Hold on. One of the most heinous things a freelancer can do on a
client's computer is start installing software unannounced! I've been
on both sided of this, and I always ask before installing ANYTHING.
Are you sure he wasn't actually asking you if it was ok, instead of
demanding that you set it up for him? (I've been on both sided of that
miscommunication also.)
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Jeff Cook
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CookStudios.com
Freelance Video Editing
Washington DC & Portable
Quoting johnrobmoore <bigfish@pacbell.net>:
> Owen if you baby the editor you bury him. If I need a special tool
> I supply it. That's not beating someone up that's telling them the
> right way to do it. Yes if you are renting to someone and they make
> a small request like this it's good business sense to supply it.
> And as I mentioned in the thread I'm double shifting and in a pissy
> mood and because the editor in question isn't part of the list but a
> client of Ken's it's a good chance to vent. I try to be as self
> sufficient as I can in the freelance world and I think that's a good
> thing. If you feel I singled out a Whiny Mac Head tell me who they
> are and I will make amends to them. Maybe I'll even buy the
> software for them. ;-)
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, op <owen@...> wrote:
>>
>> Geez johnrobmoore, don't we get beat up enough, do we have to beat
>> up each other?
>> what's so bad about loading some app for a customer you are renting to?
>> Owen
>>
>> On Jul 22, 2011, at 12:15 AM, David Chmura wrote:
>>
>> > True enough, but (speaking as a freelance editor) I'll admit I
>> have some sympathy for the poor guy!
>> >
>> > On Jul 21, 2011, at 6:21 PM, Roger Shufflebottom wrote:
>> >
>> > > Or just tell them to grow up and live with it! Is this a
>> freelance editor? Learn to cope and work more often.
>> > >
>> > > On 21 Jul 2011, at 21:16, johnrobmoore wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> I have a simpler solution. Take Mr or Ms. Whinny Mac Head into
>> a room with a sturdy table vice. Place the appropriate fingers for
>> alt and ctrl one at a time into the vice and torque down just
>> enough to hold the finger in place. Using a rubber mallet so you
>> don't leave scares, whack until the fingers are bent enough to
>> invert the keystrokes when placed in the normal position over the
>> keyboard. This will maintain the WMH's (Whinny Mac Head's) muscle
>> memory and give him/her a great conversation starter. Once the
>> project is finished your can straighten the effected digits by
>> placing them back in the vice and torquing till straight. Repeat
>> the process as ofter as WMH changes platforms.
>> > >>
>> > >> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "ksirul" <kenavid2@> wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I have a client who will be renting an edit room from us. It
>> is an MC (2.8.5) on a PC (XW8200 32bit XP Pro). The editor is used
>> to editing on Macs and asked about installing Autohotkey
>> (www.autohotkey.com) to change the Alt and Ctl behaviors. There
>> seem to be a few different versions of this. Anyone have any
>> experience with this? Are there issues? Which is the best version
>> to load (or some similar program) that will do this?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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