If this doesn't raise your reputation, I don't know what Phill Cant wait for the screencasts from the event.

I agree with Glenn on that point I'm annoyed I can't go, but I'll make sure to catch the screencasts.

Um... My understanding of the MacTech 25 was that people voted on who they wanted to win, not that MacTech chose the winners. So, wouldn't that show that the _voters_ overlooked the "two biggest community events of the year"?

The digg page description indicates that the maturity level of this post is far above anything negative that's been posted about him.

I dunno, I disagree. I think there's a lot to be said - putting out a few sarcastic potshots at people to criticize, then going under for several months, then coming back as if nothing has happened, throwing a party for yourself, and inviting Paul to "have the balls" to come up and say a few words while being silently mocked by all the people who have come for Phill and not Paul, and patting yourself on the back for all this... that speaks of unbelievable immaturity.

Now that it's the summer, and you can finally spend 24h a day on these things, you might want to address My Dream App and MacHeist (remember? those community sites you started) and try restoring confidence in the loyal users there who are feeling quite abandoned. Don't know what I'm talking about? Visit the forums.

And by the way, I'm not shitting on you, as you claim the others have been doing. You just don't really know legitimate criticism when you see it, and you certainly don't respond to it yourself. There are better ways to win everyone over than your post there.

gdw, haha, if so, I guess the joke's on me. Anyone know exactly how that list was compiled? (And forgive me for being a bit suspicious, I mean, would you not agree that I should be -somewhere- on that list? We're not talking the #1 person here. Or the top five. Or the top ten. We're talking 25, "influence", and within the Mac community, over the past year. (The 'year' part gets me especially, because I see a lot of people on this list that have been extremely influential before, just not over the past year...) But whatever, if it was entirely based on community voting, I'm a retard. Whoops.

"You might also notice I'm not on that list"

I think this is where the underlying 'shitting' as you put it is coming from. It isn't so much the applications themselves but the self imposed arrogance and the 'look at me' aspect behind them. Your comment above and the post in general are very much skewed towards the apect of self indulgence.

Producing something new and or grounbreaking, or throwing the HIG guidelines out the window are fair enough. Just be careful with the reason behind why you are doing it. Is it for purely for self indulgence and self promotion or is it for the good of the user?

Comments above came out kinda harsh. Sorry

The crux of what I was saying that we all want praise for what we do in life, but let what you do speak for itself rather than actively seeking that approval.

I think that sentiment is why there was such a backlash on this 'delicious generation'.

Delicious Generation Party will be a blast. Not quite as much a blast it would have been if I had been there but almost... Hehehe. I know it will rule WWDC.

You guys are incredibly juvenile. What's with the constant shots fired at Paul Kafasis by you and your other "delicious" mates? How old are you guys, anyway? This isn't kindergarten anymore, take the bloody high road for a change.

Speaking as somebody who was lucky and got chosen for the MacTech 25, I'd be the first to agree that it's an arbitrary and imperfectly applied honor. Fact is that these "top whatever" lists are never complete and never without flaws. In this case it was community voted, but it's not like they're any better when a bunch of guys sitting around in an office come up with them.

The fact that it's community-voted probably just shows that your community didn't get the word about voting. Next year if you're tuned in and ask them to vote, I'm sure you'll be up there.

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No, Phill. I don't think you should be in the top 25. Sorry to burst your bubble.

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"I mean, would you not agree that I should be -somewhere- on that list? We're not talking the #1 person here."

I'm not trying to troll and I'm sure you don't mean it this way, but you sound like sour grapes and like you have a swollen head. I think you need to tone it down.

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