[gruseom]

Please don't post comments like this. It adds no value and it violates the HN guidelines, since no one who isn't a jerk would say this to someone's face when they were showing their work. You would simply keep it to yourself.

[jklio]

I would argue your post and its tone - "no one who isn't a jerk would say this" - is far more offensive than pointing out that getting charts into email isn't exactly a massive victory for mankind. Pointing out that this post is also self-promotion doesn't hurt either given we see tons of extremely thin blog posts make it to the front page here which are basically adverts for the company of the blogger.

[debacle]

"no one who isn't a jerk would say this to someone's face when they were showing their work."

That's just your opinion, and in my opinion you are being far more offensive than Colliwinks by calling him a jerk on a public forum.

[gruseom]

On the contrary, my assumption is that Colliwinks is not a jerk and would never have said that in person, and therefore broke the guidelines (presumably unintentionally) by saying it here. That's why I said "to someone's face" - it's the most important part.