A Business website - Are they joking??

yop

Spotted this guy posting on paddytech there over weekend offering website design and development.

If mods think its unfair please delete.

But I am wondering how the hell this guy can state that he is a software or web developer, that site as a selling point is just a pointer to Amazon affiliates.

http://www.mckaysoftware.ie/web_design_limerick.html


I am not been a tw*T but I am shocked that someone can advertise services when they are blatantly not a developer based on their own site!!!

TPD

That's just painful.

Liam Byrne

Anyone who pays them after seeing their site should be shot!

My nephew could do WAY better than that, and he's still in school.....

Webmonkey

Dreadful

The Mighty Ken

If he can sell Web design services when he's producing stuff like that then he's a better salesman than I am.

Hellm0

Hilarious stuff. So many cowboy outfits out there doing websites, I swear its almost a good thing as if everyone had a good website off the bat then none of us would get work.

EKRIUQ

Is it just my browser or is that website messed up for everyone!

6th

Namesco wrote: »

Is it just my browser or is that website messed up for everyone!

I'm pretty sure what you're seeing is as good as that site gets. I just died a little inside.

p

yop wrote: »

Spotted this guy posting on paddytech there over weekend offering website design and development.

If mods think its unfair please delete.

But I am wondering how the hell this guy can state that he is a software or web developer, that site as a selling point is just a pointer to Amazon affiliates.

http://www.mckaysoftware.ie/web_design_limerick.html


I am not been a tw*T but I am shocked that someone can advertise services when they are blatantly not a developer based on their own site!!!

Lots of silly people out there. This guy could be a con artist, or he could be incredibly naive either. You'll always find people like this. Don't lose any sleep over it. I doubt he makes much money.

egan007

This is clearly a site for generating revenue of clicks. I don't believe there is actually a service behind it.

yop

egan007 wrote: »

This is clearly a site for generating revenue of clicks. I don't believe there is actually a service behind it.

I think you are spot on there for sure. He is advertising all over PaddyTech along with another lad, it could be some shilling

Ah well it helps to see what sh*te is been produced out there too!!!

stevire

Looks like a failed attempt at Web 1.0! :pac:

jhegarty

It's just missing the "best viewed in ie3" button

democrates

That's a bit harsh folks.
According to his linkedin profile he has an MBA from the Open University. I don't have that, do YOU!!!

His channeldb2 profile photo inspires my full confidence.

The entry on search.ie shows the company are an IT heavyweight: "We are based in Limerick. Our core skills are AS400 RPG and C. We alos offer web design and related services."

This is further backed up on citylocal.ie : "We offer WEB design, SPREADSHEET and DATABASE development. We can help you manage your email accounts and work with you on the effectiveness of your web site"

Any remaining doubts should be dispelled by their international (.eu) site "We have worked on projects for customers in Ireland, England, France, Belgium, Holland and USA. "

On top of all this, the whois for rpglanguage.com shows his company to be behind that enterprise too.

If you haven't been won around yet, his post to the agile manifesto should clinch it : "I am in favour of precise communication between people and moving away from techical jargon and buzzwords. I also support incremenetal development. AGILE seems to help me to work along these lines"

Seriously though, I find it hard to be miffed when the level of ineptitude is like an online version of "the office". Looks like he used to work on midrange systems, probably got made redundant due to wrongly naming variables and is hardly going to have much luck finding a job at his age, that's the reality. In terms of online footprint you've got to give the guy some credit, but damn does he need help with pretty much everything else.

Webmonkey

democrates wrote:

probably got made redundant due to wrongly naming variables

Ha ha so true...poor guy.

red_ice

I worked very hard on that site and it is very much so up to date in every way. It runs on all webbrowsers and its a dynamic look for a site.

How can you say my site isnt a very well designed site and coded to perfection? Theres nothing wrong with it at all. Red text on a white background is very stylish.

red_ice

red_ice wrote: »

I worked very hard on that site and it is very much so up to date in every way. It runs on all webbrowsers and its a dynamic look for a site.

How can you say my site isnt a very well designed site and coded to perfection? Theres nothing wrong with it at all. Red text on a white background is very stylish.

<edit>cba waiting, thats not my site. Its shockingly bad. But it doesnt shock me that people would actually get away with that site and people would pay top dollar for it too.</edit>

Solarpitch

Mother of Jesus... that's all I can say.

democrates

Solarpitch wrote: »

Mother of Jesus... that's all I can say.

Is that all you can say?
You can use that.

yop

What funnier now is that this lad is attacking someone on the forum for their web design techniques!!!!!

http://paddytech.collectivex.com/discussion/topic/show/119100?lpx=1

pauldiv

lol. Well maybe he has invented a new design paradigm that the rest of us have yet to hear of. Maybe the school maths jotter grid is to assist the visually impaired.
We could run a competition to see who can find worst top 10 crap web sites. Hint - you only need to look for another nine.

kjt

I think it's a lovely website!



