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From: David Mark on 22 Jul 2010 07:44 "This newsgroup is not a help desk" is likely a familiar refrain for anyone who has spent time in it. I enjoy advising people here when I have the time, but like all who do similar, I cannot be expected to solve (or even attempt to solve) every problem that floats in here. Discussion threads may lead to solutions or may lead to nothing. It depends on a number of factors: the volume of posts, the clarity of the question, the number of interested parties around at the time, etc. Some questions may well go unanswered (though far fewer than in Web forums) or may only lead to highly technical (and possibly unrelated) arguments among regulars. Usenet is always a gamble. I want to remind everyone that I run a very reasonably priced support service for browser scripting professionals. It's a fixed monthly fee, up to three questions* per day (but obviously not three *every day*) and answers are *guaranteed* within 24 hours and typically come much sooner. In the first few months that I've offered this service, I can only think of a handful of questions that involved any sort of back and forth discussion. It's virtually always asked, answered, done. Of course, you still have to write good questions. :) It's a month-to-month contract and if you ask too many questions in a month (or your questions require more than a minute effort to answer), future rates are subject to renegotiation, though I've yet to have to do that. Standard rates for new clients may be raised at any time as well as I don't run a phone room (all answers come directly from me) and there are only so many hours in a month. Existing clients are guaranteed the same rate for a year. Sorry for the blatant advertisement, but having been recently exhorted to share my knowledge and experience in book form, I thought I should remind readers that books are a relatively limited (and static) medium. When problems come up, the odds of finding the specific answer in a book are long. Confusion about concepts or best practices have better odds, but are still far from a sure thing, no matter how many books you buy. In stark contrast, the chance of finding the answer in an email or IM from me is a virtual certainty. So if you have to deal with the rigors of browser scripting on a daily basis, what are you waiting for? Despite virtually zero advertising so far, I'm still disappointed in the number of sign-ups. Seeing thousands of people getting wrong answers on StackOverflow or posing questions at the bottom of blog posts in hopes of a lightning strike tells me that there is a huge market for this service (a sort of insurance policy against time-wasting). And, of course, there's the almost daily occurrence of newcomers to this group getting frustrated by the "staffers" discussions of their present problems. *Conditions apply regarding the scope and depth of questions that may be asked
From: rf on 22 Jul 2010 08:12 "David Mark" <dmark.cinsoft(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:93a879bd-f6b5-42fe-a6a7-1ee2f87d4556(a)g1g2000pre.googlegroups.com... > "This newsgroup is not a help desk" And it's also not a place to advertise ones wares.
From: Garrett Smith on 22 Jul 2010 14:21 On 2010-07-22 04:44 AM, David Mark wrote: [...] > Sorry for the blatant advertisement, but having been recently exhorted > to share my knowledge and experience in book form, Apparently "Bring me the head of John Resig" with the accompanying "My Library" license ("ready for framing") was abandoned. <http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.javascript/msg/e736c31dd33a327e?hl=en&dmode=source> -- Garrett
From: David Mark on 22 Jul 2010 15:00 On Jul 22, 2:21 pm, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitc...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-22 04:44 AM, David Mark wrote: > [...]> Sorry for the blatant advertisement, but having been recently exhorted > > to share my knowledge and experience in book form, > > Apparently "Bring me the head of John Resig" with the accompanying "My > Library" license ("ready for framing") was abandoned. Apparently:- A. You are not minding your own business. B. You haven't read the recent discussion about my book. Do catch up and stop being such a gossip.
From: David Mark on 22 Jul 2010 15:00
On Jul 22, 8:12 am, "rf" <r...(a)z.invalid> wrote: > "David Mark" <dmark.cins...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:93a879bd-f6b5-42fe-a6a7-1ee2f87d4556(a)g1g2000pre.googlegroups.com... > > > "This newsgroup is not a help desk" > > And it's also not a place to advertise ones wares. Not necessarily. If it is of interest to JS developers... |