REAL Software Newsletter

Posted On: Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 (General)
Posted by: Paul Lefebvre

REAL Software sent out their first monthly newsletter today.  If you haven’t received it, you should soon (or you might want to check your spam folder).  There’s a blurb in it about my role as Community Evangelist, which I’ll reproduce here:

Community Corner
Written by Paul Lefebvre, Community Evangelist
Hello, fellow REALbasic developers. My name is Paul Lefebvre and I am pleased to be working with REAL Software as their Community Evangelist. A little bit about me: I’ve been a REALbasic developer since 2002 and write the Database column for REALbasic Developer Magazine. My company, LogicalVue Software, does consulting and product development primarily using REALbasic.
That’s all well and good, but you’re probably asking “what is a ‘Community Evangelist’?” Simply put, a Community Evangelist is someone who focuses on building, nurturing and promoting the community around a product or service. In the case of REAL Software, there is already a vibrant community around REALbasic. My goals are to increase the visibility of REALbasic (and REAL SQL Server) outside of its immediate community and to also help nurture the existing community.

You can find me at several places online, including: LinkedIn:www.linkedin.com/in/logicalvue 
Facebook: Paul Lefebvre
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lefebvre
Skype: logicalvue
And good old fashioned e-mail: paul@logicalvue.com

 One thing I want to make clear: I do not work for or represent REAL Software in any way.

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2 Responses to “REAL Software Newsletter”

  1. Bob Keeney on October 17th, 2007 at 10:31 pm

    Hhhmm…as the evangelist for REALbasic, yes, you do represent them. Not legally in any sense of the word, but you are one of the ‘faces’ of REAL Software.

    Let’s put it this way, if you did something really bad (think jail time), RS would terminate whatever relationship they have with you. They’d do this simply not to get caught up in whatever it is you did. They would drop you in a heartbeat.

    The fact you’re not getting paid doesn’t really mean bupkis, in my opinion. You do get *something* out of the deal, though. Your name just went out to thousands of RB users that now might visit your website and look at your software and services.

    I’m not complaining. I’m just pointing out that it’s not entirely a black and white issue. You have to admit that there are some grey areas in the relationship.

  2. Paul Lefebvre on October 17th, 2007 at 10:37 pm

    Yes, there are many gray areas in this relationship. I guess I should have just said “I don’t work for REAL Software and I don’t speak on their behalf.” Maybe I’ll update the original post.

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