On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, Laurie Brown wrote:
James,
Don't feel bad, mate. What you're doing is admirable, and one little mistake doesn't negate everything else you did/have done/will do. Chin up, and move on! If you want anything reviewed, proof-read etc., just ask.
Thanks Laurie!
What I might do when we have some real substance for testing is let you ALUGers have a page to set a cookie unlocking the site so you can test it, and submit your comments and opinions on it. For the past 24/48hours I've been bogged down with mails about the P-R - a number of offers from other sites wanting some form of co-operation, others from people asking for help and advice, others still asking if they can get involved.
Maybe later this month I'll unlock the site under Beta test for all to comment on. I'm not a fan of complete-openness during initial construction since without carefull management of opinions, things may get bogged down uneccessarily, but I am a big fan of small groups of people testing things out and providing unbiased opinion, and that's what I want.
Once again, we are accepting people who want to help us out, so if you or people you know have ideas for the site or excess time and skills, please email me - we can always do with more numbers!
And just as I went to bed last night at 3am, I saw linuxtoday covering an ecommercetimes.com article about us. Quite an amazing response, much more than I'd expected :)