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How not to give advice (about Markdown) Keith Pitty @keithpitty @ConversationEDU

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How not to give advice?

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A story …

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One day I was asked …

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for advice

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A colleague was struggling …

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Eleanor

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Indonesian launch

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i18n yml

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id.yml

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Markdown

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nested lists?

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a. outer 1 i. inner 1 ii. inner 2 b. outer 2

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Markdown

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How could I help?

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subset of HTML

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type attribute

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  1. outer 1
    1. inner 1
    2. inner 2
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not supported by markdown

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I was focussed

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on Markdown

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my advice?

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Markdown

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HTML

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type attribute

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Done!

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merged PR

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but then …

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Mark

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CSS

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list-style

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ul { list-style: lower-alpha; li:before { display: none; } ul { list-style: lower-roman; } }

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CSS + Markdown

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I apologised

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profusely!

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time to reflect

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Where had I gone wrong?

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tunnel vision?

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lateral thinking?

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comfort zone?

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tools?

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Teamwork?

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learning opportunity

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next time …

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meanwhile …

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Teamwork!

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@conversationEDU

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@keithpitty