Uber.com site = ugh

gregg said:
R_D,

No doodoo? That is so fornicatin' awesome that you are Chris fornicatin' Weeks' fornicatin' friend. I can't believe the fornicatin' uber-trolls here on fornicatin' RFF can't see what a fornicatin' honor it is to be Chris fornicatin' Weeks' friend in any fornicatin' capacity. That, and a fornicatin' free M7 - he's surely a pretty fornicatin' nice guy.

:angel:

(Now THAT my friends, is sarcasm. Just feeling cheeky and if you don’t like it doodoo on you!) :D :D


BTW: Mr. Weeks' photos really are quite good - much nicer than his online language...
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Now that was fuuny. I agree that Mr. Weeks takes some fine photos, but his online persona is a bit over the top. I'll pass, only because I don't care for those social networking sites. YMMV...
 
I feel :(
I've tried to came in the game, but something was wrong with loging in ... there was no little pict. of M7 in my account ... then I saw one of rules:
for US people only
I think that I must look back ... what I see?
RFF friends and little black camera gift ... Thank you, again :)
 
As the originator of this thread, I was using Firefox on a PC when I encountered all of the problems that I wrote about. I'm not inclined to return using IE to see if things work any differently.

As for Mr. Weeks involvement, this certainly is of no interest to me as far as uber.com is concerned.

As others stated above, he may be a swell fella and maybe even a fine photographer and I might even like him if our paths were to cross, but I, too, find his online personna very off-putting and childish what with all the "fornicating" words he uses in his writing. But maybe this is what it takes to be "uber-cool".

Now, of course, my chances of "winning" the M7 are now pretty much squashed...
 
AusDLK said:
Cripes! What a totally not ready for prime time dog this site is.

Navigation is far from obvious to manage your page -- ie., try to find how to change your default photo.

Then change your page's profile -- ie., to a blogger theme -- and then watch it disappear.

Then delete the (seven default) Friends (who are not really your friends) and watch them reappear on a later page refresh.

I give up. It sucks.
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I thought it was just me.

I said it before: the interface is really cool, but its usability is as square as the Lawrence Welk orchestra playing an interpretation of "Can't Touch This", with Rick James playing the maracas. Just plain odd.
 
Al Patterson said:
Now that was fuuny. I agree that Mr. Weeks takes some fine photos, but his online persona is a bit over the top. I'll pass, only because I don't care for those social networking sites. YMMV...
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How did the song go? "Once I was a Schleppa / Now I'm Miss Mazzeppa / With my revolution in dance / You gotta have a gimmick / If you wanna have a chance!"

Some like Richard Pryor too much. I like him, but I wouldn't impersonate him online. :cool:
 
>Who is Chris Weeks? Someone famous?

A significant number of people -- some of whom are even photographers -- seem to think so.
 
DavidH said:
Who is Chris Weeks? Someone famous?
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Chris is probably the most successful celebrity photographer in Hollywood right now. He is almost certainly the most successful Hollywood RF photog, shooting Leica M for his film work and EOS for digital. Rangefinders are not that well known to the paparatzies. He laughs about the time an EOS shooter asked what the Leica M6 was on the red carpet. Chris is a big fan of rangefinders, and street photography in general.

How successful? It's not that unusual for Chris to wake up to find five figure stock sales overnight. Add to that magazines and event exclusives, and Chris is one busy photog. Anyone dream of getting a $1,000 for B/W head shots? As likely as not, Chris will turn down that job to sleep in.

While very personable in person, Chris also has a writing style which many like, and many hate.

still, I don't understand why people are complaining about not liking Chris in connection to a free giveaway for a chance to win a new M7 and Leica 50 lens. What I mean is, what is there to complain about FREE ?? You don't even have to buy a ticket (like the LHSA raffles).

Stephen
 
Stephen, there's a bit of history between Chris and some folks here on RFF. Chris' online essay about RF photography was discussed here on RFF. Some folks expressed their views on his essay. (for example about his adolescent shock-writing style.) In response, on his blog site, Chris individually slagged every person who made any kind of negative comment, disparaging their photographic abilities, etc. It was very juvenile. It seemed that if you weren't kissing his ***, you were a crumby photographer.

Like others have stated, he may be a great guy in person, but his on-line persona paints another picture.
 
I wanted to join because I need some friends. Oh that and the M7. But I decided to read the disclaimer/legal thingie, and it expressly prohibits linking to the Uber website. Now that's dumb. I guess I'll have to suffer with my own friends for the time being.
 
Based on the PDF I thought he just liked using the f*** word, but as I read further, he is also rude and arrogant and can't take criticism... no thanks, I don't need friends like him.
 
I barely have time to keep up with 1) LiveJournal 2) FaceCrack 3) RFF 4) DWF and now you wanna pile something called "uber.com" onto me?

I've got an M7 - I like it.. don't need another :D

I don't recall the whole Chris Week's fiasco but then again.. look at what I just wrote regarding time and that's likely why :D

Cheers
Dave
 
I just visited it. It looks quite OK to me. Seems to work OK too with firefox (for me at least).

But I'm not eligible for the M7 anyway as it's only open to US residents.

I don't use anything like youtube or myspace, and hardly use flickr. All I use is blogger for my own blog, dilbert.com, RFF, tweakers.net and a few other websites that I visit once or twice a day to stay "informed". I won't be joining as I have no need for this uber.com. The M7 won't be awarded to me anyway, so no need to join just for the hell of it either.
 
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