Re: [TCP] Friday nuttiness...
Another thing that's alluring about text messaging is that it allows people to communicate in places where it's not typical acceptable, or very difficult, to talk or hear. Examples of the former are classrooms(!), libraries, hospitals (though some have restrictions with regards to having phones on in them), and church! Examples of the latter include bars and rock concerts, where it's often impossible to hear, so text messaging is a perfect solution. John From: Rick Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bonnie Granat [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: Re: [TCP] Friday nuttiness... Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:25:05 -0500 Hi all Personally, I'm very curious about the whole text messaging phenomenon. I mean, how is it remotely possible that text messaging is simpler to accomplish than simply dialing up the other person and speaking? E-Mail, I somewhat understand, as it seems fairly simple to type on a full keyboard. But on the surface, it seems that text messaging is quite a bit more difficult, as you are mostly limited to the tiny phone keypad. Is there anyone among us that can explain the allure? What am I missing? Cheers... Rick :) Bonnie Granat wrote: There's a market for old phones, I believe, so you can probably find one. Bonnie Granat http://www.GranatEdit.com __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com _ More photos, more messages, more storageget 2GB with Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-usocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507 __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Friday nuttiness...
I text message a lot. A friend who lives in MV texts me all the time. If he's on the road and not on IM, or having lunch somewhere, and is thinking of me, we text. If my manager is thinking of something she forgot to tell me and she's at the docs, we text. If I'm thinking of someone, I'll text. Granted, texting using my Blackberry is easier than with my RaZR, but if you do it enough you get used to it and can type quite quickly. Plus, there's the little acronyms and shortcuts (although they didn't work so well for blind beau, since the reader on his Palm would pronounce the letters if it didn't recognize the words -- he always had to stop and think about c u sn or lvg now). I txt a lot as well, mainly because most of my family and many of my friends primarily txt rather than call. I had to upgrade to an unlimited txt plan just to keep my cell bills down. ;) But it's convenient for all the reasons that people have listed. Plus many phones now have a full language dictionary that will narrow your word options down as you key, removing the need to hit a key multiple times. For example, hello is 43556 instead of 443355666. I'll admit a qwerty pad would be useful, but cell-size is just too small to be much more efficient, IMO. At least for the price tag. For now I'm happy with my quasi-intelligent cell phone. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob I see your OOO message and raise you a clue. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
[TCP] Textaholic / emailaholics - how do you keep it from taking over?
-Original Message- From: Melissa Nelson My niece is a textaholic. I have to say I find it a bit annoying because she will check her text messages every other minute when we do something. :) This makes a great transition into another subject, relevant to our jobs. I'm subscribed to multiple lists (applications, dita, stc, tech writing...) and if I were to try and keep up with all of the postings on every list, I'd go absolutely bonkers. So here's the question: What do you do to manage the overflow of electronic messaging so that it doesn't eat up your day and productivity? For me, I use filters in my mail. LOTS and LOTS of filters and folders for sorting. Mail from coworkers is usually project-related, and it gets read relatively soon, usually within an hour. If it's something from a list, I may not read it until lunchtime, or I may just mark all messages as read because there aren't any subject lines in the folder that pique my interest. (One prime reason for keeping subject lines current to the actual discussion!!) Some of the lists I have very little to do on, but for various reasons I want to keep up on what's happening there because it does affect my job in some small way. I've also worked hard to purge the urge to respond to everyone's questions on lists. Yes, I may know the answer, but there's probably 20 others who also know it. I first check to see if my answer would be *unique* before I take the time to craft a response. If it isn't, there's no reason to post a me too response. And finally, I try *not* to jump to my email every time I get a notification of a new email. :-) That's darn hard, but it can be done. If I'm really in crunch time, I'll close my email application altogether and only open it once an hour or so, just to check work messages. -Carla - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Textaholic / emailaholics - how do you keep it from taking over?
