Date   : Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:35:26 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Retro Software site launch

Steve O'Leary wrote:
> > J.G.Harston  Wrote
> > The whole point of computers is automation. If you have to do
> everything the computer is capable of doing, what's the point of using a
computer?
>
> I'd hardly say visiting the forum to read or post was doing everything
> (but your mileage may vary), having to remember to delete your email address
 
I don't have to remember to read or delete my emails because thay
are sat there in front of me reminding me.
 
This is exactly the same argument as when I was trying to get
Planning officers at Sheffield Council to understand:
 
"All the planning applications are now on the council's website"
"yes, but how do I get told about them"
"just go to the website and look"
"yes, but how do I get told about them"
"just go to the website and look"
"yes, but how do I get told about them"
 
It took three years to get them to understand that the only system
that would work for people in possession of a human brain was to
actually email /to/ members a weekly list, as that would then sit
there in their inboxes leaping up and down saying "hello! planning
list!"
 
> Why not give it a go though ? I'm aware of and respect the rich knowledge
> you have which the website/forum would benefit from. If you give it a go
> for a month or so and then decide it's not for you then ok, but at least you
> had a go :)
 
When I'm next at work if I remember to get around to remembering
to find some time to remember to look at it, I may look at it.
 
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