about Mark...

[Ralph DiMola]

+1

Mark,

Thanks for keeping us in the loop! Very reassuring.


Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net

-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of Peter M. Brigham
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 11:49 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Subject: Re: about Mark...

On May 10, 2015, at 12:42 PM, Mark Waddingham wrote:

> As in all things, there is a balance to be struck between doing and
talking - I must confess I tend towards the doing rather than the talking
and it is a constant contention even for me in any resource-constrained
environment (which is, unfortunately, the world we live in - whether
commercial, charity or any other realm you happen to exist in).

I think the tenor of this thread shows that part of being the leader of a
development community is communicating with the community (especially as LC
has gone open source), and that your engagement here is highly valued. I
appreciate that this tears you away from the technical nuts and bolts work
that is central to product development, but the connection with the
community also is also crucial. It's a little like the general principle
that anyone in a leadership position must not only lead those who work for
him/her but also serve as the representative of the organization in the
larger world -- and this function is often left invisible to those lower in
the hierarchy. Leaders always have to wear at least two hats.

>From one point of view, you work for us, and knowing something about how you
are doing your job is reassuring. The lack of that knowledge will always
stir up the mob. Although communication will also always raise many more
questions to be answered, so the job is never done.

Who was it who said, life is like pinball -- when you win, what do you get?
You get to play again. Whenever you solve a problem what do you get? Another
problem. You know you're making progress when you keep having new problems
instead of the same problem over and over again.

-- Peter

Peter M. Brigham
pmbrig at gmail.com
http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig


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