Long as we're off topic.. - No time for long emails - More than meat of the matter is fat - I love bullet points
Sentences and paragraphs are so old school. We don't need no stinkin grammar neither. *Clint * On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 1:17 PM, <szwedo...@epamail.epa.gov> wrote: > I also favor using as many words as necessary to communicate clearly. > There really is no reason to compromise clarity for brevity's sake. My > keyboard produces just as many words as I need, neither more nor less. > > ed > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Ed Szwedo > Web Development Team Lead > ECS Team - ITS-EPA II Contractor > > 109 TW Alexander Drive, Building NCC, Mail Drop N176-05, Research > Triangle Park, NC 27711 > Information Technology Infrastructure Solutions | Office: (919)541-3955 > | Fax: (919)541-3641 | szwedo...@epa.gov | www.ecs-federal.com > > > > From: "Charlie Arehart" <char...@carehart.org> > To: <discussion@acfug.org> > Date: 08/25/2011 01:01 PM > Subject: RE: [ACFUG Discuss] Best way to handle chunk of CFIF > statements > Sent by: ad...@acfug.org > > > > Sadly, you and I are a dying breed, it seems. :-) There’s a definite > subset of the culture who decidedly do NOT like any email longer than a > couple of sentences—even if it means sacrificing clarity for brevity. > > Twitter has only exacerbated the problem by catering to that whim. It’s > clearly a cultural shift that’s been at play for some time. I write > emails like people of old wrote letters. Sadly, people don’t do that > anymore. And sadly, those of this ilk aren’t vocal about it: they just > won’t read an email that’s “too long” in their opinion, yet they’ll > respond in a thread without acknowledging that, which can cause more > confusion. > > Oh well, c’est la vie. :-) As you say, I don’t stop. Some appreciate it > (whether in email, blog entries, and so on), and I write for them. :-) > Thanks for the encouragement, though others may hold it against you! > > /charlie > > From: ad...@acfug.org [mailto:ad...@acfug.org] On Behalf Of Derrick > Peavy > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:52 AM > To: discussion@acfug.org > Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Best way to handle chunk of CFIF statements > > Well, don't stop. I prefer content over confusion (short). > > __________________ > Derrick Peavy > > On Aug 25, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Charlie Arehart wrote: > > Me and my “long” emails, I guess. ;-} > > /charlie > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by FusionLink > ------------------------------------------------------------- > >
