On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Jim Adcock <jimad@msn.com> wrote:
Under the *current* DP system everyone knows that everything being done is also going to be worked on by about six other people. The hard part then is getting anyone to feel "ownership" about anything -- particularly about getting something *done*.
Jim, this is unfair to DP and to those of us who work there. I'm a high-count proofer in P3. I do care about finishing off books ... indeed, I'm a member of P3 Archers, a team that works to "shoot down" books that are almost-but-not-quite finished (we completed 27 projects last week). I did my share of slogging on the Baburnama, a nightmare project with lots of diacritic-spattered Turki, as well as other mouldie oldies. I also care about the quality of my work. I can't be sure that a formatter or a PPer is going to catch an error if I miss it in P3. I spellcheck and if I'm not sure of a word, look it up in OneLook online dictionary. I'm not sure that the current system at DP is the best possible, but I also know that various groups are experimenting with other workflows. It's a Rube Goldberg contraption in some ways, but it does keep putting out the books: more than 17,000 at last count. -- Karen Lofstrom