we were discussing the idea of using github for consultants
and encountered the objection (not unfounded)
that consultants are used to working in the language of office
as in microsoft office
quote
from: senior-management-consultant
date: Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 5:54 AM
If and until we figure out how to easily translate
from the consulting language (Microsoft Office)
to Git, we won’t have the elegant version control
and forking of GH
elevator pitch: before
tools which enable people to publish on the web
without giving up control of their content
think "office for the web"
elevator pitch: now
enabling people to use the tools of the web, like github
to publish and collaborate online
which means
we will bring the awesome world of software tools to office users
rather than trying to be "office for the web" with convenient software tools as a feature
starting with: "publishing from source"
what is "source"?
source is short for source code
it comes from the days when people built software with compilers
which turned "source" code into "object" code
nowadays, it's more or less synonymous with text files
what is "publishing from source"?
you know that websites are written in HTML
and HTML lives in text files
so if you write HTML and put it on a website, you're publishing from source
but HTML is for web developers
normal humans should not have to write HTML
but if the grammar is simple enough... it doesn't have to look like code
normal humans can write source like,
markdown
(guide)
and with a little bit of help from the right tools...
that can be compiled into something that other humans can read