I'm subscribed to multiple lists (applications, dita, stc, tech writing...) and if I were to try and keep up with all of the postings on every list, I'd go absolutely bonkers. So here's the question: What do you do to manage the overflow of electronic messaging so that it doesn't eat up your day and productivity? I use one email addy for most of my lists (a gmail account), and one for everything else. The problem is when folks send email to my gmail account, thinking I'll see it ;-) I, too, mark many messages are read, especially when I'm travelling, and then find offlist emails a month after they've been posted when I'm permanently deleting old posts. Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http://www.helpstuff.com -- Please send follow-up questions to the list. (Inquiries sent off-list may not be seen.) Contact me directly (CharJT at helpstuff dot com) with business inquiries. -- 2006-2007 Microsoft Help MVP Find a Help Authoring Tool at HAT-Matrix.com ~ http://hat-matrix.com Co-author of Managing Virtual Teams ~ http://www.wordware.com/wiki AuthorIT Certified Consultant, Development, and Training STC Secretary, 2006-2008 Web site Hosting and Design ~ http://www.jtfhosting.com __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Friday nuttiness...
Melissa Nelson wrote: OK I am feeling like a total techno-dork. I have NO IDEA how to work the text feature on my phone, nor did I on my old phone! Once in a while I will get a text message from someone and then be like DAMMIT and have to call or email them back. You're not alone, Melissa. I couldn't tell you if my phone even has a text feature, and I honestly don't care if it does. My life doesn't revolve around being constantly in contact with everyone and communicating every thought as it happens. I enjoy being unavailable sometimes. I hate it when you're with someone whose phone rings every 3 minutes, especially when the person feels the need to take every single call. It's rudeness at a high-tech level. I shouldn't have to stand there trying to remember what we were talking about while you chat with whoever interrupted us. Either take care of all your junk before meeting me, turn off your stupid phone, or don't meet me at all. Mondays and pet peeves don't mix! - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Friday nuttiness...
You have to remember, some of us are very global these days. For example, most of my closest friends live out of my state (some people never lived here, some relocated away). I also remain close with people I worked with in OC (even tho I live in San Diego). And I work for a Bay Area company, which means I am offsite about 100% of the time. I don't need to answer every phone call and every text message, and I won't if it's after work hours. And most of my friends are the same way... if we are out enjoying a lovely dinner and someone's phone rings, that person will check the caller ID and then immediately silence the phone. We all show respect towards one another. My Blackberry is my work lifeline. My cell phone is my home lifeline. Yes, I'll turn them both off. But it's nice to be able to check email while waiting for a doc appt, or to respond to a quick question. I love having Google Maps on my BB -- I no longer get lost and no longer have to pay for calls to 4-1-1 to look up a phone number. My work revolves around technology. My life is involved in technology And I quite enjoy it. ...sue On 8/20/07, Jones, Donna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Melissa Nelson wrote: OK I am feeling like a total techno-dork. I have NO IDEA how to work the text feature on my phone, nor did I on my old phone! Once in a while I will get a text message from someone and then be like DAMMIT and have to call or email them back. You're not alone, Melissa. I couldn't tell you if my phone even has a text feature, and I honestly don't care if it does. My life doesn't revolve around being constantly in contact with everyone and communicating every thought as it happens. I enjoy being unavailable sometimes. I hate it when you're with someone whose phone rings every 3 minutes, especially when the person feels the need to take every single call. It's rudeness at a high-tech level. I shouldn't have to stand there trying to remember what we were talking about while you chat with whoever interrupted us. Either take care of all your junk before meeting me, turn off your stupid phone, or don't meet me at all. Mondays and pet peeves don't mix! - CONFIDENTIAL- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete this email. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Friday nuttiness...
My work revolves around technology. My life is involved in technology And I quite enjoy it. And she'll tell you that she's not a geek ;-) Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http://www.helpstuff.com -- Please send follow-up questions to the list. (Inquiries sent off-list may not be seen.) Contact me directly (CharJT at helpstuff dot com) with business inquiries. -- 2006-2007 Microsoft Help MVP Find a Help Authoring Tool at HAT-Matrix.com ~ http://hat-matrix.com Co-author of Managing Virtual Teams ~ http://www.wordware.com/wiki AuthorIT Certified Consultant, Development, and Training STC Secretary, 2006-2008 Web site Hosting and Design ~ http://www.jtfhosting.com __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Friday nuttiness...
A profound observation that I think is true for many of us. There's a time for phones and computers, and times for other things too. Do too much of any one and you starve the other parts of your life. I think it takes a few years of immersion in technology for most people to learn that, and realize that if their BlackBerries and iPhones fell off the face of the earth, they as people would be O.K. anyway. --- Jones, Donna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My life doesn't revolve around being constantly in contact with everyone and communicating every thought as it happens. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Textaholic / emailaholics - how do you keep it from taking over?
