On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > Calvin Waterbury wrote: > >> I was wondering who here frequents the LC forum? >> >> I'm curious because I have tried to keep up with this list. It reminds >> me of 1982 when I tried to read every article in the "Wall Street >> Journal!" Whoosh! I never made through one issue and once, I started >> "stacking up for the weekend," it was all over! :) > > I used to have that feeling with Harper's and Wired. Had to stop reading > them both. I find myself reading Linux Journal cover to cover, but > thankfully the articles are shorter so I can also get some work done. :) > >> Anyway, I'm just wondering if I might get the same help on the forum? > > A good many of us frequent the forums. But because this list predates the > forums by several years, I find a lot of the people who've been using > LiveCode the longest are here rather than there. > > This list can indeed be overwhelming, but using GMane as Mark Wieder > suggested is a good option, or switching your subscription to digest mode > can also be helpful (mine is set for digest). > > The forum is good too. In fact, it has one feature not available on this > list: Bernd's attachments. Like many here and there, Bernd is a very > helpful fella who's quick to offer code examples to answer questions. But > since the forum allows attachments, while most of us merely post a relevant > line or two of a code example, Bernd often goes the extra mile to put his > helpful tips into a fully functional demo stack and attaching it to his > reply. He's been amazingly generous with his time, and it's much > appreciated by all the forum members there. > > > Since you're learning LC as a second language, I hope the readers here will > indulge another copy of what I've found, after teaching this tool and > related dialects for so long, to be the progression through the learning > curve for getting started with this weird beast: > > 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 LiveCode, 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."
Six years: "I want a message path for my LIFE!" > > > :) > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
