Dear Yoad,
Preamble:
I am doomed with a name that is both unpronounceable and unprintable for
foreign people; the infamous "tilde" ( ~ ) is of course to blame. I have
learned to live with being called "Joe", "Juan" and "Joauo"; I understand
if you can't find the magical combination of keyboard shortcuts that will
render the tilde above the "a" thus ã, but to substitute the sensuous - and
dare I say sensual - curvature of the tilde with a ( ´ ) is just wrong.
I only add this somewhat long preamble because I gather from your signature
that you are enrolled in a PhD in the fair city of Porto and you will soon
find that besides being unpronounceable, João is also a ubiquitous name in
Portugal. If you meet a Portuguese man it is highly likely he will be
called João (I have no hard evidence to support this other than personal
experience though).
End of preamble.
Regarding my comment, and to any other person who might be wondering, I was
being facetious.
Of course, you don't need to look far to find an unemployed writer, but I
am quite sure this condition is unrelated to the proliferation of software
for writing.
'best
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Yoad David Luxembourg <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Dear Joáo,
>
> Your claim makes me curious.
>
> Do you have any "hard" evidence to support that?
>
> Best,
>
> *Yoad David Luxembourg *
> BA (DAE <http://www.designacademy.nl/>,2004), MA (MAHKU <
> http://www.mahku.nl/>,2006)
> Ph.D Candidate at University of Porto <http://www.up.pt/>, Portugal
> Creative Direction at Elementum by Daniela Pais <
> http://www.luxuryistohavesimplethings.com/>
> LinkedIn <http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/yoad-david-luxembourg/5b/95a/69a>
> Facebook <
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/YoDaLux-Studio-for-Design-and-Design-Thinking/154785477914113
> >
> On 25-9-2015 12:29, João Ferreira wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Sooner or later Adobe software will replace graphic designers. It is
>> inevitable, just look at all the writers unemployed because of Microsoft
>> Word.
>>
>> 'best
>>
>
>
>
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