Lagi, This is an excellent idea and a tangible expression of our caring for Sean and a way to help. After all, we are a community that can reach out in various ways to help each other, and what better way to step up?
Can you post a link to the account? Maybe good if his name is on it, so it will be searchable by text we can guess. Bill William A. Prothero http://earthlearningsolutions.org > On May 2, 2018, at 9:59 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi All > > I just setup a gofundme site - Never done it before but Can anyone tell me > do we have to put Sean's name on it - what shall I call the page? > > Talk like that makes me shiver. I have a mate in Canada - he had his card > account and paypal compromised a week or so ago - rent was due no money so > I Paypald him a large chunk of what I had put aside for my income tax > - I have a few months to sort that situation out - but he hadn't - and his > situation wasn't as bad as Sean's. We need to do this for Sean and his > family - I'm sure the work he has put in will come out for the best in the > end - Otherwise Sean just post your paypal address here - every little > helps. > > Kindest Regards Lagi > > On 2 May 2018 at 17:42, prothero--- via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Sean, >> I’ve seen you on this list, and the Director list for years. You have been >> someone whose kind responses and help have been very appreciated. Please >> know that there are many people who care about you and wish you the best. >> Please take a deep breath and don’t do anything that you haven’t had time >> to consider carefully. Perspectives often change with time. >> >> Best wishes and I’m so sorry for your situation, which sucks big time. >> >> FYI, I had a biopsy in November, which resulted in a 3 mo hospital stay >> where I nearly left this life. Shit happens to us and we hope to come out >> of it a little bit wiser. For me, I gained a lot of awareness of Friends >> who cared for me. I’m still in physical therapy and getting back to bike >> riding, outrigger canoe paddling, and my previous life. Consequences of >> some of these random events eventually disappear and we hope something is >> learned. >> >> >> Best wishes and peace, brother, >> Bill >> >> William Prothero >> http://earthlearningsolutions.org >> >>> On May 2, 2018, at 9:14 AM, Stephen Barncard via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Whatever, Sean. Please don't even consider suicide. >>> You can recover from this. >>> >>> There will be more ( and more forgiving ) clients ahead for you. >>> >>> Hopefully you own your code and can fix and repurpose it for something >> else. >>> You have the possibility, with Monte's help in the morning, to get this >>> thing working. >>> Your clients or client's clients should understand this happening was NOT >>> YOUR FAULT and you would gladly fix it. >>> If these 'clients' don't understand this - then they don't deserve your >>> work in the first place... >>> >>> personally I've had a few of these disasters myself in 50 years of tech. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - >>> mixstream.org >>> >>> On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 8:48 AM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode < >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>>> It's all too too too late. I had no money to get a support contract. >> Spent >>>> it all getting the project running. It was working up until this >> morning so >>>> I had no idea that it would be an issue. My client was incredibly p'd. I >>>> have no way to redeem myself. I really couldn't care less if you can or >>>> cannot fix it now. I am £1000's down and well out of pocket. I will >> never >>>> get it back. I have/will-have lost everything. I don't think I can come >>>> back from this. My life is worth £0, especially to you guys. I'm like >>>> abandon-ware. Your failure cost someone their life (not to mention his >> wife >>>> and two boys who may well miss him but will be better off without him >> for >>>> making the mistake of using LC and all things LC!). >>>> >>>> Bye >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2 May 2018 at 16:29, Kevin Miller via use-livecode < >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Sean, >>>>> >>>>> I¹m very sorry to hear your demo went wrong today. >>>>> >>>>> If its any consolation I¹ve been there and probably most of us have >> been >>>>> in that situation at some point in our careers. Even Steve Jobs had the >>>>> occasional demo that didn¹t work out! How you recover from that >> situation >>>>> is probably more important than the fact that it happened. Most >> customers >>>>> and clients understand that tech demos are fraught with potential >> issues >>>>> and will accept that if you can keep a level head and talk to them. One >>>> of >>>>> the techniques I have for doing demos - in common with many in this >>>>> industry - is to practice the whole thing 3 times the day before from >>>>> beginning to end. As this change occurred 20th April that would have >>>> given >>>>> us a few hours to respond Š rather than it being ³too late² now. >>>>> >>>>> Could we have done a better job here? Possibly. We have hundreds and >>>>> hundreds of components in LiveCode and we generally try to maintain >>>>> compatibility within a couple of weeks of major upgrades and changes. >> For >>>>> whatever reason this change wasn¹t flagged by the processes we use to >>>> stay >>>>> on top here - and as a result we can review that process going forward. >>>> At >>>>> present Monte is asleep - yes even he needs sleep sometimes - and as he >>>>> wrote this component we really need him to chime in here and take a >> look >>>>> at what needs to be updated. >>>>> >>>>> Generally its faster post to support than this list, though we do >> require >>>>> a support contract in place to help you. Nonetheless given how >> important >>>>> this is for you we will look at this issue when Monte gets up. >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> >>>>> Kevin >>>>> >>>>> Kevin Miller ~ ke...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ >>>>> LiveCode: Develop Yourself >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
