Hi All If I wasn't clear as to why I asked the question about gofundme - it's because people don't want their lives "on social media" and gofundme is probably as social as it get - lets keep it private between us.
Regards Lagi On 2 May 2018 at 17:42, prothero--- via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Sean, > I’ve seen you on this list, and the Director list for years. You have been > someone whose kind responses and help have been very appreciated. Please > know that there are many people who care about you and wish you the best. > Please take a deep breath and don’t do anything that you haven’t had time > to consider carefully. Perspectives often change with time. > > Best wishes and I’m so sorry for your situation, which sucks big time. > > FYI, I had a biopsy in November, which resulted in a 3 mo hospital stay > where I nearly left this life. Shit happens to us and we hope to come out > of it a little bit wiser. For me, I gained a lot of awareness of Friends > who cared for me. I’m still in physical therapy and getting back to bike > riding, outrigger canoe paddling, and my previous life. Consequences of > some of these random events eventually disappear and we hope something is > learned. > > > Best wishes and peace, brother, > Bill > > William Prothero > http://earthlearningsolutions.org > > > On May 2, 2018, at 9:14 AM, Stephen Barncard via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Whatever, Sean. Please don't even consider suicide. > > You can recover from this. > > > > There will be more ( and more forgiving ) clients ahead for you. > > > > Hopefully you own your code and can fix and repurpose it for something > else. > > You have the possibility, with Monte's help in the morning, to get this > > thing working. > > Your clients or client's clients should understand this happening was NOT > > YOUR FAULT and you would gladly fix it. > > If these 'clients' don't understand this - then they don't deserve your > > work in the first place... > > > > personally I've had a few of these disasters myself in 50 years of tech. > > > > > > -- > > Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - > > mixstream.org > > > > On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 8:48 AM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > >> It's all too too too late. I had no money to get a support contract. > Spent > >> it all getting the project running. It was working up until this > morning so > >> I had no idea that it would be an issue. My client was incredibly p'd. I > >> have no way to redeem myself. I really couldn't care less if you can or > >> cannot fix it now. I am £1000's down and well out of pocket. I will > never > >> get it back. I have/will-have lost everything. I don't think I can come > >> back from this. My life is worth £0, especially to you guys. I'm like > >> abandon-ware. Your failure cost someone their life (not to mention his > wife > >> and two boys who may well miss him but will be better off without him > for > >> making the mistake of using LC and all things LC!). > >> > >> Bye > >> > >> > >> On 2 May 2018 at 16:29, Kevin Miller via use-livecode < > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Sean, > >>> > >>> I¹m very sorry to hear your demo went wrong today. > >>> > >>> If its any consolation I¹ve been there and probably most of us have > been > >>> in that situation at some point in our careers. Even Steve Jobs had the > >>> occasional demo that didn¹t work out! How you recover from that > situation > >>> is probably more important than the fact that it happened. Most > customers > >>> and clients understand that tech demos are fraught with potential > issues > >>> and will accept that if you can keep a level head and talk to them. One > >> of > >>> the techniques I have for doing demos - in common with many in this > >>> industry - is to practice the whole thing 3 times the day before from > >>> beginning to end. As this change occurred 20th April that would have > >> given > >>> us a few hours to respond Š rather than it being ³too late² now. > >>> > >>> Could we have done a better job here? Possibly. We have hundreds and > >>> hundreds of components in LiveCode and we generally try to maintain > >>> compatibility within a couple of weeks of major upgrades and changes. > For > >>> whatever reason this change wasn¹t flagged by the processes we use to > >> stay > >>> on top here - and as a result we can review that process going forward. > >> At > >>> present Monte is asleep - yes even he needs sleep sometimes - and as he > >>> wrote this component we really need him to chime in here and take a > look > >>> at what needs to be updated. > >>> > >>> Generally its faster post to support than this list, though we do > require > >>> a support contract in place to help you. Nonetheless given how > important > >>> this is for you we will look at this issue when Monte gets up. > >>> > >>> Kind regards, > >>> > >>> Kevin > >>> > >>> Kevin Miller ~ ke...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > >>> LiveCode: Develop Yourself > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
