---- On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:41:10 -0500 Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> wrote ---- > On Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 04:12:57PM -0500, Matt wrote: > > I did. Maybe you missed the two blog posts I linked in the previous > > email? > > Yeah, I did miss that you intended to contribute them. > > There is another side of my advice about submitting your contributions > however you can: It's still important to try to communicate clearly. > Your message includes several paragraphs of meta-discussion before > mentioning that you have some things to contribute, rather than just a > desire to contribute in general. Based on that, both me and Ricardo did > not understand that your blog posts were potential contributions. > > Sorry if that comes across as harsh, but it's always true that > successful collaboration is helped by clear and concise communication. > > Maybe that's a good thing, maybe it's a bad thing. It's the reality in > any collaborative environment where people are busy. > > So, if you have a goal, my advice is to state it clearly and concisely. > > If you have both long-term goals (make it easier to contribute > documentation) and short-term goals (add some Cookbook recipes or wiki > pages), then you should present them separately, or else people will > only focus on one of them. >
This is good advice. I will take it to heart. I see how the ways I approached things didn't set things up for success. Thank you.