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 potentially sounded
like that. However, that comes down to the limitation of any purely text
based communication medium.
Obviously I've met Colin a few times, so know how he speaks to some
extent and also his mannerisms. When I read things from people I've
physically met or actually spoken to my mind reverts to their voice in
my head saying it with presumed inflections. In this case, I could
imagine precisely how Colin would have said it had I been speaking to
him face-to-face, (I'm sure there would have been a slight chortle in
his voice as he said the last sentence) and thus interpreted (I hope) in
the way it was intended.
It is exciting to see him participating here.
Yes, it is, and it should be welcomed, instead of having snide
comments lobbed at it.
Again it wasn't snide.
One of the problems I think purely text-based internet online has is
that we completely loose any context as to the comments people make. I
suspect it is one of the biggest sources of 'flame-wars' and other such
perhaps not so healthy online discourse that occurs.
No one is perfect - and indeed in recent history I completely mistook a
post Richard made in the Engine Contrib forum (look for one on
date/time) and it wasn't until after I'd posted I'd completely missed
the fact he was couching his comments in a jovial-jokey type way.
So, just remember, before you hit send - reread what someone said,
reread what your reply is and try to think about how they might have
said it :)
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Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Everyone can create apps
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