Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] some thoughts about Linux audio software documentation
From: John Check (j4strngs_AT_bitless.net)
Date: Sat Aug 14 2004 - 01:54:02 EEST
On Friday 13 August 2004 10:12 am, tim hall wrote:
> Last Thursday 12 August 2004 23:59, Jan Depner was like:
> > documentation should be written by newbies because the
> > authors are usually too close to the apps and are too familiar with them
> > (it should be intuitively obvious to the most casual observer...). So,
> > how about some of the users start in with documenting how they use the
> > apps, what problems they had, or anything else that might help?
>
> There was a BBC Kid's TV presenter called Jonny Ball, who used to go out
> every week and learn about some subject that he knew nothing about and then
> come back and present a live TV show all about it. He was so enthused by
> what he'd just learned, but just as new to the jargon as his audience that
> it made for a highly entertaining and educational kids TV show. I grokked
> several science and maths concepts from his show that mainstream education
> had previously failed to convey.
>
> Is there any kind of centralised listing of what's doc'd and what's not?
>
> Let me guess. ;-)
:) There will be.
>
> tim hall
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