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At first, it itched me little bit that some pages where columnar followed by some single panel pages, though this does make sense with including the images. But, on reading your comment of there being to large an empty space on the last page of the "Pointless section", I paused.
I think there is an irony in that the blank space speaks more than anything that could be padded in there. Perhaps the true message behind pointless, and even Tim's own negative comments about it, is that it really isn't pointless at all. His work does inspire us all to desire more from ourselves, and especially when reading his own wish that he could have achieved more than he felt he was capable of, describes exactly my beginnings in the music industry. In a way, Tim isn't all that different from Dink, in the grand scheme of things.
I will say that I was partially present during some of this time, I was originally alerted to the Dink phenomena during it's Beta testing period, not so much from a programming perspective but from a player perspective, although my background is largely in the IT/financial sector. Yes, I had lost count of the number of fingers pointed at me for sending emails from my BB, while most people where still evolving from rotary to touch-tone landlines.
It was the first time I had heard the term, "Beta-Banger", and it was an awesome experience.
At the same time, I think many of us grew on a personal level, in the same ways that Tim speaks of here, in that we begin to realize that we aren't the center of the universe but we can become a beneficial, albeit tiny, piece in it. We can find a place for ourselves, once we realize that our initial desires may be merely stepping stones to our real purpose. I believe that Tim has made a more than reasonable contribution to TDN, definitely larger than he realized, but in the lives of many others as well.
This is amazing so far, Dan. I feel honored to have been a small part, or at least a witness to, some of the growth of the phenomenon, which is Dink.
Mm.
I think there is an irony in that the blank space speaks more than anything that could be padded in there. Perhaps the true message behind pointless, and even Tim's own negative comments about it, is that it really isn't pointless at all. His work does inspire us all to desire more from ourselves, and especially when reading his own wish that he could have achieved more than he felt he was capable of, describes exactly my beginnings in the music industry. In a way, Tim isn't all that different from Dink, in the grand scheme of things.
I will say that I was partially present during some of this time, I was originally alerted to the Dink phenomena during it's Beta testing period, not so much from a programming perspective but from a player perspective, although my background is largely in the IT/financial sector. Yes, I had lost count of the number of fingers pointed at me for sending emails from my BB, while most people where still evolving from rotary to touch-tone landlines.
It was the first time I had heard the term, "Beta-Banger", and it was an awesome experience.At the same time, I think many of us grew on a personal level, in the same ways that Tim speaks of here, in that we begin to realize that we aren't the center of the universe but we can become a beneficial, albeit tiny, piece in it. We can find a place for ourselves, once we realize that our initial desires may be merely stepping stones to our real purpose. I believe that Tim has made a more than reasonable contribution to TDN, definitely larger than he realized, but in the lives of many others as well.
This is amazing so far, Dan. I feel honored to have been a small part, or at least a witness to, some of the growth of the phenomenon, which is Dink.
Mm.
