Random love

[afuna]

I really love, about #dw, that I am not made to feel socially awkward when I bring up technical stuff. Even via text, the feeling of blankfaced uncomprehending silence comes across very clearly, and it's very uncomfortable.

I also love that others bringing up issues in a non-technical manner is also welcome. (Though I sometimes worry that when someone says something in a non-technical fashion, I reply too-technically, using terms that are unfamiliar with the other person. )

It's hard, sometimes, to gauge where someone else is, technically, but for the most part, it seems to me that things have worked out both ways. I've had to worry before about potential mistranslations from geek-to-normal and normal-to-geek, and potential alienation on either side, and it feels so good to not have to worry about it here.

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Re: Random love

[piranha]

*nod*nod*. i think it's going really well, what with people pretty much spanning the spectrum from not very technical to extremely so; somebody seems always willing to jump in and translate between tech levels.

you're doing awesome.

i have to stay away some days from #dw channels, or they eats all my spoons because they are too damn interesting.

Re: Random love

[afuna]

The sheer variety of people really helps -- I didn't think of it that way before!

And I hear you on the needing to step away. I've recently figured out that I'm overstretching myself between work and various aspects of DW, and I've had to make the decision to pull away from various channels until I have cleared some stuff off my plate, and have more mental bandwidth to deal.