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bkuhn (bkuhn)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2013 19:23:07 EST
bkuhn
@fontana, @keynote2k & I debated the roadie metaphor quite a bit. I knew you'd complain, but figured you might be the only one. :) -
fontana (fontana)'s status on Sunday, 03-Mar-2013 19:32:46 EST
fontana
@bkuhn little way to gauge effects of #roadie metaphor in any case. Reserve right to say #itoldyouso -
bkuhn (bkuhn)'s status on Saturday, 09-Mar-2013 12:38:00 EST
bkuhn
@fontana, we're open to new metaphors for #Conservancy's work. @keynote2k's right that "doing boring work for developers" is not compelling. -
cwebber (cwebber)'s status on Saturday, 09-Mar-2013 12:45:47 EST
cwebber
@bkuhn "something something infrastructure" -
fontana (fontana)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2013 14:14:25 EDT
fontana
@bkuhn yes "doing boring work" is suboptimal from marketing perspective. Analogizing developers to #rockstars is #problematic though. -
Stefano Zacchiroli (zack)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2013 14:18:43 EDT
Stefano Zacchiroli
@bkuhn: "you code, we take care of the rest" | affected by @fontana 's #rockstar issue though; maybe a variant along these lines? -
Stefano Zacchiroli (zack)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2013 14:22:06 EDT
Stefano Zacchiroli
@bkuhn: maybe "you hack, we take care of the rest"? | *if* you interpret "hack" in its broadest "tinker" meaning,it solves #rockstarissue
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