freelance help / active posters
Ben has worked for Palm Source and now works for Palm, Inc. I know that - but I very much doubt that his real job there is to read this forum and post helpful messages to it. :-) i think there may be a total of 5-6 developers who actually have 1000 posts to palm-dev-forum :) How strange... People aren't very active in this forum, then? I mean, I've been here only for a few months and have already posted 400+ messages - and that's not very active in my book; I don't even read the forum every day. When I participate *actively* in a forum, I... well, search comp.virus from the early 90s and you'll see what I mean. :-) It was a newsgroup mirror of a moderated mailing list called Virus-L, and at one point of time they were thinking of renaming it to Vesselin-L. :-)) Regards, Vesselin -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
Re: freelance help / active posters
From: Henk Jonas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aaron Ardiri wrote: Ben has worked for Palm Source and now works for Palm, Inc. he was an active posted before he started working there - but, i do remember the days when i used to hold the 'most active' post crown :) 2938 messages http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/index.html?by=Authora=Aaron% 20Ardiri 5100 messages http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/index.html?by=Authora=Ben% 20Combee I only get 623 posts for me - no stop, it's 624 :-) Well yeah, and I get 719 (heh - never thought of using the archive for that) but if the archive totalled 'questions' and 'useful answers' separately the contribution of people like Ben and Aaron would really become clear. Which is not to say that they're alone, one of the things that's made Palm OS development easier for me over the years is the extent to which this group will help with any question, no matter how trivial. Many forums that are able to answer specialist questions become quite short-tempered with newbies. It's the fact that this group has always had people with the patience to answer the simple questions that's helped to keep it strong (group hug? Come on, don't be shy). And apologies to druid for starting a side-conversation without re-subjecting his thread. Chris Tutty -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
Re: freelance help
From: druid [EMAIL PROTECTED] anyone know where I can find some part time assistance for hire I find I am getting into areas that my six books do not explain well. Learning by doing is working except I spend hours trying to figure out something that is simple, and time is money so in the PALM world im going broke LOL This group is also good for reasonably fast turn-around on questions so I think even if you do retain someone to assist it's always worth searching the forums or posting a question here first. I'm constantly amazed at how quickly obscure questions are answered here and for the simple questions you'll often get two answers and a code fragment. Of course you have to walk away from the problem for a few hours and work on something else but then that's not always a bad thing anyway. It's generally where you're the first person trying to do something that the group can't help. As an example, I think Vesselin has answered about ten times as many questions for other people as he's had answered of his. Actually it's about time PalmSource put up a monthly cash prize. I know there's about a dozen people I'd vote for and it's got to be saving PalmSource money because without this group they'd have to provide real support :-) Chris Tutty -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
freelance help
As an example, I think Vesselin has answered about ten times as many questions for other people as he's had answered of his. I just thought that it's fair - if people have helped me, it is my duty to help people, too. Especially people that are in a position where I have been - because I know very well how frustrated they feel. :-)) Actually it's about time PalmSource put up a monthly cash prize. I think they have or have had something like this in the past. Not a cash prize, but I think I've read somewhere that they have awarded a Treo 650 to someone who was extremely helpful in the forums. I can't find the reference right now, but it seemed to be a one-time event; not a running program. Anyway, I can't compete on this issue with someone like Ben Combee. :-) He has posted so many helpful answers, that I sometime wonder how he can find free time to do his real job. :-)) Regards, Vesselin -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
Re: freelance help
I thought this was his real job :) Seriously, thanks Ben. Edward Anyway, I can't compete on this issue with someone like Ben Combee. :-) He has posted so many helpful answers, that I sometime wonder how he can find free time to do his real job. :-)) Regards, Vesselin -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
Re: freelance help / active posters
Anyway, I can't compete on this issue with someone like Ben Combee. :-) He has posted so many helpful answers, that I sometime wonder how he can find free time to do his real job. :-)) I thought this was his real job :) Seriously, thanks Ben. Ben has worked for Palm Source and now works for Palm, Inc. he was an active posted before he started working there - but, i do remember the days when i used to hold the 'most active' post crown :) 2938 messages http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/index.html?by=Authora=Aaron% 20Ardiri 5100 messages http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/index.html?by=Authora=Ben% 20Combee it was in late 2002 that ben crossed the barrier :) at that time, we both had around 2300 posts each. since he became an employee, i gave it up :P i think there may be a total of 5-6 developers who actually have 1000 posts to palm-dev-forum :) good on ya! even david fedor sits at 892 posts :) http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/index.html?by=Authora=David% 20Fedor i think i've posted 50 messages in the last year - shocking :) (but, i've had a lot of other things to do) :P the most important thing is that you have a lot of information sitting here at your finger tips in the archives! anyhow - back to real work! -- Aaron Ardiri [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mobilewizardry.com/ -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
Re: freelance help
Bah, my thread got high jacked epross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote .. I thought this was his real job :) Seriously, thanks Ben. Edward Anyway, I can't compete on this issue with someone like Ben Combee. :-) He has posted so many helpful answers, that I sometime wonder how he can find free time to do his real job. :-)) Regards, Vesselin -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
Re: freelance help / active posters
Aaron Ardiri wrote: Anyway, I can't compete on this issue with someone like Ben Combee. :-) He has posted so many helpful answers, that I sometime wonder how he can find free time to do his real job. :-)) I thought this was his real job :) Seriously, thanks Ben. Ben has worked for Palm Source and now works for Palm, Inc. he was an active posted before he started working there - but, i do remember the days when i used to hold the 'most active' post crown :) 2938 messages http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/index.html?by=Authora=Aaron% 20Ardiri 5100 messages http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/index.html?by=Authora=Ben% 20Combee it was in late 2002 that ben crossed the barrier :) at that time, we both had around 2300 posts each. since he became an employee, i gave it up :P i think there may be a total of 5-6 developers who actually have 1000 posts to palm-dev-forum :) good on ya! even david fedor sits at 892 posts :) http://www.escribe.com/computing/pcpqa/index.html?by=Authora=David% 20Fedor i think i've posted 50 messages in the last year - shocking :) (but, i've had a lot of other things to do) :P the most important thing is that you have a lot of information sitting here at your finger tips in the archives! anyhow - back to real work! I only get 623 posts for me - no stop, it's 624 :-) Have a nice evening Henk -- - Henk Jonas[EMAIL PROTECTED] Palm OS ® certified developer Please contact me, if you need an off-side contract worker. - -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
freelance help
anyone know where I can find some part time assistance for hire I find I am getting into areas that my six books do not explain well. Learning by doing is working except I spend hours trying to figure out something that is simple, and time is money so in the PALM world im going broke LOL -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
Re: freelance help
From: druid [EMAIL PROTECTED] anyone know where I can find some part time assistance for hire I find I am getting into areas that my six books do not explain well. Learning by doing is working except I spend hours trying to figure out something that is simple, and time is money so in the PALM world im going broke LOL I've trained several Palm OS developers and have mentored people working through self-teach programs via email. If you're interested contact me off-list and we can discuss rates and structure. Chris Tutty -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
