Re: [HIG] HIG content -- anyone started?

[Adam Elman <aelman users sourceforge net>]

At 12:21 AM +0100 9/5/01, colin z robertson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 03:25:03PM -0700, Adam Elman wrote:
> >  Hi folks!
> >
> >  So I'm back from Seattle, LWCE is over, and I have officially run out
> >  of excuses not to start writing my content for the Mini-HIG.  I have
> >  also run out of excuses not to start acting like a project lead and
> >  bothering y'all as to how things are coming.  So please send me (feel
> >  free to copy or not copy the list as you prefer) a quick note to let
>  > me know how things are going with your pieces.  If you're not sure
>  > what you should be working on for the HIG, let me know ASAP.
>
> Well, I held off on responding to this because I don't like talking
> about vaporware, but I'm going to do so anyway... I'm going to try and
> get the menu principles section committed tomorrow morning along with
> a slightly modified standard menus section. I also have a few hundred
> words on layout, but it'll need more work before it's presentable.

Cool!

BTW, the reason I asked for updates is that it's generally really 
important for a project, and specifically for a project lead/manager, 
to have an idea of what's happening well before work is actually 
done, so potential problems, etc. can be identified early.  If we 
always wait until the work is done, it's much more difficult to solve 
problems.

So it's really not so much "talking about vaporware" as just making 
sure that somebody (namely me :) has an idea of the big picture of 
what's actually going on.  Which is, IMHO, an important part of any 
successful project. :)

Adam
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