Creating more (and specific) lists...Was ???

[Derek Bump]

> I may well be that RunRev has matured enough and has a diversified enough
> following to warrant a few separate lists.

My two cents: move the list to a Message Board.

Advantages...

1.) You don't have to download ALL 200 messages when you don't check your email for a few days.
2.) You can skip posts like "Why 10 hours for a newbie and 30 days for a "programmer"".
3.) You can still subscribe to Topics that are of interest to you (much like a listserve).
4.) Posts are sorted and categorized.  It also provides an interface for older messages and allows better searching for "old" and "common" answers to questions.
5.) It allows for better communication between individuals without being annoying to others (off-list topics can be discussed in an appropriate area).
 

Derek Bump
Dreamscape Software
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave LeYanna" <dleyanna at netvalues.com>
To: "'How to use Revolution'" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 7:13 PM
Subject: Creating more (and specific) lists...Was ???


> Well, well, well...
> 
> I may well be that RunRev has matured enough and has a diversified enough
> following to warrant a few separate lists.
> 
> How about Data Access, GUI, Deployment Issues, SQL, Platform Specific
> Issues, Third Party, How do I?, IDE, Product Announcements, and so on.
> 
> I have used many languages and nearly all the vendors have list servers with
> many subsets to subscribe to.
> 
> What is so hard about setting up a few more lists? This really isn't a big
> deal.
> 
> Those who have been around a little longer just need to remember to listen
> in on the newbies. This will really help the signal to noise ratio!
> 
> If RunRev doesn't want to set up separate lists we can do it ourselves by
> prepending our subject lines with [ANN}, [SQL], [3rd Party], [GUI], [HOW].
> or some such (simple) scheme.  This will make it easy to make mail filters
> to create our own "lists" without extra work for the RunRev support staff
> (who are doing a fine job, I may add.)
> 
> I hope this promotes more constructive discussion(s)
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Troy Rollins
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 7:49 PM
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: What about the quit menuitem in standalone with 2.5?
> 
> 
> On Sep 3, 2004, at 5:53 PM, Björnke von Gierke wrote:
> 
> > I was a hobbyist too (am still, but that's not the point). Now I 
> > consider myself a pro. Not because I am a better programmer, or 
> > because I learned so much, but because I can help more often then that 
> > I need help.
> 
> This is true. Many hobbyists become pros, and many pros like to help out
> those with less experience. But pros also need to share experience with each
> other sometimes, in an environment which is somewhat less noise to signal
> ratio... at some point, very generalized lists such as this one offer little
> to the pros other than the rewarding opportunity to help newbies. I am
> involved in such general lists for other tools, helping out the new folks,
> but when the work has to get done, and there is an advanced question to be
> asked... well, you don't do it there. It would get lost among the 18th "how
> do I put something into a variable?" 
> question of the day.
> 
> Many professional programmers will be put off from Revolution if the only
> support list is full of DreamCard hobbyists and complete newbies doing a
> seventh grade homework assignment.
> 
> Am I also an "elitarist" for believing that my daughter, a university
> student, should be in a different classroom than my son in grade 4?
> 
> --
> Troy
> RPSystems, Ltd.
> http://www.rpsystems.net
> 
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