Subj : Re: It seems there are various different
To   : Ward Dossche
From : John Dovey
Date : Fri May 28 2021 12:58 am

Glad to see you, Ward!

 WD> John,
 WD>  
 WD> A personal observation ...
 WD>  
 WD> JD> Seeing as this is "Future4Fido" though, one of the fundamental 
concepts
 WD> JD> about conceptulising the future is to evaluate the present and
 WD> JD> considering what we are doing and why, and think about how or why we
 WD> JD> should do that in the future.
 WD>  
 WD> You use the 'we'-word often ... the fact is 'design by committee' does not 
work. The only thing that ever brought some change to Fidonet is someone having 
an idea and developing it him/herself and then some people liking where-after 
it takes flight.
 WD>  
 WD> You sound a little bit like a consultant ... that's not necessarily meant 
in a bad way but consultants are in the business of selling wind.
 WD>  
 WD> I can't remember how old this echo is, but for the 15 or more years it has 
existed there was a lot of wind and zero result. Eventually you'll learn "the 
why" ... nobody gives a shite.
 WD>  
 WD>  \%/@rd

Cool. I thought that here we were just tossing around ideas. That's the "we" 
I'm referring to.. the we is those of us in this echo as a group. 
I completely understand that innovation and change will *actually* come from 
someone who goes out and makes it happen. Writes the software in this instance, 
We'll see how that pans out, I like coding. I'll play around with some things, 
see what works for me. If I come up with something useful, I'll put it out 
there. If it gets picked up, fantastic. If not, no worries. 

I have some reasons to be involved in all this. They're personal to my 
situation and goals. I'll do what I need to to achieve my goals. I haven't 
determined yet exactly what that will eventually involve. Whether using the 
standard FTN utils or writing new ones will best serve. If not, and I have to 
write some new tools, then I'll do so. It might mean creating an "othernet" but 
either way I'll share my experiences and anything I do with the people who are 
interested in it, and if that's of some value then that's a bonus.

Speaking of that, one of the core issues I have is one I would expect to be 
critical to almost everyone involved; that is to grow the user base. The more 
eyeballs the better generally. That might not be universally the case however, 
I am learning, with some seemingly wanting to only recreate a nostalgic 
experience from two or three decades back and resisting any talk of rethinking 
the paradigm. That's absolutely fine. Change Management *IS* something I got 
paid a lot of money to consult on. (Together with Knowledge Management; 
especially making inherent knowledge tacit). In a lot of ways I much preferred 
my other (parallel) career. When you shoot people they stop talking ?

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