I Feel a Lot Better Now
I feel a lot better now as I managed to have a long conversation with Mark one of the technical people who manage Plone at Ultralab.
It was so great to talk to someone who understood what I was saying and to find that some of the issues I had identified - especially CSS which is something I am interested in right now - he was interested in too.
And far from barking up the wrong tree, this and some of the other issues I raised are issues he has on his long list to look into when he can free up some time from everyday management of the system. Got to manage this system must be a nightmare, especially with all those different personalities using the system - I don't envy him!!
I felt for the first time that I was not from Mars as far as my attempts to talk about technicalities on the boards to someone.
It is not that I can not learn from the others as I certainly can and their coming fresh as it were to this system has meant that they have had fewer preconceived ideas of how things 'should' work and have learnt a lot of things quicker than I have - Kat for instance is a great source of simple instructions on how to do things - I think she should write the FAQs for users of Plone that I keep on about.
And Rob has been very intuitive and testing of his exploration of what is possible within Plone using HTML tags.
It is more that the language I use to describe things from my web design, technology background is not always understood by others and I just can not seem to find the words to put it more simply .
This is something I am going to HAVE to work on as very few reply to me when I try to have a dialogue about what is possible or answer a question and try to help someone!!
I think I just lose them and this makes me feel isolated!
Well at least knowing I have some one I can talk to in Mark who understands the technical language I use has freed me up emotionally to start looking at the work
Which is a good sign
I started some work the other day but an feeling I can not continue until I get some feedback as it whether I am on the right lines from Alison
But I am sure I will be able to do more work in time!
It was so great to talk to someone who understood what I was saying and to find that some of the issues I had identified - especially CSS which is something I am interested in right now - he was interested in too.
And far from barking up the wrong tree, this and some of the other issues I raised are issues he has on his long list to look into when he can free up some time from everyday management of the system. Got to manage this system must be a nightmare, especially with all those different personalities using the system - I don't envy him!!
I felt for the first time that I was not from Mars as far as my attempts to talk about technicalities on the boards to someone.
It is not that I can not learn from the others as I certainly can and their coming fresh as it were to this system has meant that they have had fewer preconceived ideas of how things 'should' work and have learnt a lot of things quicker than I have - Kat for instance is a great source of simple instructions on how to do things - I think she should write the FAQs for users of Plone that I keep on about.
And Rob has been very intuitive and testing of his exploration of what is possible within Plone using HTML tags.
It is more that the language I use to describe things from my web design, technology background is not always understood by others and I just can not seem to find the words to put it more simply .
This is something I am going to HAVE to work on as very few reply to me when I try to have a dialogue about what is possible or answer a question and try to help someone!!
I think I just lose them and this makes me feel isolated!
Well at least knowing I have some one I can talk to in Mark who understands the technical language I use has freed me up emotionally to start looking at the work
Which is a good sign
I started some work the other day but an feeling I can not continue until I get some feedback as it whether I am on the right lines from Alison
But I am sure I will be able to do more work in time!
posted by HIV and Us @ 3/17/2006 02:31:00 PM
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