[Robotgroup] Judge not, lest ye be judged [WAS: Micro$oft Robotics]

[Def Egge]

At 03:38  2007-10-03, you wrote:
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 >For someone that doesn't have time to reply to emails, seems to 
have
 >plenty of time to complain  about microsoft (not that they 
aren't >worth complaining about anyways).
 >Did someone have a bad day today? Take a break Vern, sit back
 >relax...
 >
 >Hey I used to work for that company, and I don't even need to 
waste >my breath on that one anymore! Your either working for them 
or >against them!
 >
 >I can think of dozens of better ways to spend time. Back to work... 
I
 >mean sleep!
 >JPF

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John, Vern was joking.  You must realize that, right?  You also must 
be aware that laughter is a great way to release some of the pressure 
generated by life's friction.

As for time enough to reply to answer emails, I can testify that Vern 
was dealing with TRG business at yet another planning / work session 
last night ... I drove off from that one at 2359 hrs.

I haven't kept track of the number of hours of my own time spent on 
the phone, meetings in meat-space, research on the web, and errands 
for parts, intelligence collection, etc. all to enhance The Robot 
Group's presence and presentations at Maker Faire.  I do know that 
they run well over 100 hours to date.  [Ed Gonzalez has even more 
time invested and so, probably, do Kym and Denise.]

Vern's time commitment has been far greater ... that, of course, over 
and above the normal duties of being the President (we'll note in 
passing that sleep, wife, children, and employment require a 
substantial amount of his remaining weekly hours).

<Inject humor here> For those not familiar with the 90-90 rule, it 
states something to the effect that the first 90% of a project 
consumes 90% of the time ... the remaining 10% of the project 
consumes the other 90% of the time.</Inject humor here>

There remains much to be done.  Get your project(s) ready.  Then, if 
you have a little time to spare, why not subvert some of that to the 
group effort?


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All the best....

Mike