[Tb] A couple community issues (epic)

on 2/6/04 1:38 PM, Garth Corral at gcorral__AT__abode.com wrote:

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> On Feb 6, 2004, at 11:09 AM, Lee Phillips wrote:
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>> As of right now we have 63 subscribers. I don't know how many people
>> use the wiki or how many people have registered Tinderbox. Of course,
>> most of these are and will always be lurkers, as am I in a few
>> mailinglists to which I subscribe, just to keep informed about certain
>> areas where I have nothing to contribute.
>>
> Hmm, 63 subscribers is not too shabby. That's plenty for some lively
> discussion. I think you hit the nail on the head with the lurker
> observation. I also lurk on several mailing lists. I guess that's why
> I wish the traffic was higher; so I can passively soak up more
> information. Just lazy, I guess. Talk amongst yourselves. ;-)

It's not being lazy, on many lists its a good way to learn and keeps noise
levels down.

I bought Tinderbox because it showed lots of potential and I thought it
would be good for some projects I'd like to do. The initial learning curve
just seems too high, I just can't/won't devote enough time to messing with
it to get anywhere useful.

I've looked at some of the getting started advice that's out there, but it
tends to be vague or in the wrong direction (I have zero interest in blogs
and the only web site I'm responsible for is very simple).

I'm more interested in finding other ways to use it such as managing photos,
or to assist in searching for a house to buy.

If Tinderbox were just a bit easier to dabble with up front it would make
learning to build such systems much easier, which I suspect would prompt
more discussion ("how do I advance...?"). As it is, a number of the
subscribers are probably like me - the effort to learn & use Tinderbox keeps
exceeding the effort of using other tools even if they're a poorer match.

-Carl
Received on Fri Feb 6 13:27:43 2004