Trying to use the metaphor

[Troy Rollins]

On Jun 18, 2004, at 4:27 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> The original version:
>
>     In my experience as a user and a trainer, the learning curve
>     often goes something like this:
>
>     Day one:  "What the hell is going on?  Why doesn't anything work
>                like I expect?  I hate this damn thing."
>
>     Two days: "Omigawd, the potential is incredible! If only I knew
>                how to use it all..."
>
>     Two weeks: "After reading the language guide and trying some
>                 things out, I'm able to do truly productive work."
>
>     One month: "Now I can do productive work efficiently."
>
>     Three months: "With the flexibility of the language and the handy
>                tools in Revolution, I'm seeing slightly greater
>                productivity than in my formerly-favorite tool I'd
>                used for years."
>
>     Six months : "I love this thing."
>
>     One year: "I love this thing like no other."
>
>

;-)

I've been around long enough to see this several times. Each time I 
feel like I'm somewhere between day one and two weeks... and a year 
seems a long ways away. Hell, I'd take the one-month value.
--
Troy
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