How about The Path out of the Dark is up Collaboration Alley or the Shortcut to Success is thru Collaboration Alley.
Yeah, I know I’m terrible with this stuff, but it is fun.
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Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011
2:06 PM
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Subject: Re: Need More Support
I've never seen a project "too large to scope out properly" if you
build the specification around your resources.
I've never seen a project "too large to scope out properly" if you
build the specification around your resources.
And things deteriorate, sorry for starting this, but I think the original scope was a good one. I also don’t think we need to take this effort on to something great. I think if we can take our experience an develop something that adds to our loosely knit community, that ought to be enough. The wiki and blog (and other ideas) were all good and on target.
I will take a few minutes to share about something that I inherited a few years back. I have been an independent computer “Consultant” (quite a stretch from programmer, which is what I really was) since about 1977 or so, and in about 1999 - 2000 I was encountering a slowdown in available projects, not sure where to go, and someone suggested that I join an organization called “40 plus” which taught resume writing and job search skills (remember this was about the time the internet was catching on in a big way). They promoted their ability to help people who were over the age of 40, who had pretty much worked at one place since they had completed college, and found the only way they could now increase their income was to change jobs, looking for work perhaps for the first time since college. Since I had some experience with web sites, I inherited the task of supporting their website, as volunteering for the organization was part of the requirement for the training.
Very soon after that, when the internet changed how job searches were conducted, 40 plus came on hard times, and had trouble adjusting. So, since I had my own server, I moved their site to one of my servers so that they didn’t have that bill to contend with and there it sets today, 10 years later with nothing new going on. Coincidentally, it is my belief that everyone on this list is over the age of forty, but I could be wrong. Would there be any interest in this group in merging the fortyplus.org domain name with our efforts? My long range plan was to try to turn it into a job/contract board for people over 40 (when I can find the time), but you know how that goes. This is not exactly collaboration either, but would certainly be less involved than setting up a conference, or are conferences that easy to get going (my instincts say they are lot’s of work)?
Actually it seems to me to make more sense to include a job/contract board in Collaboration Alley, than to make collaboration an active addon to http://www.fortyplus.org.
Thoughts?
From: collabora...@googlegroups.com [mailto:collabora...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wjhonson
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011
1:45 PM
To: collabora...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Need More Support
Currently doing lot’s of Drupal 6 work, It will be a good sanity check to take a look at D7. I think It’s D8 that is scheduled to get automatic module upgrade and install capability (at least that is the rumor that I heard).
Registered as warren, will need ftp access if you would like some help installing modules or themes. It’s your site so won’t be tempted to add anything you don’t want.