RE: about Mark...

2015-05-12 Thread Ralph DiMola
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

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-11 Thread Richmond
+1 Very well said, that man! On 05/12/2015 06:49 AM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: 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 constan

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-11 Thread Peter M. Brigham
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 i

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Bjoernke von Gierke
> On 10 May 2015, at 18:10, Mark Waddingham wrote: > > https://github.com/runrev/livecode/pulse > > This shows (at the very least) all the patches we are applying as we develop. > (I tried to find a public way to view the 'runrev' organisation news feed - > but couldn't - if anyone who knows t

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Colin Holgate
Going off topic now, I was browsing around the github link you gave, and I noticed you’re doing a workaround for Kindle Fire audio player issues. You should note that there are Kindle Fire issues that only apply to the first generation ones. If you check the manufacturer to see if it’s Amazon, a

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Richmond
On 10/05/15 19:53, Mark Waddingham wrote: It might be easier if, for goofy types like myself, those "things" at that web address were explained in some way that we could understand. Well, I think 'trust' comes in here to a certain degree - i.e. if you trust that we are doing the right thing, a

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Colin Holgate
I was puzzled too, I hadn’t noticed anyone criticizing you posting here. I did just think of something. We’ve been assuming that it was the mildly sarcastic “did he run out of things to develop” part that was the problem, but maybe it was the “This is in no way a complaint” part. If that was mis

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Mark Waddingham
It might be easier if, for goofy types like myself, those "things" at that web address were explained in some way that we could understand. Well, I think 'trust' comes in here to a certain degree - i.e. if you trust that we are doing the right thing, and are doing so for the benefit of the 'co

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Mark Waddingham
I don't know why anyone is criticising Mark for participating on the use-list. I must confess I struggle to see the criticism - Colin made a rather wry observation in an amusing way (for me at least, as I said previously, text based communication is a huge source of ambiguity at times). I a

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Richmond
On 10/05/15 19:10, Mark Waddingham wrote: On 2015-05-10 15:23, Peter M. Brigham wrote: In the absence of any communication and actual information, people always imagine all kinds of things, and this is especially true of anyone seen as a leader. All along Mark has been a presumably extraordinari

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Richmond
On 10/05/15 18:50, Mark Waddingham wrote: On 2015-05-09 20:37, Colin Holgate wrote: This is in no way a complaint! But I’m curious about how much Mark is posting these days. Did he run out of things to develop? Definitely not the latter! I've lurked on both the use and dev lists for years - I

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Mark Waddingham
On 2015-05-10 15:23, Peter M. Brigham wrote: In the absence of any communication and actual information, people always imagine all kinds of things, and this is especially true of anyone seen as a leader. All along Mark has been a presumably extraordinarily capable technician heading up a talented

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Mark Waddingham
I asked the same question on ChatRev the other day. Eventually we pretty much agreed that Mark is probably doing what he is paid for: overseeing the programming team, thinking about what are the most important issues and how to solve them. The latter part probably makes him more involved with the

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Mark Waddingham
On 2015-05-09 20:53, Richmond wrote: On 09/05/15 21:37, Colin Holgate wrote: This is in no way a complaint! But I’m curious about how much Mark is posting these days. Did he run out of things to develop? That's a bit of a b*tchy comment. Hehe - as a first reading then, yes, it could have pot

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Mark Waddingham
On 2015-05-09 20:37, Colin Holgate wrote: This is in no way a complaint! But I’m curious about how much Mark is posting these days. Did he run out of things to develop? Definitely not the latter! I've lurked on both the use and dev lists for years - I read and have read the majority of all th

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-10 Thread Peter M. Brigham
In the absence of any communication and actual information, people always imagine all kinds of things, and this is especially true of anyone seen as a leader. All along Mark has been a presumably extraordinarily capable technician heading up a talented team who are trying to do their best to dev

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-09 Thread Roger Eller
"I'm always angry. That's my secret." --Dr. Banner On May 9, 2015 2:58 PM, "Richmond" wrote: > On 09/05/15 21:56, Colin Holgate wrote: > >> I didn’t mean it to be. >> >> On May 9, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Richmond >>> wrote: >>> >>> This is in no way a complaint! But I’m curious about how much Mar

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-09 Thread Richmond
On 09/05/15 21:56, Colin Holgate wrote: I didn’t mean it to be. On May 9, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Richmond wrote: This is in no way a complaint! But I’m curious about how much Mark is posting these days. Did he run out of things to develop? That's a bit of a b*tchy comment. I never mean my co

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-09 Thread Colin Holgate
I didn’t mean it to be. > On May 9, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Richmond wrote: > >> This is in no way a complaint! But I’m curious about how much Mark is >> posting these days. Did he run out of things to develop? > > That's a bit of a b*tchy comment. ___ u

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-09 Thread Colin Holgate
I agree. Imagine you’re into relativity, and Einstein posts to your email list, you’re going to be inspired. > On May 9, 2015, at 2:44 PM, Mark Schonewille > wrote: > > Hi Colin, > > I asked the same question on ChatRev the other day. Eventually we pretty much > agreed that Mark is probably

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-09 Thread Richmond
On 09/05/15 21:37, Colin Holgate wrote: This is in no way a complaint! But I’m curious about how much Mark is posting these days. Did he run out of things to develop? That's a bit of a b*tchy comment. It is exciting to see him participating here. Yes, it is, and it should be welcomed, inst

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-09 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Colin, I asked the same question on ChatRev the other day. Eventually we pretty much agreed that Mark is probably doing what he is paid for: overseeing the programming team, thinking about what are the most important issues and how to solve them. The latter part probably makes him more invo

Re: about Mark...

2015-05-09 Thread William Prothero
Colin: I agree! He’s helped me enormously by providing direction for learning new things Livecode can do. Best, Bill > On May 9, 2015, at 11:37 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: > > This is in no way a complaint! But I’m curious about how much Mark is posting > these days. Did he run out of things to d