[FM Discuss] [Fwd: Re: Thankyou]

[John & Melonie Curwood]

Hi Everyone,

I have just recently discovered Floss Manuals and was so impressed by 
the work done here that I sent an email to Adam Hyde thanking him for 
his efforts.  In his reply he suggested that I send a copy of the email 
here so that others that have put alot of work in can also recieve 
positive feedback.  My original email can be found at the bottom.

So my thanks to all of you, this is a fantastic resource.


Regards,

John Curwood


> Hi Adam,
>
> I've recently discovered Floss Manuals and _extremely grateful_ for 
> the work you have initiated with this web site. I stumbled across it 
> while searching for a manual/documentation for Inkscape and then found 
> you have manuals for so many more Open Source Software.  I am even 
> more impressed with the inclusion of manual about Podcasting and the 
> Digital Foundations manual that you did your book sprint on recently.  
> I believe having manuals on practical uses for free software will go 
> along way to increasing their uptake.  I would like to see one day a 
> full open source counterpart to Adobe's Creative Suite, one that able 
> to be used for commercial work.  I have recently changed my career 
> path from working in a job that I could do (it brought in the money, 
> but was very tedious and uninspiring) to doing something that I love 
> (which is working with digital media, whether it is graphic design, 
> basic video editing or photo-restoration).  As I have had no formal 
> training in these areas I haven't been able to get jobs with actual 
> agencies, so I just do my own work from home for small businesses.  
> Needless to say due to the purchasing costs of Adobe's Creative suite 
> I have not bought myself those apps and have instead utilised the 
> Gimp, Scribus and Inkscape in my work.  Admittedly I have used some of 
> Apples iLife software as well, but the majority of my work is done 
> with the three Open Source Applications I mentioned.  Reading through 
> the manuals you have created I will be able to get even more out the 
> software than I do now, especially Inkscape as my knowledge and use is 
> very rudimentary.  Reading through the work currently done with 
> Digital Foundation I feel very inspired and would love to see (and 
> contribute to) a full design course eventually developed which had a 
> focus on the use of open source software.
>
> Needless to say I imediately registered with Floss Manuals although I 
> don't yet know what I can contribute as I still feel like a novice in 
> many respects when it comes to the actual software, but I have had 
> much experience in writing Standard Operating Procedure Manuals in my 
> former life and currently I also do Training in Microsofts Office Aps 
> so I might be able to help with the language and structuring of the 
> actual manuals.
>
>
> Once again thankyou for what you have achieved with FlossManuals, I 
> have found it very inspirational and I look forward to contributing to 
> the manuals and hearing from you in the future.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Curwood
>