[Heartlogic-dev] Re: frustration (was Re: reactions)

[William L. Jarrold]

On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 19:05 -0500, William L. Jarrold wrote:
> > Okay, wow there is lots of text associated with OperationJoshuaGoal.  It
> > looks impressive.  I have many detailed reactions.  Part of me
> > just wants to go at it and edit away.  But I don't want to do an
> > edit that you do not like.  Yes, yes, we get the email saying what
> > has changed but it can be hard to quickly grok and I do not completey
> > trust it.  Thus, I would not want you heavily editing something that
> > I feel some sort of ownership of....An alternative is for me to propose
> > edits and get permission to make them.
> >
> > I am also REALLY liking this wiki business.  Aren't you?
>
> The wiki is working much better than I expected.

Yes.  And it would be really cool to have a KM or Cyc assertions woven
into a wiki page.  It woudl enable some very nice interfaces or 
documention to a knowledge based system.

> >   For example, we
> > have a lot of text associated with Op Joshua Goal and it won't be hard to
> > turn it into a paper.
>
> Agreed.  When I get frustrated with you, I have often thought that, "To
> hell with Bill, I have enough material to write a conference paper.
> I'll just do that!"
>
> > So, which do you prefer?
>
> I think we have to slog through things one step at a time.

Okay.  So, this is the policy I will adopt unless you object: I will
send you emails for each proposed edit I make if it is major.  If it
is minor (e.g. a typo correction, minor formatting change, or
something that is easily understandable by the wiki auto-email upon
change then I may do it unilaterally.)...

I want this to be a "do unto others" policy.  E.g. if you want to
change something of "mine" please follow same policy.  Okay?

I will start making edits later tonight, hopefully.

> Despite my
> frustration, I acknowledge that your feedback has helped me clarify my
> thinking and improved my presentation dramatically.

I am glad that you like my feedback.

Bill
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