This hack is dedicated to Olaf who taught me the meaning of HACK.
Introduction
Good evening fellow MacHacketeers! : )
I am Carol Goodell, a.k.a. Pixel Artist.
I study Digital Imaging and Photography with Nick Valenti at OCC-Orchard Ridge.
Background
So...how did this hack come to be?
As an artist, I have no business sense but new ideas occur to me quite often.
I tend to see things not as they are, but rather as they could be. Or should be ...
according to my view of the world.
Longing to found my very own startup and ultimately join the legions of megagazillionaires
out there, I devised a marginally sound yet extremely compelling business plan.
As you well know, artists are usually broke so it was necessary to find financial backing to get my startup off the ground.
So.... I called my old buddy Guy Kawasaki a call. On the slim chance that someone doesn't know or remember Guy, he is Apple's former chief evangelist. Guy does garage work now.
Guy was wild about the plan and invited meet with some of his friends at the garage.
And now I share with you, esteemed fellow MacHacketeers, what I shared with them ...
marginally sound yet extremely compelling business plan for
BlackTieWithYellowFlourish.com
What is the NEED for this new service?
• Linux programmers are suffering physically from egregiously long hours at their computers
• Linux programmers are also suffering emotionally from total lack of social interaction of
any kind
BlackTieWithYellowFlourish.com to the Rescue!
This new service addresses the basic need in 3 ways.
it gets those weary Linux programmers away from their computers, outside into refreshing
air and it ensures social interaction, albeit of a different kind.
Implementation of BlackTieWithYellowFlourish.com
All smooth implementations begin with the necessary Pilot Program.
BlackTieWithYellowFlourish.com was no exception.
In this case it was actually a pilotS (plural) program.
• The now famous "Unknown Linux Programmer made the ultimate sacrifice to be the first participant.
• For reasons unknown and unimagined, both Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison offered their Gulfstream IVs so that BlackTieWithYellowFlourish.com. could provide megacomfy transportation for those oh so needy Linux programmers.
(Could it have been for the glory? I think not!)
Lest I forget, at this time I'd like to thank my financial backers
THANK YOU GUY!
THANK YOU GUY'S GUYS IN THE GARAGE
THANK YOU STEVE!
THANK YOU LARRY!
and now, fellow MacHacketeers, your patience is about to be rewarded...
Oh, here's a friendly piece of advice ... ...many of you will want to invest in BlackTieWithYellowFlourish.com after you see the hack. Please do not wait
around for the BlackTieWithYellowFlourish.com IPO ... it has been delayed due to
unfavorable market conditions
(A conspiratorial aside: Alan Greenspan - quite covertly - is working closely with BlackTieWithYellowFlourish.com and a yet-to-be-selected Investment Banker to set
the IPO timing and price. There is, of course, lots of interest!)