I just finished a task that was very technical and rather deep in the infrastructure of NOITV. It took a lot longer than I expected, but it was important to do.
Now I’m back to focusing on implementing the remote updating capabilities, which is in a much more straightforward area. At first I will finish establishing the basic functionality of it, and then I will be adding capabilities to it in the future. The more I develop it now, the easier it will be to delegate programming tasks in that area because the structure of it will be more clearly defined.
With programing it is interesting that some tasks that seem like they would be quick to accomplish actually end up taking a long time, and vice-versa. Generally when I start in a new area it can initially take a while to accomplish things, but then I become increasingly more productive where I can achieve a lot in a single day.
I’m glad that I understand what is happening under the hood and that I’m able to create the structure of it. That way delegating programming tasks will be much easier. Wherever technical issues are eliminated and the structures are established, it will simply be a process of having programmers following specific instructions, much like construction workers on a house. That means development will be much more efficient and a lot less expensive than it would be if programmers would be hired to create the entire structure. In some cases I could even hire amateur programmers who are looking to learn and gain experience. (However I will be all for hiring technical consultants as well though, of course.)
Eventually I would like to hire a technical director for managing that aspect altogether, but first I will want to focus on getting things running in a basic state with people creating content remotely. Also a news editor would be important as well, but that would come later too.
I hope I don’t sound arrogant or whatever for making such presumptions. I do think what I’m communicating with the websites is very important though. I think the information is very accurate, although I always try to remind myself to allow for the possibility that there might be some issues with it here and there. Everything I know about politics I have accumulated over years of combing through information sources on the internet, and also by reading books and viewing documentaries that I have found that way also.