srs, we miss you!

[Barbaros]

I think HansH says it best when he says, " not just give up on us for same bad appels."

Come on, SRS. We love you. Some of us would send you our first borns!

Don't give up, it's just a bump in the road.....  

[kamileon]

hi srs,

just wanted to say cheers!  and that i agree with all here - don't give up because of a 'few bad apples' - it comes with the territory.

i lead almost 400 people and weekly i get letters, emails, notes, meetings with people who 'have something to say to me'.  mostly they are concerned about some issue or other and want to share that with me.  often there are criticisms.  

but i have learned to take it as it comes, and not to give up (don't get me wrong there have been weeks and months that i wanted to give up and go back to my old life and job!).  but i keep going because i do it from love (i don't get an official income) for the people and for what i do.

i know you love what you do - it shows in the awesome product - todayplus.  so my encouragement to you is to learn from the things people say (good and bad) and to continue on with what you are called to do and what you do so well - program, program, program, program tp+!    

as one of the other posters said, it's just a bump in the road, an opportunity to learn and grow.  

and again thanks for letting me use tp+, even though i've only used it since nov 2003, it's become like an old friend on my ppc!  and even if it does expire, i will see the last few months configiuring, posting, etc as time well spent!

thanks!

[Kurt]

I am a newbie in the broadest sense. My wife bought me an ipaq 2215 for Christmas. I searched the internet to see what I could do with it. What I discovered is your limited mostly by your imagination. I was directed to this site and discovered the greatest PPC software! The weather, the Rss feeds, the skins...the imagination. I have read this forum in depth. I want to thank everyone here. I've enjoyed my short time with this software and this board. Well, this may be my only post. I can't type(hunt and peck) so I don't unless I have to. I felt compelled to reply because I wanted you all to know how much I enjoyed all of your hard work. Thanks again. By the way, if this program were for sale, I would purchase it and buy many of the skins as well. That, I think, says it all.

[JT]

SRS,

You have a great program and a great initiative and incredible creativity. Forget how great T+ looks and works - I get amazed at your approach and the concepts behind it especially in terms of programming and CompSci in general.

You approach and methodology have created an engine that can and should be applied to much much more than just PPC screen displaying.

Very well done. You have shown your abilities and skills as exceptional. I certainly appreciate them and your efforts.

Just don't let the whiners and nay sayers get you down. It can take the fun out of it if you let it.

I know that the whole concept of an expriy date in beta software is a GOOD THING - an important thing. If others don't understand that then that is thier problem.

I wish you success in all your endevours  and keep up the good work.

Cheers
JT

[Yerakon]

I have worked with it appeal to and they are amused to me with T+.  Thanks to all you.  I hope is one surprised in 1 March 2004.
(My English is very poor! )

[Lenny]

... reading all this bull..., that you people want to "share" with the rest of the world. Go get a life, people! I have read all posts about how sorry you are and how gratefull and how you miss him. Gee, don' you have any friends or family or at least a dog. What is the point in falling to your knees and begging like hell for someone to continue something we all can live without. I mean, does anybody know this guy in persona, has anybody ever met him, had a drink with him and talked to him about life? How important can he be for your personal well being if you spend countless hours praying to somebody who is just a guy who happens to write a descent program. Has he saved anybodys live or done anything that you know of that makes this world a better place? And I don'mean just playing with your ppc-toy. For gods sake, he ain't the Dalai Lama, far from it.
The way he is writing about other people just becaus they complain about something just pisses me of. He has shown no compassion for people like me, who just stumbled over this program, tried to figure out how it works and then use it for their personal needs. That's what a program is there for, for crying out loud. Use it, if it doesn't fit your needs or doesn't work anymore, throw it away. No need to bend over backwards and cream your jeans over it. If he wants to play with your "feelings" (strikes me how you all can even have some for a couple of bits and bytes) than let him play. I just kicked T+ off of my pda and that's it. On to the next one - and believe me it will be one where there is true support anf where I am not in Limbo over its working after next month. My first and last advice to you - stop cracking up and behave like human beings. There are much more important things in this world and in life than a poor and offended little programmer.

Ciao
Lenny

[Blazingwolf]

Lenny, Kind of funny that you have so many problems since you have never posted here. Do me a favor and you get a life. If you don't like the program then don't use it. Good riddance to people like you. If you have something to contribute then come back and let us know.

[Lenny]

@blazingwolf

Kind of funny that you don't have to say more to my remarks than that. I didn't have a problem with the software, just with you all being so overly sorry and begging somebody to come back from where ever he is hiding!
It is one of the great misterys in life that if you don't have a real problem, you put a lot of effort in it to find one. I just tried to point this out.

[MadTxn]

I think the main reason you (Lenny) are being ignored is that you have a problem with spelling, and your comments were disparaging.  Many people here are willing to give up T+, but they are concerned with the welfare of another human being.  I think that's admirable.  I for one would like to have T+ back, but I also hope that nothing bad has happened to SRS.  Hopefully, he's just out camping or something.