</runs away laughing>

yop

Start the ball

http://www.dinghyinsurance.com/whicinl.htm

http://www.frnz.de/

http://www.lingscars.com/cars-environmental.php

I just googled them

democrates

Dear God.

AvrilLavigne

yop

Where did you get that from Avril??

Axwell

yop wrote: »

http://www.lingscars.com/cars-environmental.php

Shes been on Dragons Den at some point.

AvrilLavigne

yop wrote: »

Where did you get that from Avril??

I'll let ye know if he replies! Got an autoresponse!

Subject: Autoresponse from mckfc02@mckaysoftware.ie
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:43:08 +0000 (GMT)






Thank you for your message.
We will respond as soon as we can.

Gordon

Phew, thank goodness there's a website out there that tells you what time it is on your computer, computers just don't have clocks these days.

yop

Axwell wrote: »

Shes been on Dragons Den at some point.

Bringing in the water to them was it???

Placebo

teletext on old tv's look better than this

MOH

yop wrote: »

Start the ball

http://www.dinghyinsurance.com/whicinl.htm

http://www.frnz.de/

http://www.lingscars.com/cars-environmental.php

I just googled them

democrates wrote: »

Dear God.

The goggles! They do nothing!!

Duckjob

pauldiv wrote: »

lol. Well maybe he has invented a new design paradigm that the rest of us have yet to hear of. Maybe the school maths jotter grid is to assist the visually impaired.

I think when reading up on grid systems he took it a tad too literally. :pac:

yop

Its all about the lines baby

I sound like a fricking interior designer (And no smart ass comments)

AvrilLavigne

democrates wrote: »

Dear God.

Put a health warning on this! It is so sore on the eyes! Do not click if you are epileptic. :eek:

democrates

I can't help feeling sorry for him though. With his skillset he probably did major work over the years, but once y2k and euro finished so was he.

From being at the centre of super-important projects to the scrapheap, you can imagine the frustration and anger etc. but he's gone down a bad road now, even if it snags a few bob it won't bring back the glory days. That sort of thing is beneath him.

Hellm0

democrates wrote: »

I can't help feeling sorry for him though. With his skillset he probably did major work over the years, but once y2k and euro finished so was he.

From being at the centre of super-important projects to the scrapheap, you can imagine the frustration and anger etc. but he's gone down a bad road now, even if it snags a few bob it won't bring back the glory days. That sort of thing is beneath him.

That's what happens when you don't keep up to date with the industry. I know some great developers who just never caught on and end up with very limited options in terms of employment.

Dude's probably an alcoholic also.

BenjAii

Hellm0 wrote: »

That's what happens when you don't keep up to date with the industry. I know some great developers who just never caught on and end up with very limited options in terms of employment.

Dude's probably an alcoholic also.

LOL - is there are forum for online character assassination ? might be time to move this thread.

Hellm0

BenjAii wrote: »

LOL - is there are forum for online character assassination ? might be time to move this thread.

I just figured I'd throw it in there, he kinda looks like one:P

Placebo

dont some banks still use cobalt or something?
although i do agree, gotta keep up to speed with technology. But with a software engineering degree, i can safely say that learning curve is not steep, ive picked up several different technologies for different projects over the years !

ironclaw

http://www.lingscars.com/cars-environmental.php

That one was on Dragons Den. She makes a fortune apparently. But she couldn't show tax returns :rolleyes:

Duckjob

ironclaw wrote: »

That one was on Dragons Den. She makes a fortune apparently. But she couldn't show tax returns :rolleyes:

Actually it was audited accounts she was asked about.

I read an interview with her afterwards where she talked about her spot on Dragons Den. She said she had actually responded to the question explaining that as she was a partnership and not a ltd company she didn't have audited accounts, but apparently they kindly edited that bit out for drama.

Liam Byrne

That "DingyInsurance" site has one REALLY weird page title!!!!

EDIT : It's not the only one; C:\Documents\Netscape ???

BTW, I'm logging off forever now because I'm officially blind since clicking on that "Dear God" link!!! :P

democrates

AvrilLavigne wrote:

Put a health warning on this! It is so sore on the eyes! Do not click if you are epileptic.

Liam Byrne wrote: »

BTW, I'm logging off forever now because I'm officially blind since clicking on that "Dear God" link!!! :P

+2, just how much floor polish do you have to drink to come up with trippy sh1t like that, fascinating lunacy.

pork99

MOH wrote: »

http://www.lingscars.com/cars-environmental.php

well that one's allowed - it is the website of the "mental oriental" according to this gloriously politicaly incorrect publication