Jerry, I agree with you as usual.
I have all the Rev add ons available, some I even have twice or thrice due to bundles. I am a sucker for bundles, I am that guy that buys that bag of bananas not because he likes it but because of the "look at my banana ROI, they cost me -3 bucks since they were bundled". Now, speaking of announcements and links of interest, I like them, I also like progress reports on other devs initiatives, specially if they are built with Rev. I like to see what people are doing. I think the signal is higher than the noise and we all benefit. One can always filter messages if they want. I hope to have some announcements shortly... :D On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Jerry Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > Friends, > > Many of us on this How to Use Revolution list enjoy the helpful, learning > environment it offers to all its subscribers. I am one of those people who > read it, enjoy it and contribute where and when I can. > > I'm also one of those people who follow every link when there's a product > announced here. I do not consider announcing products (mine or anyone > else's) to be purely commercial. I learn MUCH more from downloading every > demo, watching every video, and going to each website than I could from just > reading the text-only information offered here. > > My motto: people can say or type anything, but what do they actually do? > > These products people are creating and announcing here are their > accomplishments. They're real and vibrant with knowledge. I love to see how > other developers approach their market, create their app's workflow and and > do their UI. I really enjoy seeing break-through stuff like Chipp's > diagramming tool. I wonder...how did he/she did that? Often I email them and > ask. > > I buy a couple thousand dollars worth of software a year for my Mac, iPhone > and iPad. I don't necessarily use it all. Most of it I learn from. I play > with it and get a huge transfer of knowledge from people who put their > intelligence and devotion into solving a problem with a real product. > Sometimes they just entertain me. That's great, too. > > Even if I was not a software developer I would be buying apps just to > explore them. My brother Jon spends more than a couple of thousand dollars a > year going to baseball games, buying baseball books and collecting baseball > paraphernalia. Is he wealthy? No. Does he play baseball? No. Not even a > little. Lots of people have their hobbies and passions and want to spend > time and money on them. > > So, I encourage others to post links to their products and other products > that strike their fancy. I don't even care if they're not Revolution > products. I haven't seen a software project or product where I didn't learn > something that helped me in Revolution. > > All that said, I do think there should be a few lines we don't cross with > our announcements. > > - I would recommend that commercial product announcements don't "call for > the sale" but rather offer links to additional information--not "buy" links. > > - Announce something new, or a noteworthy development in a known product. > Don't hammer everyone with the exact same thing over and over--or with > minutiae. Thankfully, we don't see much of this. This isn't Twitter, after > all. > > - I also recommend avoiding download links in an announcement. Downloading > from an email makes many people nervous. I guess I'm one of them. > > - Also, the [ANN] prefix in the subject line makes it easy to filter or > avoid announcements, if that's really desired. > > BTW. I'll be posting my product announcements here, too, and will do my > best to follow my own announcement strictures. > > Best, > > Jerry Daniels > > Follow the Rodeo discussion: > http://rodeoapps.com/rodeo-discuss-among-yourselves > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
