[Mageia-discuss] The Law of Two Feet

Thu Nov 11 17:39:19 CET 2010

2010/11/11 Hoyt Duff <hoytduff at gmail.com>:
+> The Law of Two Feet
+>
+> http://socuteurl.com/pudgykissymidgypiggle
+>
+> A good read about how FOSS could work better.
+
+Interesting read but ..... let me give an example from my personal
+experiences over the previous weeks:
+
+We (the founders) are meeting each Monday to discuss progress,
+schedules, ideas of setting up the Mageia infrastructure. Me, being
+neither a technician nor a developper are very often just sitting in
+front of my screen watching the experts talk about things and
+sometimes I have no clue what they are talking about. So, according to
+the LoTF I should rather spend my time thinking about ideas and ways
+to get those parts going where I can contribute.
+
+No.
+
+These meetings are giving me insights of the whole system I never had
+before and the things I am learning about the whole system will
+definitely help me in my future contributions to Mageia. My turf is
+communication, documentation, "user relations",  and "community
+organisation and support" and very often users ask things which I can
+explain better now with this new experience. I will be able to see
+issues now from both sides, not only from the user's side (as I did
+before).
+
+So, even if you can't contribute to the topics of a meeting you may
+benefit from being there by learning and gathering information. Ask
+your brain before you move your feet.
+
+-- 
+wobo
+