Gerard Flanagan wrote: > Ilias Lazaridis wrote: > > >>comp.lang.python / comp.lang.ruby >> >>- >> >>I would like to ask for feedback on the Process Definition and Presentation. >> >>Essentially this is exactly what I've myself specialized to do. >> >>But I cannot apply the process to my own system. >> >>I ask here, as I have criticized those 2 groups publically - and would >>like to give the possibility to reverse the criticism - again publically. [...]
> Hi Ilias, > > I like the overall style of your site - clean layout, good colour > scheme - thanks. > but there are a number of spelling and grammar errors, (eg. > 'diagrams' not 'diagramms', and the past participle of 'feed' is 'fed' > not 'feeded'), which stand out to a native English speaker. I gues I have to apply a spell-check at minimum. > Also, your Usenet posting style is quite terse, almost like bullet > points, and your site reflects this (IMHO). You are right. This is my way of managing the complexity. > Flow-charts and bulleted > lists certainly have their place, but they're a bit impersonal - maybe > some more prose would help to present your ideas better? Again you are right. The bulleted lists are essentially used by myself to get clarity (the effort to rearrange a bulleted list is small) The diagrams are used to display the same structures graphically. This way I get more clarity and rearrange the bulleted lists. Textual descriptions (a few exist on the site) are used (_finally_ as the effort to reflect changes is very high)to describe things more thoroughly . And that's where I fail mostly. Essentially I need a native english "prose-writer" (to use your term). > Having said that, parts of the site maybe have too much information. > The people to whom you want to sell your service probably don't want to > know the implementation details of this service. I understand your thought. I don't know if you refere to the process definition, or to the research work. I agree fully, that the research work (how the process has evolved) should be not presented in the "first front", as its not of intrest for a target customer. So the main menue should be freed of the "cases" and the "project". Instead, I should possibly add a "Sample" menue, where I publish some real-life examples. I will apply those changes in the next hours. > "Making IT efficient" is certainly a noble aspiration, I hope you can > make it a profitable one but it'll be a tough market! Yes, there are many companies out there. The customer list of this one is impressive: http://www.hammerandco.com/about-customers.asp But I don't think that they could reengineer e.g. an open source project or the structures of the lisp community. - I have specialized myself on public systems, like e.g. open source projects, whilst applying a method which works exclusively via internet (written conversation). > All the best Thanks a lot! I've gained many things through your feedback! > Gerard . -- http://lazaridis.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
