Advice on Dating an Apple Developer

Perfect. However the article is semi-useless, because women who love geeks already know the troubles that lie within, and often that is WHY they love the geeks. However, it is fascinating that the translation to graphic design is so fluid.

My wife agrees with you on every point.

Well, I own a ton of shirts -- but that doesn't mean I wear them. Most are from Apple store openings, the rest are old ones from the 80's. I should have been specific about what I cursed at -- mostly Quark, also when Photoshop unexpectedly quits, when Word quits for no reason, and when Illustrator takes a year to export paths. Fishes, narco.

I have yet to meet a fellow graphic designer who owns an Apple shirt (except for one back at uni, but that was only because he worked part time at an apple reseller - so that doesn't count). Nor do I curse my computer. Staying up late working though, now that I can relate to

I believe this also goes for graphic designers who work at home as well. I have tons of Apple-related shirts, stay up countless nights working on deadlines, curse at my expensive computer set up when it runs slowly, etc. Old girlfriends flat out didn't like my job. They failed to realize that working at home doesn't mean I am messing around with the computer all day and ignoring them. I will keep this article on hand so I can forward it to my next potential girlfriend -- thanks! Fishes, narco.

Glad you enjoyed the post - as you can see from Digg, some failed to see the humor in it. :-)