On 2/9/01 3:38 PM, "Tim Bowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Whereas I do believe the viewpoint of Chuq is his own, is him,
> standing over by the dumpster with the bundle from UPS.
It is mine -- based on long-use of this stuff, talking to zillions of people
about it, listening to my peers and betters, and doing god knows how much
research to see what the literature says and what others are doing (I have
spent, I kid you not, days doing nothing but tracking down list servers and
signing up to them to see how people are doing things. I still keep a close
look on what people are doing, so I can steal it for my own systems at
work... )
I don't pretend I'm right, and I definitely don't pretend it's the One True
answer. I don't believe in One True answers -- I try to find what's best for
me and people who think like me, and hope that others who think differently
find what works for them, too, and if we can cross-fertilize, everyone wins.
> This cannot work for a chat list, I fully recognize.
Well, I live and die with the chat list -- I should probably make that more
explicit, but I get tired of reiterating it. My interest is in community, my
goal is fostering community through discussion, and my tools are anything
that I can use to make that happen. (my job is also e-mail, but slants
differently. Sort of like cooking pasta for a living, then coming home and
baking pastries to unwind -- same basic tools, very different results...
--
Chuq Von Rospach, Internet Gnome <http://www.chuqui.com>
[<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
Yes, yes, I've finally finished my home page. Lucky you.
Love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself.
- Saint Exupery
