Comments on: Winer: Amateur isn’t below professional http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/winer-amateur-isnt-below-professional/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:05:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Nancy Heather http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/winer-amateur-isnt-below-professional/#comment-1184 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:31:27 +0000 http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/winer-amateur-isnt-below-professional/#comment-1184 As a "professional" TV producer and an "amateur" still photographer, I can appreciate comments trying to define what each is. But, undeniably, both professionals and amateurs can be good or bad, they can have good works and bad works, and they can have days with passion and days of grind and boredom. I think it's good to remember that status and pecking order are always temporary. We're all capable of a wide range of creativity. As a "professional" TV producer and an "amateur" still photographer, I can appreciate comments trying to define what each is.
But, undeniably, both professionals and amateurs can be good or bad, they can have good works and bad works, and they can have days with passion and days of grind and boredom.
I think it’s good to remember that status and pecking order are always temporary. We’re all capable of a wide range of creativity.

]]> by: Tish Grier http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/winer-amateur-isnt-below-professional/#comment-1183 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:00:10 +0000 http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/winer-amateur-isnt-below-professional/#comment-1183 Winer forgets a couple of key points: 1)amateurs have to work very hard to get cred--unless they're writing as off-the-clock professionals. Insiders who become outsiders are the most credible amateurs. 2)amateurs sometimes have big egos that cloud their objetivity (think about the Wal-Mart bloggers.) 3) amateurs occasionally like to eat too, and usually also need someone to pay the bills. Without proper nutrition and electricity, passion, espcially for blogging, can go by the wayside pretty quickly. Winer forgets a couple of key points:

1)amateurs have to work very hard to get cred–unless they’re writing as off-the-clock professionals. Insiders who become outsiders are the most credible amateurs.

2)amateurs sometimes have big egos that cloud their objetivity (think about the Wal-Mart bloggers.)

3) amateurs occasionally like to eat too, and usually also need someone to pay the bills. Without proper nutrition and electricity, passion, espcially for blogging, can go by the wayside pretty quickly.

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