Re: Your input on the MetaCard stack contest

M.Greenhalgh (starnet!apple!fac.anu.edu.au!gremarth)
Wed, 17 Nov 93 19:35:27 EST

1. Give the prizes to the individuals, and blow the institutions.
Make the prizes MetaCard related, such as CDROMs. You're trying to
encourage individuals to do MORE. Institutions don't really exist
and, in any case, cash prizes would get eaten up in administrative
costs;

2. Don't touch anything with a non-disclosure agreement;

3. A decisive YES. Interest in the product will grow as the
size of your contrib directory does. I have a hard time here
enthusing others about MetaCard, because most people perhaps think
of HyperCard as a colourless product;

4. Speaking as a programming illiterate (I get others to do my
dirty work...), how about some easier documentation with thre
product for dummies like me? Publicise the Coulouris book
on "HyperProgramming"; break down your demo stack so that
beginners can see what the various parts are all about; perhaps
offer a commentary on the parts as a separate stack. Remember that
the product looks obscure to somebody without a HyperCard background.
And yes, I know I'm a wimp

Best wishes,

Yours ever,

Michael Greenhalgh
Australian National University