Amit Gawande has been trying to figure out the workflow for images from his desktop, to the web and back into web Drummer. #
Electric Drummer already has this facility built into it, but Amit can't use E/D for his application, since he has to be able to edit his blog from multiple locations. #
I suggested he try my Public Folder app. I was hoping he would use it because then I would have someone who could test its use with Drummer in a real world setting, and work with me to create a smooth workflow for people working from the web Drummer. It really helps to have another human being with the perspective of a user as something is developing. And I wanted to solve the problem not just for E/D for for web Drummer too.#
So, I had an idea how this might work, but unfortunately it wasn't possible to connect from the web browser to a local web server, which is actually what the Public Folder app is. We had a lot of fun with fractional horsepower http servers in Frontier in the 90s, but the powers that be thought this was a security problem (it likely is) so that avenue is no longer open. Tis a shame. We were so much more innocent then! 💥#
Then I had the idea that since Public Folder is able to write files to S3, and Drummer scripts can read those files, that might work. And -- tadahh -- it did work, resulting in version 0.4.8 of Public Folder, which is now available for download. The instructions on how to set up are also on that page. #
I was sure at some time Public Folder would come in handy for others. I already depend on it myself for all my this.how style outlines, including the docs for Drummer, which are all uploaded publicly via Public Folder.#
The idea of Public Folder, btw, was to replace the public folder Dropbox used to have which it phased out. It was an important thing.#
I think eventually all my apps will fit into The World of Drummer in some way. It's like the Marvel Universe or a big family reunion. ❤️#
I try to spend some time each day looking at fixing bugs, but I have to move forward on other fronts too, and I only spend about 4-5 hours working on this stuff every day. Any more than that is a waste of time, I lose productivity, burn myself out, am unhappy and eventually it makes me sick. Not that you wanted to know all that. ;-)#
Sometimes I can't dig in because I don't understand what happened, because (honestly) the reports are not well specificed, or well written. People can help out by trying to get reproducible steps, that makes it a quicker job for me, more likely to result in a fix, rather than wasted time. #
Sometimes I can't dig in because I just can't get there. Esp problems in Concord, the core outliner. It is open source, so other people can work on that. #
PS: One of the things on my todo list is to update the Concord repo with my latest fixes.#
Read the readme with some care before posting an RFC. #
It's not for support and bug reports, that's what the support site is for.#
It's also not a community site, not a place to promote yourself, or your projects. It's a place to try out ideas, get feedback or buy-in, to initiate collaboration. #
You're still on your own for community, this is not something I want to be involved in at this time. But I do want to share ideas. In fact I have an RFC I plan to write myself, for a feature that I'm not ready yet to release because I want to hear what people think first. #
But please before you post anything there, read the readme. It's important. #
Amit Gawande has been trying to figure out the workflow for images from his desktop, to the web and back into web Drummer. #
Electric Drummer already has this facility built into it, but Amit can't use E/D for his application, since he has to be able to edit his blog from multiple locations. #
I suggested he try my Public Folder app. I was hoping he would use it because then I would have someone who could test its use with Drummer in a real world setting, and work with me to create a smooth workflow for people working from the web Drummer. It really helps to have another human being with the perspective of a user as something is developing. And I wanted to solve the problem not just for E/D for for web Drummer too.#
So, I had an idea how this might work, but unfortunately it wasn't possible to connect from the web browser to a local web server, which is actually what the Public Folder app is. We had a lot of fun with fractional horsepower http servers in Frontier in the 90s, but the powers that be thought this was a security problem (it likely is) so that avenue is no longer open. Tis a shame. We were so much more innocent then! 💥#
Then I had the idea that since Public Folder is able to write files to S3, and Drummer scripts can read those files, that might work. And -- tadahh -- it did work, resulting in version 0.4.8 of Public Folder, which is now available for download. The instructions on how to set up are also on that page. #
I was sure at some time Public Folder would come in handy for others. I already depend on it myself for all my this.how style outlines, including the docs for Drummer, which are all uploaded publicly via Public Folder.#
The idea of Public Folder, btw, was to replace the public folder Dropbox used to have which it phased out. It was an important thing.#
I think eventually all my apps will fit into The World of Drummer in some way. It's like the Marvel Universe or a big family reunion. ❤️#
I try to spend some time each day looking at fixing bugs, but I have to move forward on other fronts too, and I only spend about 4-5 hours working on this stuff every day. Any more than that is a waste of time, I lose productivity, burn myself out, am unhappy and eventually it makes me sick. Not that you wanted to know all that. ;-)#
Sometimes I can't dig in because I don't understand what happened, because (honestly) the reports are not well specificed, or well written. People can help out by trying to get reproducible steps, that makes it a quicker job for me, more likely to result in a fix, rather than wasted time. #
Sometimes I can't dig in because I just can't get there. Esp problems in Concord, the core outliner. It is open source, so other people can work on that. #
PS: One of the things on my todo list is to update the Concord repo with my latest fixes.#
Read the readme with some care before posting an RFC. #
It's not for support and bug reports, that's what the support site is for.#
It's also not a community site, not a place to promote yourself, or your projects. It's a place to try out ideas, get feedback or buy-in, to initiate collaboration. #
You're still on your own for community, this is not something I want to be involved in at this time. But I do want to share ideas. In fact I have an RFC I plan to write myself, for a feature that I'm not ready yet to release because I want to hear what people think first. #
But please before you post anything there, read the readme. It's important. #