Re: FLASH: Let me rephrase my question about Flash and Director

[RLb131]

Hi everyone,


I wanted to respond to this thread, however I believe I could have possibly 

missed its beginning.


I am completely new to Flash, came across it and felt it was something I 

would like to learn.  I do not consider myself a full-fledged computer 

expert, but I have been using them for over 10 years and feel I do know quite 

a bit; taught myself HTML and have made a few xtra doing pages. As controller 

of a large paving corp I seem to have been elected as our 'computer person', 

and take care of what I can of the hardware & software.  I enjoy that side 

away from the numbers.


I always come across something new while using computers, something I need to 

spend time learning. I have been using Flash now for only about 2 months, and 

have been reading these posts for about the same. My interest is soley for 

self enjoyment, and I will post my work on my family's sailing magazine site. 

Most of the topics here are beyond my knowledge so far, however I am learning 

and sincerely appreciate the knowledge disseminated within this post. I read 

most of what is posted and save anything I could use in the future as 

reference material.


>From what I have seen there appear to be a lot of people who do this for a 

living contributing their time and knowledge both for the benefit of those 

who know and those who don't. Hopefully, everyone benefits from the sharing 

of the knowledge. I know I sometimes feel like an amatuer, which in Flash I 

certainly am, but I was asked to show my brother-in-law how to send email and 

I realize that everyone has their levels of experience. I taught him a few 

other things and he was totally amazed. "How do you know all this" was his 

statement to me.  Sure made me feel like a million bucks. Sorry for the 

lengthy comment, but I wanted those who freely contribute their knowledge to 

know it is appreciated.


Rick



>Hi all,


> I am a baby beginner with Flash, but I have been teaching computer graphics

> for years and Branden ... you are right on about the push yourself. The

> single, best reason to teach every chance you get is that you invariably

> learn more than the student. I was early into the computer graphics game and

> was teaching before I should have been. But when you work, you learn what

> you need. To pass it on, you have to cover all the possibilities and

> challenge how you have done things in the past.


> Well worth it all around,


> Wendy

 




> Actaully, when I got started in flash there wasn't much out there supoort

> wise, I just taught myself and due to my background was able to pick up

> flash very rapidly.  Less than a month into the program I was teaching

> others...


> I am very aware of the possibility of over populating the market with flash

> developers, however, in helping people I find that a.) I push myself even

> harder, and thus keep getting better and b.) I get such joy from getting the

> occasional email from a complete stranger thanking me for teaching them

> something new.


> -= Branden J. Hall

> - = Multimedia Developer/Instructor

> -= Fig Leaf Software




> Subject: RE: FLASH: Let me rephrase my question about Flash and Director


> I hear what you are saying Branden but frankly that's not how I think. I

> also get a kick out of helping someone out with a problem, it's a nice

> feeling when you can contribute to someone else's knowledge. But then on

> the other hand I understand where you are coming from where sharing your

> knowledge may increase the numbere of people who are "capable" at flash

> and so in the process overpopulate the market. Making it harder for you

> to charge good rates because any Tom Dick or Harriet can come along and

> say "Oh I know flash, I'll do it for less".


> Maybe I was implying a guilt trip but in the end its your choice and

> feeling guilt or not should have nothing to do with helping or not

> helping someone out. I'll bet that in the beginning when you were also a

> newbie with flash you also asked questions and other people took time

> and effort to help you out. For example my parents have cared for me,

> nurtured me and gone to great lengths to provide the best possible life

> for me, now they are reaching a time in their lives where they also need

> some caring and nurturing. Just because I "don't have time" or "I want

> to make more money" does not mean that I wont make time for them and

> "pay back" what they have given me. Not because it's the right thing to

> do, but because it's a good feeling to repay kindness. It's a sad fact

> that people will not do something if there is no kick back for them.

> There are very few people - and I am not one of them - who will

> selfishly put others before themselves and their jobs to help them out.

> It's a cruel world and it's definitely not fair, but then I am na�ve and

> often blindly believe the world is fair. I feel that the reason why we

> are on this list is to help out new people AND learn from people above

> us, to push the barriers of Flash AND knowledge interaction.


> Give and take... take and give. Never ever give and give. And those who

> take and take are always caught out. Money is not everything and yet we

> are all obsessed with it.


> Paul Watson


> Radio Retail

> Cape Town

> South Africa



>  -----Original Message-----

>

From: Branden J. Hall [bjhallelasticx [dot] com (mailto:bjhallelasticx [dot] com)]

> Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 8:33 AM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: RE: FLASH: Let me rephrase my question about Flash and

> Director


> "Just remember everyone was a newbie once and if "professionals" (

> unlike

> myself ) don't have the time to help out newbies then they are being

> very selfish. "


> Sorry man, I have to *totally* disagree with you here.  Some of use

> choose

> to help others because we enjoy it, not because its the "right" thing to

> do.

> Knowledge always comes at a price. In this case it costs myself and

> others

> on the list time, and hence quite possibly money to spread knowledge

> about

> flash.  If we weren't paying, others would be, by purchasing  classes,

> books, etc.  It is, in fact, adventageous to a certain extent for me to

> keep

> people from learning flash, since I teach courses about it.  I could

> just

> say "Hey, thats covered in the class, come take it to find out" to any

> question that floated my way.  I have just chosen to do otherwise.

 

> I think that J.C., Marc Hoffman, and all of the other list regulars

> would

> agree with me in saying that we help because we like to, not because a

> guilt

> trip.


> -= Branden J. Hall

> -= Multimedia Developer/Instructor

> -= Fig Leaf Software



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