Wednesday March 16, 2022; 9:22 AM EDT
- Dave- I am glad you are in this world writing Scripting News and creating Drummer.#
- A long time reader of Scripting News, I fell away from it during the peak of my career when my focus shifted, and returned more recently. To my delight I learned you had created Drummer and dove right in. It was easy to install, although I have avoided Twitter so that part was a mystery to me. So far I have not explored the relationship between Drummer and Twitter.#
- I read constantly and have long harbored a dream of writing- and you gave me the ideal platform to kick start that effort. Thank you very much. My purpose is simple. I am writing primarily for my grandchildren, and secondarily for a few friends. I have no need or desire to create a brand or build a community. Like you I am crafting words these days primarily for myself. The only way people read my writing is if I send them an email with a link. I am thankful for the occasional feedback a few friends send my way.#
- You asked for feedback, and I have not provided any because Drummer is Free! You seem busy to me and I don’t feel I have a right to ask for features or complain. And I am gun shy about asking questions for fear of having missed something in the Docs. Frankly, I would rather pay for Drummer, because then I would have more confidence the product would be around for awhile. I hope you never pull the plug (and make arrangements for your servers to continue beyond you! :)#
- I plan to get into Dakota (and AWS and PagePark) at some point, but right now I am putting my creative energy into songwriting and guitar. I have discovered some really great music software and am having a blast expanding my knowledge of music theory and technical chops. I never realized songwriting could be so fun and it has become very complimentary to my writing effort. They are beginning to feed on each other.#
- As for tree charts, I don’t need them in retirement and if I did I would create them myself using design software. As you know, Architects are very finicky about little things like line weights, font control, subtle colors, the exact right kind of arrows etc. Also, over the years I have transitioned away from tree charts to complex systems diagrams where relationships between objects are equally important and ideas cannot be expressed in hierarchy.#
- There are capabilities in drummer I would like to see, but again I am hesitate to say so. I would like to compose images more easily, arrange short stories into larger multiple interlinked themes, and I would like to create a portfolio of my work, and be able to publish my songs. These are big asks and they are not in tune with your efforts. So I will happily make do with Drummer as is and accept whatever you do. Plus, as I have said before- now I have the capabilities of a great outliner in my hands. Thank you very much!#
- Ken#
- PS- Thanks for the recent tip about bookmarks!#