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 pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig _______________________________________________ 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
