You sound like you will do fine

Post #86,809 by ben_tilly 3/8/03 9:43:03 PM 3/8/03 9:44:30 PM Reply	You sound like you will do fine Being protective of personal details is very reasonable and understandable. I think that many of us draw a line between public and private. We just draw it in different places per person. (And sometimes per group.) As far as navigating groups, I don't think that I have seen a better designed discussion group than this one. The main problem that you will face is just that we have known each other for so danged long. You will have to live with some "in" comments that go over your head, but I think you guessed that. Most of us are computer geeks. Other than that relatively common phenomena, we are all over the map politically, personally, and geographically. And since you have introduced yourself, I will do likewise. Ben Tilly. Perl programmer. 33. Married 13 years. Currently resident in NYC, but I am planning to escape soon. General loudmouth, who generally manages at least a good approximation of silly. (Look at my name for proof!) As for getting around all of the forums, I recommend hitting "Mark all read". Then going into preferences and making sure that under the posting preferences both "Show New Posts Only?" and "Show Forums With New Posts Only?" are checked. Then submit that. Never again mark all read. Instead as forums come up, look at them and decide if you want to live without them. If you do, then use the handy links that Greg provided at [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GregFolkert\|http://twiki.iwethey.../Main/GregFolkert] to mark them read for years to come. Voila! Those forums disappear and never come back. :-) Cheers, Ben PS And for navigating the whole web, I recommend giving [link\|http://www.google.com/\|http://www.google.com/] a try. Think of a topic. Type a few key words connected to that topic in. Submit. Follow links. Repeat as desired. :-) "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi] Edited by ben_tilly March 8, 2003, 09:44:30 PM EST You sound like you will do fine Being protective of personal details is very reasonable and understandable. I think that many of us draw a line between public and private. We just draw it in different places per person. (And sometimes per group.) As far as navigating groups, I don't think that I have seen a better designed discussion group than this one. The main problem that you will face is just that we have known each other for so danged long. You will have to live with some "in" comments that go over your head, but I think you guessed that. Most of us are computer geeks. Other than that relatively common phenomena, we are all over the map politically, personally, and geographically. And since you have introduced yourself, I will do likewise. Ben Tilly. Perl programmer. 33. Married 13 years. Currently resident in NYC, but I am planning to escape soon. General loudmouth, who generally manages at least a good approximation of silly. (Look at my name for proof!) As for getting around all of the forums, I recommend hitting "Mark all read". Then going into preferences and making sure that under the posting preferences both "Show New Posts Only?" and "Show Forums With New Posts Only?" are checked. Then submit that. Never again mark all read. Instead as forums come up, look at them and decide if you want to live without them. If you do, then use the handy links that Greg provided at [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GregFolkert\|http://twiki.iwethey.../Main/GregFolkert] to mark them read for years to come. Voila! Those forums disappear and never come back. :-) Cheers, Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi] Collapse All History
Post #86,822 by Nightowl 3/8/03 10:35:38 PM Reply	Re: You sound like you will do fine Being protective of personal details is very reasonable and understandable. I think that many of us draw a line between public and private. We just draw it in different places per person. (And sometimes per group.) Thanks, I'm glad you understand that. However, being aware of the issues in here about identities, I also understand that you all might want more "proof" that I am who I am. That's why I gave you all the link to Portaffinity. :) As for getting around all of the forums, I recommend hitting "Mark all read". Then going into preferences and making sure that under the posting preferences both "Show New Posts Only?" and "Show Forums With New Posts Only?" are checked. Then submit that. Hmmm if I mark "Show New Posts Only" in the preferences, wouldn't that mean I could NEVER reference old posts again? Or could I still do site searches and go tos and get there? Never again mark all read. Instead as forums come up, look at them and decide if you want to live without them. If you do, then use the handy links that Greg provided at [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GregFolkert\|http://twiki.iwethey.../Main/GregFolkert] to mark them read for years to come. Voila! Those forums disappear and never come back. :-) Hmmm, I'll certainly consider that. Meanwhile, I'm still staying in these two for the moment. I wanted to "jump" this thread to the forum about tips for using this, or whatever the forum was that you ask for help in, but I don't know how to "jump" a thread to another forum. I know you can, though, cause I've seen it done in here. PS And for navigating the whole web, I recommend giving [link\|http://www.google.com/\|http://www.google.com/] a try. Think of a topic. Type a few key words connected to that topic in. Submit. Follow links. Repeat as desired. :-) Well, I'm actually very good at "searching" the web, what I actually call "Fishing on the net" (It's a long story). But what I'm not good at is navigating the sites I find sometimes. ;) But I can find almost anything anyone needs, I'm an expert "fisher" ;) Nice to meet you too, Ben! Nightowl >8# "Honesty is the best policy, and the one I use." :)
Post #86,823 by ben_tilly 3/8/03 11:09:31 PM Reply	Follow-up on using this site Being protective of personal details is very reasonable and understandable. I think that many of us draw a line between public and private. We just draw it in different places per person. (And sometimes per group.) Thanks, I'm glad you understand that. However, being aware of the issues in here about identities, I also understand that you all might want more "proof" that I am who I am. That's why I gave you all the link to Portaffinity. :) Understood and appreciated. As for getting around all of the forums, I recommend hitting "Mark all read". Then going into preferences and making sure that under the posting preferences both "Show New Posts Only?" and "Show Forums With New Posts Only?" are checked. Then submit that. Hmmm if I mark "Show New Posts Only" in the preferences, wouldn't that mean I could NEVER reference old posts again? Or could I still do site searches and go tos and get there? You can reference old posts again, do site searches, etc. Also go into any forum and click on, "Show all posts" at the top then browse. But 99% of the time it is very convenient only seeing threads with new posts in them. Try it both ways and see what you think. :-) Never again mark all read. Instead as forums come up, look at them and decide if you want to live without them. If you do, then use the handy links that Greg provided at [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GregFolkert\|http://twiki.iwethey.../Main/GregFolkert] to mark them read for years to come. Voila! Those forums disappear and never come back. :-) Hmmm, I'll certainly consider that. Meanwhile, I'm still staying in these two for the moment. I wanted to "jump" this thread to the forum about tips for using this, or whatever the forum was that you ask for help in, but I don't know how to "jump" a thread to another forum. I know you can, though, cause I've seen it done in here. Reply to this. Scroll below the text entry forum. Look for the button named "Save", with a checkbox called "As New Topic In" and then a dropdown box with a list of forums. Check that checkbox, and select the forum you want in the dropdown before you press "Save". :-) As for forums to stay in. Staying in 2 is fine. But personally I suggest at least browsing the Oh Pun forum. Some of the humor is not very good, but the occasional gems make the rest worthwhile. At least IMHO. PS And for navigating the whole web, I recommend giving [link\|http://www.google.com/\|http://www.google.com/] a try. Think of a topic. Type a few key words connected to that topic in. Submit. Follow links. Repeat as desired. :-) Well, I'm actually very good at "searching" the web, what I actually call "Fishing on the net" (It's a long story). But what I'm not good at is navigating the sites I find sometimes. ;) That comes with experience with a site. If, that is, the site is at all well laid out... But I can find almost anything anyone needs, I'm an expert "fisher" ;) Well, you found us. Good fishing job there! ;-) Cheers, Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #86,825 by Nightowl 3/8/03 11:20:16 PM Reply	Re: Follow-up on using this site (new thread) Created as new thread #86824 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=86824\|Re: Follow-up on using this site] "Honesty is the best policy, and the one I use." :)

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