation.com/author/kevin-mccarthy/ http://bostinnovation.com/author/kevin-mccarthy/), so it doesn't come as a surprise to me when some of my pieces make their way to hacker news. 'terrible' is a subjective matter, no?

sandofsky 15y ago
In the context of another site, that article may be fine. In the context of this site, that article is terrible. There is a mismatch in the target audience. There is an assumption the reader has not heard of projects and services common to Hacker News readers, such as Github itself. You also just promoted yourself in the response.
- kmccarth 15y ago
  Agreed, the content of this article is not best-suited for Hacker news. You couldn't be more wrong about my 'self-promotion.' I simply reference my profile's URL to prove a point. Unsure how you could have possibly read into that otherwise.
  - sandofsky 15y ago
    It looks self promotional because saying you're the author would have sufficed. If you can't recognize how this lacks tact, nothing I can say will help.
    - kmccarth 15y ago
      disagree. Saying I was the author AND I wrote programming articles was important to display my history of writing 'hacker news'. I can't see how you think it was self-promotion knowing this. Speaking of self-promotion, did you really take 6 different shirts to a headshot shoot (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandofsky/page5/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandofsky/page5/)? And you call yourself a Boston-man! Haha, good luck to you in the future.
      - sandofsky 15y ago
        I believe you have problems if your response to criticism is to Google the critic and try to come up with personal information. A typical headshot session lasts a few hours, involves several outfits, and results in several hundred photos which you progressively narrow down. I used that Flickr set to solicit feedback on potential picks. I didn't link to that anywhere in my profile, or on my personal site. Your behavior is childish, bordering on creepy. You should consider how this makes you look. I don't think people would take you seriously after reading this.
        kmccarth 15y ago
        Ahh, the old 'creepy' defense. Nicely played. You criticism of self-promotion couldn't have been further off, which pissed me off something fierce. I guess I forgot the oldest mantra in the book, however: 'haters gonna hate.' Issue resolved and forgotten. Be well :)

sandofsky 15y ago

In the context of another site, that article may be fine. In the context of this site, that article is terrible. There is a mismatch in the target audience. There is an assumption the reader has not heard of projects and services common to Hacker News readers, such as Github itself. You also just promoted yourself in the response.

kmccarth 15y ago
Agreed, the content of this article is not best-suited for Hacker news. You couldn't be more wrong about my 'self-promotion.' I simply reference my profile's URL to prove a point. Unsure how you could have possibly read into that otherwise.
- sandofsky 15y ago
  It looks self promotional because saying you're the author would have sufficed. If you can't recognize how this lacks tact, nothing I can say will help.
  - kmccarth 15y ago
    disagree. Saying I was the author AND I wrote programming articles was important to display my history of writing 'hacker news'. I can't see how you think it was self-promotion knowing this. Speaking of self-promotion, did you really take 6 different shirts to a headshot shoot (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandofsky/page5/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandofsky/page5/)? And you call yourself a Boston-man! Haha, good luck to you in the future.
    - sandofsky 15y ago
      I believe you have problems if your response to criticism is to Google the critic and try to come up with personal information. A typical headshot session lasts a few hours, involves several outfits, and results in several hundred photos which you progressively narrow down. I used that Flickr set to solicit feedback on potential picks. I didn't link to that anywhere in my profile, or on my personal site. Your behavior is childish, bordering on creepy. You should consider how this makes you look. I don't think people would take you seriously after reading this.
      - kmccarth 15y ago
        Ahh, the old 'creepy' defense. Nicely played. You criticism of self-promotion couldn't have been further off, which pissed me off something fierce. I guess I forgot the oldest mantra in the book, however: 'haters gonna hate.' Issue resolved and forgotten. Be well :)