[Lenny]

@madtxn

First of all, I'm sorry for the spelling, English is not my native language, but I try!
Second, I don't give a flying f... about being ignored (by the way, that is exactly what "srs" is doing with you guys - the "community")
Third, all I wanted is to get the perspective straight again. How would you feel if many people over a extensive period of time are begging you to post a "sign of life"? You would probably watch and see where all this is going to lead.
Last but not least, if you read all the posts, you would realize that the main object is to continue with T+ and not what happend to "srs"! As far as I could read, and that has nothing to do with spelling, nobody knows the guy. And don't tell me that you are as much concerned about your neighbour who is really influencing your personal life! Just a guess...

Oh, and I intended to disparage you - to make my point and to clear your head up a little. (had to look the word up, but it meets my intentions)!!!

[Barbaros]

@Lenny

I think you are the one cracking up. Why not post something useful?

Why would you post something so stupid and obvious. This is the INTERNATIONAL NETWORK. You going to get 'crazy people' or extreme language where ever you go. It's madness as a result of our commodified lives. Haven't you learned this yet? I thought we all just realized this and nobody ever bothered to mention it, seems redunant to me to talk about it.

I exagerate my messages on these forums to help convy my feelings more accurately. While this might sound backwards, it's the way it seems to work for me. I imagine other pepole are doing the same too. Conscientiously: I couldn't say, but they must be because the ambiguity in a person when posting allows for tactless behavior without the usual social consequences. When all you are left with is 'why not?' then I can hardly get excited when I read a post where the language is extreme.

If you know anything about entropy then this shouldn't sound too bizzare. The chaotic personification of the internet is strangely comfortable in my opinion.

As these people say 'TodayPlus expired/crashed and ruined my life', I just read it more abstractly and try to imagine what happened in reality. 90% of them are normal, tax-paying, hard working, educated individuals who eat, sleep and breath like all other humans. They have 'other lives' and feelings which can be easily understood with a rational and objective mind.

As for srs, I DO care more about his well being than the continuation of TodayPlus. Who knows what happened, he my be dead and that's no joking matter. I care about life (all life) above everything else. I think other people here do too. I fail to see the validity to your point.

I hope I wrote this in terms you could handle.

PS Do you use a MAC?

[corphack]

Please remember not to feed the trolls. If you respond, they won't go away.

[Xt]

I've had this on my desk for a day or two after reveiwing the boards, I hadn't deleted it so, I guess it was ment to be sent.
SRS,
I love and appreciate the work you've done.  I can take all the positive board messages and multiply them by 10 and go on and on, that being said, Sorry, I have to say this because of how I feel about loyalty. I only have one problem with this and that is there are a couple of guys on the boards that have put in enough time and resources in to EARN enough respect from you, that you should've at least give them a clue as to what your doing, instead of leaving them hanging.  I didn't say get their permission for anything I just ment throw them a bone, a clue...ie...

"I'm tired and going to bed for 6 months...I'm going on a cruise to Alaska, be back when I'm thawed...oh, by the way the programs going to expire....Here (someone) is ver.12 it expires in(?) If i'm not back by then please do the following(..??).... People on this board have pissed me off
and i'll be back when I get back..."

Anything would've been nice to get a sence of direction for today plus and not have to resort to polls and inner struggles with loyalty.  

As for today plus and the boards.... "FORGET ABOUT THEM and ME!" ... We are greedy, selfish people that only want to make another part of or day easier or give us something to do, like skin, especially ME.  I use it to organize my day, but mostly just like to modify Ltwisted skins and do enjoy learning from you, Lt, Blazingwolf, arbitrajeu,fishboy.. and others off the boards..
I'm sure you didn't ask for, or expect so much crap from people because of your program expiring and shouldn't be held responsible for how it will affect their day, because, it is a BETA program.

It's your life and your world.  If you don't want to commit another keystroke than don't, do whatever makes you happy.  We only have so many days on this planet and we need to make the most of them.  I won't ask you to come back but only to do what you want to do. I wish you the best in days to come, to be happy, and please, if you choose, understand why myself(maybe selfish, that have used  multiple other programs(crap) as today plug-ins), would want to see you come back and if you don't, to see this program used as a stepping stone for future today plug-ins.

Thanks for your time and efforts.
Heybear

"How about I allow the world to live as it chooses, and I allow me to live as I choose."...Richard Bach

[Cendaryn]

   
SRS please come back - I couldn't live without your TD+
   

[epsilonx]

I feel a group hug coming on...

Hey, did y'all know that there's a workaround for the expiry?  Pining about probably won't do as much good as some folks have done in creating this workaround.  And although I really like TP, I wouldn't put so much dependance on a program written and maintained by one person.  That's one of the disadvantages of not having a team behind a product.