atw: Re: meltdowns, inspiration and motivation
- From: "Damian Forlani-Brennan" <damian3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:21:35 +0800
Given that Steve had trouble maintaining a working computer I presented what I
thought to be some factual information about one way of maintaining effective
hardware for technical writing.
I had thought that there might be some people on this list that might have
found the information of benefit.
What is the function of this list? Is it to provide resources and information
to technical writers or is it for whinging and personal abuse?
Damian Forlani-Brennan
----- Original Message -----
From: MHT
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: atw: Re: meltdowns, inspiration and motivation
Steve could be caustic, opinionated, bull-headed and prickly - traits with
which you can identify, I do not doubt (Damian Forlani-Brennan). He was also
the first in line to help a mate and offer assistance to anyone on this list.
He frequently contributed to the discussion and his advise and counsel will be
missed, as will his unorthodox sense of humor.
There was no "hidden" message - the evolution to meltdown was glaringly
obvious to anyone capable of more than skimming across the surface like a water
spider. Your inability to decipher cause and effect, even when it is pointed
out to you, may not serve you well in the long run and I enthusiastically
recommend sudoku to stimulate your skill at connecting the dots in more than
one narrow direction. Empathy is another matter altogether, and short of a
strong dose of clinically administered ecstasy, I doubt there is much that can
be done in that quarter. Assuming that you may need help with a bona fide
cryptic reference, see http://ecstasy.org/books/e4x/e4x.ch.10.html and
http://ecstasy.org/books/e4x/e4x.ap.01/e4x.ap.01.098.html.
MN Mary
At 04:46 PM 12/21/2006, you wrote:
I am well familiar with the landscape in which we work (thank you very
much Christine Kent) and re-reading Steve's post failed to reveal any hidden
messages. I don't often have much to add to the discussion, but there are
times you just have to respond. I stand by my previous post.
Looking forward to my time finally coming :)
sincerely
Damian Forlani-Brennan
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