Posted by Dr. Bob on February 12, 2004, at 2:10:14
In reply to Can we help, Dr. Bob?, posted by fallsfall on February 11, 2004, at 7:47:15
> We DO want to help. We DO love Babble.
Thanks!
> > Sorry, I haven't checked lately...
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> Is it hard for you to check? How busy are you these days? Could you give a guess as to when you might generate the numbers (or predict that you won't generate them)?It's not hard, but it does take some time. Very busy. I don't think I should let more than a year go by... But does it make a big difference what the current numbers are? I'd be surprised if any trends reversed themselves...
> How do you prioritize what "work" you do?
If something keeps coming up, it's a higher priority. If it's easier to do, it's more likely to get done. And sometimes I'm just in the mood to tackle a particular job?
> In business, people frequently have a list of tasks with a schedule that indicates when things would be done... Do you have such a list? Would you be willing to post it?
I have a list, but it doesn't have priorities, and certainly not dates...
> Would you like to have some help? I know that you have had deputies in the past, and that did seem to take some of the burden off of you. There are other ways that some of us could help, too, if you want. I know of at least two programmers in the Babble community (I am one), would you be interested in having help in tracking down problems or writing new features or collecting data (which is what this thread was about)? There are also people with management experience in this community. They could help with project management or prioritization or coordination of resources. I'm sure that some people would be happy to donate their time if you would like that kind of help.
Help would be great! But I know you all are busy, too...
> would you be willing and able to define what types of help you could use, or would you rather have a collection of people present you with a list of suggestions that you could choose from?
I think my preference would be for people who were interested to make suggestions.
Thanks for trying to help! :-)
Bob
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