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Re: Next steps forward?

funny :
<litestep@...>:
ezmlm-reject: fatal: Sorry, I don't accept messages larger than 30000 bytes
(#5.2.3)

my message at the end...

On 8/13/07, Antoine W. Campagna <AntoineW@...> wrote:
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> On 8/13/07, Roy Gathercoal <rgathercoal@...> wrote:
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Wendy, I thank you for the compliment but no, I don't want to be
> > president. Am enjoying life without a bullseye painted
> > on my back. . .("Hell of a birthmark, eh?")
> >
> > > (And yes, I know I haven't gotten back with the problems I've had with
> > LS on
> > > Vista - work and life and kids going back to school...I don't have the
> > > luxury to have my computer acting wonky for an extended period of
> > time.)
> > >
> > > ~Wendy Harlow
> > > Tonsei-rs
> > >
> >

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Roy Gathercoal | 13 Aug 20:42

Re: Next steps forward?

Antoine W. Campagna wrote:

>>>>
>> Dude, you write long texts. But it's
True. I think just about everyone who knows me would agree. I do this 
only for those things/in those areas I believe are important. Most 
things that are important and still not "right" aren't going to be 
helped by small bits of ideas. At least I have never been able to 
successfully address big ideas with a few words. Probably a character flaw!

>> good suff, quite inspiring. You almost got me quitting my job and devoting myself to improving and
promoting LS, hehe.
>> You should try politics or something.

Thanks. I do want to be inspiring. LiteStep *is* a great idea, filled 
with potential. Yet I read a bunch of "we're dying away" sorts of 
messages. No community will regain life by trying to come up with the 
best way to measure its decline.

LiteStep is great. With wonderful potential. If what we are doing so far 
to introduce LiteStep to folks isn't working, maybe it's time to do 
things another way (or at least, differently).

(politics? nah. I have more faith in LiteStep than in democracy right 
now. . .)

>>
>> I may have skipped a few lines of your message but I think you are quite
>> right. If we want to share our goodness, we must be a bit more proactive.

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Brian Wolven | 13 Aug 22:51

Re: Next steps forward?

Roy Gathercoal wrote:

> On the other hand, someone who has used computers for years but has 
> never written a bit of code (that they were aware of) and who is quite 
> nervous about making any changes to their computer probably would warm 
> to a few themes of a gentler sort. Another sort of fill-in-the-blank 
> form might help this person get started. Careful attention to tool tips 
> and quick access to a troubleshooting LiteStep community (via perhaps a 
> "stuck? need help?" button that will quickly deliver them to a "safe" 
> site where making fun at stupid noobs is not allowed) could make this 
> the step this person needs to gain confidence and experience.

Perhaps all new LS themes ought to come with a splash screen that says 
"Don't Panic" in large glowing letters?

Seems like that's already been done somewhere before though...

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Wendy Harlow | 13 Aug 23:03

RE: Re: Next steps forward?

*grins*

~Wendy Harlow
Tonsei-rs

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Subject: [Litestep] Re: Next steps forward?

Roy Gathercoal wrote:

> On the other hand, someone who has used computers for years but has 
> never written a bit of code (that they were aware of) and who is quite 
> nervous about making any changes to their computer probably would warm 
> to a few themes of a gentler sort. Another sort of fill-in-the-blank 
> form might help this person get started. Careful attention to tool tips 
> and quick access to a troubleshooting LiteStep community (via perhaps a 
> "stuck? need help?" button that will quickly deliver them to a "safe" 
> site where making fun at stupid noobs is not allowed) could make this 
> the step this person needs to gain confidence and experience.

Perhaps all new LS themes ought to come with a splash screen that says 
"Don't Panic" in large glowing letters?

Seems like that's already been done somewhere before though...

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Roy Gathercoal | 14 Aug 01:00

Re: Re: Next steps forward?

yep. been tried. didn't work then, either.

Brian Wolven wrote:
> Roy Gathercoal wrote:
> 
>> On the other hand, someone who has used computers for years but has 
>> never written a bit of code (that they were aware of) and who is quite 
>> nervous about making any changes to their computer probably would warm 
>> to a few themes of a gentler sort. Another sort of fill-in-the-blank 
>> form might help this person get started. Careful attention to tool 
>> tips and quick access to a troubleshooting LiteStep community (via 
>> perhaps a "stuck? need help?" button that will quickly deliver them to 
>> a "safe" site where making fun at stupid noobs is not allowed) could 
>> make this the step this person needs to gain confidence and experience.
> 
> Perhaps all new LS themes ought to come with a splash screen that says 
> "Don't Panic" in large glowing letters?
> 
> Seems like that's already been done somewhere before though...
> 
> 
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Alan Polacek | 14 Aug 07:48

Re: Re: Next steps forward?

seems like a sure invitation to start worrying :) after all, why else would
you need to be warned.

-Alan Polacek
-pfx

On 8/13/07, Brian Wolven <bcwolven@...> wrote:
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> Roy Gathercoal wrote:
>
> > On the other hand, someone who has used computers for years but has
> > never written a bit of code (that they were aware of) and who is quite
> > nervous about making any changes to their computer probably would warm
> > to a few themes of a gentler sort. Another sort of fill-in-the-blank
> > form might help this person get started. Careful attention to tool tips
> > and quick access to a troubleshooting LiteStep community (via perhaps a
> > "stuck? need help?" button that will quickly deliver them to a "safe"
> > site where making fun at stupid noobs is not allowed) could make this
> > the step this person needs to gain confidence and experience.
>
> Perhaps all new LS themes ought to come with a splash screen that says
> "Don't Panic" in large glowing letters?
>
> Seems like that's already been done somewhere before though...
>
>
>
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