[FM Discuss] Full review of CiviCRM manual

[Andy Oram]

I don't mind you're sharing the praise I wrote to the list, but I don't know if it would impress anyone, given that I worked on the book. (I'm not a disinterested observer.)

On the other hand, anyone who knows me also knows that I always mean it when I hand out praise. If I don't like something, no praise is forthcoming. Even my daughter learned that pretty early.

Andy

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From: "adam hyde" <adam at flossmanuals.net>
To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2009 12:45:49 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [FM Discuss] Full review of CiviCRM manual

thanks andy...i also liked your comment :
"I was astonished at the depth and value of the information, and how
well in general it was organized. There was a great deal of empathy and
sophistication in the way you approached the reader. No wonder this book
has gotten such good feedback."

that you sent to the civi list :) can we put that in the book?

adam


On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 12:43 -0500, Andy Oram wrote:
> I just read the whole book (except for some appendices) and put comments here:
> 
> http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/CiviCRM/Comments20091105
> 
> Adam thought readers of this list would find them interesting and useful.
> 
> Here's a little background: CiviCRM did a sprint to create their book back in April. I did some coordination and editing (and got paid for it) while Adam led the sprint. It started off chaotic but came together beautifully. Everybody is happy with the result and (with some reservations) also the process, in retrospect.
> 
> But I promised to do one final review of the whole draft after it settled down. So I just fulfilled my promise.
> 
> Maybe, if you're not interested in CiviCRM itself, you'd still be interested in my thought processes and ways of editing. The document posted gives a feel for those things.
> 
> Andy
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