Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 23:01:34 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: jarvis@guru.wow.aust.com Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what's in a name? Message-ID: <19990304100156.YLAI682101.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <36DE1AD9.17789F39@guru.wow.aust.com>
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On 4 Mar 99, at 13:32, Jarvis Cochrane wrote: > (I guess I'm just very cautious about writing anything for 'FreeBSD' > rather than just for me. So, I'll happily stand up and write about my > personal experiences and opinions and stuff in a public forum, but I'd be > much more cautious about writing, in some sense, on behalf of a larger > group...) Neah! If anyone takes your writing and thrashes, bugger them. If you want to write something, just have a look at FreeBSD'zine (www.freebsdzine.org) [or indeed, my website <grin>]. The authors there are not gurus or gods. They're just like you and me. Speaking for myself, I consider myself a newbie. I used some Unix at university and I've been using FreeBSD for about 10 months now. But I certainly don't know a great deal. But what I did for my website was write about what I was doing and how I did it. And I wrote it plain and simple. For other newbies. That's all you have to do. Stuff like that is invaluable! At least, that's what the feedback I've been getting. Just throw something together and put it to the freebsdzine and get it published. We proof read each others work. But don't be worried about making mistakes. We all make them. And they get corrected. I've never been flamed about mistakes. But when I'm unsure about something, I'm always careful to emphasize that point. So the next time you are installing a new port, or making some changes to your configuration, write those notes up and submit them. For sure, someone else will want to do the same thing and they'll be glad to have your article! -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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