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<p>Hi Kent,</p>
<p>just a heads up - I am jobless since end September after 6
years with Avaya and I do have a YouTube channel (Thunderbird
Daily) so I am willing to give some time towards marketing of
Thunderbird; if you wanted me to manage some of these processes
I could be available for some part time work - if not I am happy
to share the channel and collaborate with people who have ideas
on it. I am still developing Addons and have strong interests in
XUL / XPCOM and working with other addons developers
specialising in mail Addons - there are a couple of people I
have been mentoring. I believe managing / communicating between
Thunderbird and Addon Developers should be something that's part
of the Thunderbird strategic effort; I strongly believe with
overlays and engaged developers (monetisation and free marketing
for mails-specific addons must be discussed; e.g. such ideas
like featured addon of the month need to be pushed and supported
especially hard in the mail client market, because it is the one
distinguishing factor for a lot of Thunderbird users). <br>
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<p>I am not strong enough as a developer of the core code though.</p>
<p>My long term plan is not to go back into commercial development
(it eats too much time) but build up a music / media production
company - I have another YouTube channel that does this. Just
wanted to make sure I am here in case you want to do some brain
storming along the marketing / monetisation / user engagement
topics. I know there are other areas and they are vast I only
see my little corner but just wanted to give you my perspective
if you are interested.<br>
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<p>cheers,<br>
Axel<br>
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background-color:rgba(220,220,240,0.4); border-radius:3px;"> <b>Subject:</b>Re:
What happened to hiring an architect?<br>
<b>From:</b>R Kent James <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kent@caspia.com"><kent@caspia.com></a><br>
<b>To:</b>Tb-planning <br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, 15/12/2016 16:35:26 16:35 GMT ST +0000
[Week 50]<br>
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<pre wrap="">But I've only sent out one question to that list, and learned enough
lessons that it is a bit of work to do another. Like, 1) we really need
translation of the question and responses, and 2) it is not easy to get
the rest of Thunderbird leadership to take these responses seriously.
And as you say, when it comes to UI or strategic decisions, people
really don't know what they want in a way that is clear, not can they
easily envision a future beyond what they are doing right now.</pre>
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