been doing a lot of introspective analysis lately, and this one really paralleled my own experience
i have been talking to him a lot, and have a pretty good understanding of what he is going through - early release of info has already caused him a couple of hiccups he'd rather not have to deal with
he knows all the questions that people are going to ask - it's pretty standard stuff when it comes to that - however, just as when i am trying to develop something, the work often precludes the ability to adequately answer questions, and then it appears like we don't care, or are ignoring people - the reader only sees what is posted, and has no idea about how time involved it is to do stuff like this
i am very confident that pete is putting together everything that everybody will need to feel very comfortable about the stuff, and have all their questions answered - to stop now though and answer them one by one, is going to do everybody a disservice, only add more questions, in a never ending very disracting spiral, all of which would be answered if folks just waited until he was ready, and let it out all at once
we are all very excited about this - we all want it yesterday - we've seen this before though - the biggest mistake i made was letting people in on something before i was ready to present all the information - it was very painful, and i don't want to see pete go through that same process - it almost made me quit a couple of times - it's ahrd though not to want to share the enthusiasm with people that have the same interests
i don't think the market for his stuff will be affected by the posts now , or lack thereof - when he posts the data, and it shows that it works beter than everything else out there, it will sell itself - i've seen first hand how sales can be hurt by presenting the information in bits and pieces, or prematurely, only in an atempt to appease the public, and it would be sad to see that happen again
unfortunately there are some people out there that are very critical of everything new, especially if they aren't doing it themselves - i've been accused of it too, and in conjunction with pete - fortunately that was easily cleared up, and he and i get along great
questions are great - but rather than ask them before the data is presented, i think we are all better served by waiting for him - he'll post the info when he has it together in a form that can be understood
not being den-dad, but more like trying to tell the kids that mom's on the phone
