On Friday 13 August 2004 10:12 am, tim hall wrote: > Last Thursday 12 August 2004 23:59, Jan Depner was like: > > documentation should be written by newbies because the > > authors are usually too close to the apps and are too familiar with them > > (it should be intuitively obvious to the most casual observer...). ?So, > > how about some of the users start in with documenting how they use the > > apps, what problems they had, or anything else that might help? > > There was a BBC Kid's TV presenter called Jonny Ball, who used to go out > every week and learn about some subject that he knew nothing about and then > come back and present a live TV show all about it. He was so enthused by > what he'd just learned, but just as new to the jargon as his audience that > it made for a highly entertaining and educational kids TV show. I grokked > several science and maths concepts from his show that mainstream education > had previously failed to convey. > > Is there any kind of centralised listing of what's doc'd and what's not? > > Let me guess. ;-) :) There will be. > > tim hall
