atw: Re: Tips exchange

why don't we stick them all on a website somewhere?

-----Original Message-----
From: Tracy Jenner-Lawson [mailto:tnr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, 28 February 2004 1:34 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Tips exchange


Hello
I think this would be a very helpful idea,

Tracy
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Craig Hadden=20
  To: 'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'=20
  Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 12:08 PM
  Subject: atw: Tips exchange


  Don't you think it would be great if many people on the list posted =
tips
  about a variety of subjects? What a fantastic resource and knowledge
  exchange that could be. (Not necessarily just about software, although =
it
  has the advantage of being clear-cut compared to some other knowledge
  domains.)=20

  To me, the key is to keep tips short and to the point. Then it =
wouldn't
  matter if you read several tips that you knew already, because you =
wouldn't
  have spent much time reading them! And people who didn't already know =
them
  would quickly learn something useful.

  Evidently many users don't like "Tips of the Day" in software because =
such
  tips provide information which, *at the time*, is not relevant to =
their
  work, and is often hard to find again when it *is* needed. (A recipe =
for
  frustration!)=20

  But I *like* tips. And if I think a particular tip will be useful, I =
write
  it down.

  Which brings me to another tip that isn't solely about software:

  * Keep a written record of tips, which you can take with you on your =
laptop
  or when you change jobs or contracts. You can use the same document to
  record anything that might be useful to remember months later, such as
  Internet addresses, and code examples such as JavaScript or Visual =
Basic. By
  using a single document, you can easily keep track of, back up and =
transport
  all the of URLs and other stuff that you find useful.=20

  Tracy wrote:
  > This is great, thank-you for the handy hints, always appreciated

  Thank you for the feedback, Tracy. I'm glad you found the tips useful.

  So come on, everybody -- each of us has at least one tip that we could =
share
  whenever the list is quiet.

  Cheers,
  Craig=20

  **************************************************
  To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to =
austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to =
austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject =
field.

  To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field.

  To search the austechwriter archives, go to =
www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter

  To contact the list administrator, send a message to =
austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  **************************************************

**************************************************
To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to =
austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to =
austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject =
field.

To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field.

To search the austechwriter archives, go to =
www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter

To contact the list administrator, send a message to =
austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
**************************************************
**************************************************
To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to 
austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to 
austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field.

To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 
"unsubscribe" in the Subject field.

To search the austechwriter archives, go to 
www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter

To contact the list administrator, send a message to 
austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
**************************************************

Other related posts: