TBH I think this is the nature of mailing-lists. I don't think you're unusual Rocco - I appreciate the thought you put into your mailings and therefore generally bother to read them :) There is a place for forums, they do act to service newbies and also people with peripheral interest or those who don't have good email access. You /can/ moderate them and you always have the choice to Not Go There. There are a couple of lists that I'm thinking of unsubscribing from, due to the high level of 'noise' in my inbox - The high level of 'savvy' on this list means that it has increased in usefulness to me as my knowledge has increased, so I shall stay tuned. Thank you all for being here. cheers tim hall On Saturday 17 January 2004 16:01, Rocco wrote: > I can only speak for myself and tell you why it took me so long to post > to the list. Even though you couldn't ask for a nicer, more supportive > group of people, it's still kind of intimidating to post to such a savy > group. And in the beginning, it took so long to catch up and understand > what everyone was talking about. And even though I think there's a high > level of sophistication with a lot of the people that post, I realize > also that a lot of it has to do with the fact that some people just have > knowledge in areas that I havn't (and may never) delve into. I guess > what I'm saying is that, yes... it's a pretty savy group, but it (seems) > more intimidating than it is because there's a lot of information (about > a lot of things) that I see everyday. It's less intimidating than it > appears. > > Before I felt comfortable posting, I had to spend a year just learning > the tecnical aspect because I didn't want to sound like a hack (using > that term the way the commedians do... as one that is an "amature"). > Maybe I just have a condition that has a long medical name that means > "fear of posting". But I'm glad I'm getting over this fear, because the > information I've received from asking questions have really moved my > (quaint little) living room studio along. > > Beleive me, I'm debating if I want to press the send button at this very > moment...
