The one fault you CANNOT make

[Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper]

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Ian Monroe <ian at monroe.nu> wrote:

> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Riccardo Iaconelli <riccardo at kde.org>
> wrote:
> > On 5/15/08, Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thursday 15 May 2008 10:29:28 Will Stephenson wrote:
> >> > No, because the weekly emails form a structured record of your
> progress.
> >> >  An IRC log is not structured and can easily decompose into "Ping."
> >> > "Pong."
> >> > without mentioning your work that week or results.
> >>
> >>
> >> Let's put it this way then: your mentor decides.
> >>
> >> Having a track record is preferrable, but if your mentor waives the
> >> requirement, it's ok as well.
> >
> > What should be our arguments to take a decision for using one (IRC) or
> the
> > other (ML)?
> >
>
> Personally I think even constant contact on IRC doesn't replace a
> thoughtful weekly status report over email. Making sure you don't get
> bogged down in something is the main goal of the mentor, and a summary
> of your work is the best way to figure that out.
>

I totally agree, Ian. I think this is an excellent idea!

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