Hi Paul, and list,

On Tue, 22 August 2000, Paul Bradforth wrote:
> I've been wary about starting anything along those lines though, as
> there seems to be a preponderance of heavy programmers here, and I admit
> to not understanding a lot of the replies, feel a little out of my
> depth...but as Peggy says, them as wants it should start it, 

In retrospect, I may have been a little abrupt with my comment about design-related threads.  I certainly didn't mean to go all "put up or shut up" or anything.  I feel as you do, that there are a lot of very advanced programmers here and thus I often feel overwhelmed and somewhat leery of posting my "stupid" question.  I'm an INFP you know :) but anyway, there have been some good design discussions here, albeit few, and I read all the site critiques with great interest.

Anyway, I also wanted to say that in general I think there will always be more techie threads than design threads because in a way, techie questions are easier to answer.  Now before anyone starts throwing things at me for that comment :) what I mean is, there's usually some clear cut way to resolve the technical problem.  Whereas with design, it's often a matter of how the designer feels or the mood one is trying to convey or something much more vague than "put a semicolon there and you're all set."  So that could be one reason why us design types don't often discuss design, it's too difficult to articulate.  or I could just be nuts (which is entirely possible at this point).

>so as soon as I've got something designy to say, you'll be the first to know

we'll be here :)


Peggy Daniels
peg@anxietygirl.com