I’ve been getting quite a bit of email and IM traffic over what I like and what I don’t like. Mostly it is in regards to what I post on this blog. As a public service message I thought I’d like to list what I don’t like. Feel free to print this list out and attach it to your workstation so you’ll know what side of any discussion I’ll be on.
- ESRI
- ArcGIS
- ArcView
- ArcEditor
- ArcView 3.x
- ArcObjects
- ArcIMS
- ArcGIS Server
- ArcGIS Explorer
- ArcPad
- ArcReader
- ArcPublisher
- ESRI Image Server
- ESRI Developer Network
- ArcWeb
- ArcGlobe
- ArcScene
- ArcMap
- ArcCatalog
- ArcScan
- Autodesk
- AutoCAD
- Autodesk MapGuide
- MapInfo
- UMN MapServer
- Anything open source
- Perl
- O’Reilly Publishing
- GDAL
- GRASS
- QGIS
- uDIG
- MapGuide Open Source
- Microsoft Virtual Earth
- Microsoft MapPoint
- Google Earth
- KML
- Google Maps
- Java
- Python
- Ruby
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Linux
- PostGIS
- SlashGeo
- Podcasts
- Robert Scoble
- NASA World Wind
- Cold Fusion
- Canadians
- Wikipedia
- ArcScripts
- SketchUp
- ATOM
- GML
- Clowns
- Programmers
- Sun Microsystems
- Dell
- HP
- Apple
- Avenue
- MapObjects
- MapQuest
- AOL
The list is by no means complete, but I got tired of typing at the 66th thing I hate. Now we have posted proof that I don’t like {blank} so feel free to share that with your friends.


27 responses so far ↓
1
av8tor
// Jul 31, 2006 at 12:34 pm
So that leaves ArcGIS Engine with Oracle.
2
David Davis
// Jul 31, 2006 at 12:39 pm
Classic James! I can’t wait to meet you at the meetup. Perfect post for a Monday.
I’m French Canadian so I’m not on the list.
3
Erin
// Jul 31, 2006 at 12:41 pm
Don’t forget .NET av8tor. So its ArcGIS Engine using .NET with Oracle.
Oh on Windows.
4
Brandon
// Jul 31, 2006 at 1:09 pm
Wow…you could have just said, “I hate computers and everything associated with them,” and saved yourself some typing
5
AVUser
// Jul 31, 2006 at 1:10 pm
Dude, if you hate ESRI so much why do you blog about them.
6
Erin
// Jul 31, 2006 at 1:10 pm
AVUser, he’s being sarcastic here.
7
James Fee
// Jul 31, 2006 at 1:12 pm
@Brandon
Actually I just dumped out a list of tags from my blog. You can also use this list for things I do like.
8
Sean Gillies
// Jul 31, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Canadians? Me too. It’s their flapping heads and beady little eyes!
9
James Fee
// Jul 31, 2006 at 1:19 pm
Sean, they are everywhere too. They make you think that there are like 10 of them up there, but there must be hundreds.
10
Sean Gillies
// Jul 31, 2006 at 1:24 pm
Canadians have completely infiltrated the geospatial biz here in Fort Collins. If you don’t believe me, ask Dave Bouwman!
11
Daniel
// Jul 31, 2006 at 1:47 pm
James, you hate things? The world really is ending.
12
Infran
// Jul 31, 2006 at 5:25 pm
Tough room where you don’t like ArcGIS Explorer, ArcGlobe, Google Earth and World Wind.
13
Jason Birch
// Jul 31, 2006 at 5:43 pm
Darn it James; I never woulda subscribed to your blog if I’d a known you don’t like Canadians…
14
waban star
// Jul 31, 2006 at 9:54 pm
So what do you Like?
15
Bill Dollins
// Aug 1, 2006 at 5:03 am
I pile on for clowns and programmers!
16
James Fee
// Aug 1, 2006 at 6:14 am
@waban star
Well I like:
long walks at sunset
nice people
world peace
bunnies (but not rabbits)
ziggy
little baby ducks
sweating to the oldies
flip-flops (but not running in them)
17
waban star
// Aug 1, 2006 at 7:18 am
Well was just wondering… since you have a GIS blog and don’t like GIS apps. How about ENVI, MicroDem, GPSTrackMaker? The concept of GIS itself? This is only a test.
18
Erin
// Aug 1, 2006 at 8:33 am
I think he was just being sarcastic. I think by including everything that he’s posted on (at least that is what he aluded to) he’s just saying that he’s said negative things about everything.
19
Doug
// Aug 1, 2006 at 8:50 am
I think that the basic problem here is that some people aren’t getting the sarcasm. In the future I would suggest using the sarcasm tag, e.g.
I too hate all things GIS related! That is why I regularly read your blog!
Also I noticed that oracle was missing from the list, so I figured that you were actually an Oracle shill. And people complain about ESRI’s prices…
20
SGD
// Aug 1, 2006 at 8:55 am
You’re not a GIS professional unless you have a love/hate relationship with ESRI.
21
James Fee
// Aug 1, 2006 at 9:04 am
i don’t like using [sarcasm][/sarcasm]
22
Doug
// Aug 1, 2006 at 9:39 am
James I think you missed the sarcasm in my suggestion
23
James Fee
// Aug 1, 2006 at 9:40 am
and you missed mine!
24
Chad
// Aug 1, 2006 at 11:48 am
Heck.. you made my sarcasm meter explode!
25
Tyler
// Aug 1, 2006 at 1:20 pm
As a Canadian, I fully plan on infiltrating James Fee’s company once his blog starts being traded on the free market.
Nasdaq: Scsm
26
Ken
// Aug 4, 2006 at 6:07 am
I hate Scoble.
I also hate Primary and Secondary license BS to get complimentary tickets to the UC.
27
archater
// Apr 16, 2008 at 10:44 am
I hate ARCGIS it’t a pain in the ***
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