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Found the prat

Remember how, in the last post, I had talked about some prat who said that you could get the same kind of in-person networking from MUGs that you can at Macworld Conference & Expo?

Found him. No surprise, it's from fucking TUAW and the specific prat is Steven Sande:

There are still a number of very active Apple-related user groups throughout the country, so you don't need to travel to San Francisco once a year to get the Apple love. Take a look at Chuck Joiner's MUGCenter.com website, and you'll see that there is constant activity all over the country. Even more than the physical meetings, there's now a huge electronic community of Apple fandom. Want to get the latest scoop on all of the new products? Check out blogs like TUAW, follow 'em on Twitter and Facebook, or even join the active chat forums on a number of sites. All of these electronic venues are much more up-to-date than an annual conference and expo. For that matter, even a weekly trip to a local Apple Store will give you tremendous insight into the new products, trends, and rumors that surround the world of Apple.

Of course, in Sandeville, you don't even need the conferences:

Some people go to Macworld Expo for the conference tracks, and in many cases those tracks are informative and taught by knowledgeable instructors. But there are other, less expensive training options available. There are local training venues in most major cities, and for those in the hinterlands, online training companies such as Lynda.com can provide the gentle hand of a tutor in a much more comfortable venue.

The fact that Sande even typed this fucking drivel, much less believes it tells me he's a complete fucking idiot, and is one of those dipshits who has either never actually spent quality time in the conference tracks, or never thought to look around and realize that the conferences were always about more than just the subject at hand. But sure. If he thinks that he's going to replicate the variety of audience and instructor content from Lynda.com, or in J. Random Training Center, and do it cheaper on a per-class basis, well, all I can say is stop doing drugs. Or do better ones.

So yeah. Steven Sande, idiot.

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Remember how, in the last post, I had talked about some prat who said that you could get the same kind of in-person networking from MUGs that you can at Macworld Conference & Expo?\n\nFound him. No surprise, it's from fucking TUAW and the specific prat is Steven Sande:\n

There are still a number of very active Apple-related user groups throughout the country, so you don't need to travel to San Francisco once a year to get the Apple love. Take a look at Chuck Joiner's MUGCenter.com website, and you'll see that there is constant activity all over the country. Even more than the physical meetings, there's now a huge electronic community of Apple fandom. Want to get the latest scoop on all of the new products? Check out blogs like TUAW, follow 'em on Twitter and Facebook, or even join the active chat forums on a number of sites. All of these electronic venues are much more up-to-date than an annual conference and expo. For that matter, even a weekly trip to a local Apple Store will give you tremendous insight into the new products, trends, and rumors that surround the world of Apple.

\n\nOf course, in Sandeville, you don't even need the conferences:\n

Some people go to Macworld Expo for the conference tracks, and in many cases those tracks are informative and taught by knowledgeable instructors. But there are other, less expensive training options available. There are local training venues in most major cities, and for those in the hinterlands, online training companies such as Lynda.com can provide the gentle hand of a tutor in a much more comfortable venue.

\n\nThe fact that Sande even typed this fucking drivel, much less believes it tells me he's a complete fucking idiot, and is one of those dipshits who has either never actually spent quality time in the conference tracks, or never thought to look around and realize that the conferences were always about more than just the subject at hand. But sure. If he thinks that he's going to replicate the variety of audience and instructor content from Lynda.com, or in J. Random Training Center, and do it cheaper on a per-class basis, well, all I can say is stop doing drugs. Or do better ones.\n\nSo yeah. Steven Sande, idiot.