Staff Journals and Development Diaries are a kind of diary written by individual workers for a project, which details all their recent work for the project in as much detail as they desire, but in a more personal tone and away from the main announcements. This allows for the thoughts of that Staff member to be put forward and read by the player without them being considered shared by the staff as a whole; and thereby introduce a more personal touch to the playerbase. It also allows each staff member to get the credit they deserve for their own handiwork; and allows them to draw attention to smaller updates as well - things that don't really deserve being an announcement on their own. Of course, big work can be talked about too!
I realised recently that I never once ever created a public Staff Journal for the things I do for this project, preferring to group such acts together into official Announcements; and since many of these Announcements also talk about work done by other Staff, my own individual work sometimes goes unnoticed. I always considered keeping diaries a very human endeavour and a boring one; but without a record of the past, how could the people of Today learnt from their wise ancestors of Yesterday and thus possibly become even more intelligent now than they? Therefore, I consider it as much a gift to everyone else as to myself to create one.
So, welcome to my Staff Journal, formerly known as my Developer log until I decided to ditch that old name because a) I am not a Developer (I once was, but I've been an Admin for much longer and this remains my current role); and b) that name was boring. Whenever I decide to do something for PWO, be it an improvement to the Forums, website, an update to the Server or a Database edit - if I feel the public should know, it will be in here. You are welcome to share your opinions on my work, too. This will be a much more serious topic than my usual style, so I ask people be respectful here - if I think you are causing me grief, you will be warned without hesitation; and any posts I judge to not be relevant to this topic may be deleted without question. I also do NOT want any Staff members screwing around in this thread - let's keep things a little mature, huh? This said, I never stop being a Gengar, so if I find opportunity to make a joke or just generally be light-hearted, I will - and you're welcome to join in at those moments. But if you come here expecting such, I would suggest you look elsewhere.
I'll also use this thread to get feedback on personal projects I am currently contemplating and to make general observations. So this thread will be a showcase of what I've been doing AND what I'm currently thinking, should I wish to make those things known. Of course, I won't reveal everything here... some secrets are better figured out by yourself.
I realised recently that I never once ever created a public Staff Journal for the things I do for this project, preferring to group such acts together into official Announcements; and since many of these Announcements also talk about work done by other Staff, my own individual work sometimes goes unnoticed. I always considered keeping diaries a very human endeavour and a boring one; but without a record of the past, how could the people of Today learnt from their wise ancestors of Yesterday and thus possibly become even more intelligent now than they? Therefore, I consider it as much a gift to everyone else as to myself to create one.
So, welcome to my Staff Journal, formerly known as my Developer log until I decided to ditch that old name because a) I am not a Developer (I once was, but I've been an Admin for much longer and this remains my current role); and b) that name was boring. Whenever I decide to do something for PWO, be it an improvement to the Forums, website, an update to the Server or a Database edit - if I feel the public should know, it will be in here. You are welcome to share your opinions on my work, too. This will be a much more serious topic than my usual style, so I ask people be respectful here - if I think you are causing me grief, you will be warned without hesitation; and any posts I judge to not be relevant to this topic may be deleted without question. I also do NOT want any Staff members screwing around in this thread - let's keep things a little mature, huh? This said, I never stop being a Gengar, so if I find opportunity to make a joke or just generally be light-hearted, I will - and you're welcome to join in at those moments. But if you come here expecting such, I would suggest you look elsewhere.
I'll also use this thread to get feedback on personal projects I am currently contemplating and to make general observations. So this thread will be a showcase of what I've been doing AND what I'm currently thinking, should I wish to make those things known. Of course, I won't reveal everything here... some secrets are better figured out by yourself.
- Jinji
" /> 