Gmail is my tool of choice for lists now. The best part is the threaded conversations. When someone posts about why Framemaker is so much better than Word... or Word so much better than Framemaker, I can skip the whole thread. This also comes in handy if three-letter abbreviations like 'DFD' enter a thread... ;-) It breaks down when folks rename a subject... but is the best tool to get through some of my high volume threads. Discovering that the Filter could label a message, and skip my inbox helped a lot. That way I can 'ignore' mailing lists until an appropriate time (like over lunch). That is a HUGE productivity boost for me. Otherwise I can get too easily distracted during the work day. On 8/20/07, Martinek, Carla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This makes a great transition into another subject, relevant to our jobs. I'm subscribed to multiple lists (applications, dita, stc, tech writing...) and if I were to try and keep up with all of the postings on every list, I'd go absolutely bonkers. So here's the question: What do you do to manage the overflow of electronic messaging so that it doesn't eat up your day and productivity? __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Textaholic / emailaholics - how do you keep it from taking over?
So here's the question: What do you do to manage the overflow of electronic messaging so that it doesn't eat up your day and productivity? Those who know me will say this is an understatement... I am connected. ;-) I have four primary e-mail addresses. One's devoted to work, one's devoted to my profession (this one), one is for tying together all of my personal contacts, and another just for fun. I use Gmail for the fun and professional one, and make good use of filters and archiving. I don't have to read everything that comes in, but in a pinch I can use Gmail's search to get at what I need. I'm subscribed to well over 40 listservs, so Gmail has saved my butt with regard to staying productive. ;-) And then of course I use a RSS reader for blog and web site content aggregation. My cell phone is my primary phone, and much of it comes via txt, which is highly convenient (combined with caller ID) because I can read them as I have time. If someone really needs to reach me, they can call. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob I see your OOO message and raise you a clue. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Textaholic / emailaholics - how do you keep it from takingover?
Hi Carla If you're using Outlook, you can turn off the email notification thing. That may stop the urge to check every time an email comes in. And there's a guy out there now proclaiming the 4-hour work week (Tim Ferriss). One thing he does is read/respond to email once a week and at a prescribed time. To quote from an interview he did on CNN: To avoid wasting time on business e-mail, I check it only an hour each Monday. I weaned myself from logging in, starting by turning off the audible alert and looking at it twice a day, at noon and 4. Then I reduced the frequency. I never log into e-mail first thing in the morning. (http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/04/magazines/fsb/4_hour_week.fsb/index.htm ) Website: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/ Podcast from SxSW conference: http://2007.sxsw.com/blogs/podcasts.php/2007/03/19/the_4_hour_workweek_s ecrets_of_doing_mor Of course, there's lots of other stuff he does that supports that 'one hour a week' thing which you may not be able to do. But some of his principles and tips may work for you. Rhonda Rhonda Bracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cybertext.com.au AuthorIT Certified Consultant -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 2007 12:01 AM To: tcp@techcommpros.com Subject: [TCP] Textaholic / emailaholics - how do you keep it from takingover? -Original Message- From: Melissa Nelson My niece is a textaholic. I have to say I find it a bit annoying because she will check her text messages every other minute when we do something. :) This makes a great transition into another subject, relevant to our jobs. I'm subscribed to multiple lists (applications, dita, stc, tech writing...) and if I were to try and keep up with all of the postings on every list, I'd go absolutely bonkers. So here's the question: What do you do to manage the overflow of electronic messaging so that it doesn't eat up your day and productivity? For me, I use filters in my mail. LOTS and LOTS of filters and folders for sorting. Mail from coworkers is usually project-related, and it gets read relatively soon, usually within an hour. If it's something from a list, I may not read it until lunchtime, or I may just mark all messages as read because there aren't any subject lines in the folder that pique my interest. (One prime reason for keeping subject lines current to the actual discussion!!) Some of the lists I have very little to do on, but for various reasons I want to keep up on what's happening there because it does affect my job in some small way. I've also worked hard to purge the urge to respond to everyone's questions on lists. Yes, I may know the answer, but there's probably 20 others who also know it. I first check to see if my answer would be *unique* before I take the time to craft a response. If it isn't, there's no reason to post a me too response. And finally, I try *not* to jump to my email every time I get a notification of a new email. :-) That's darn hard, but it can be done. If I'm really in crunch time, I'll close my email application altogether and only open it once an hour or so, just to check work messages. -Carla __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Friday nuttiness...
On Tuesday, August 21, 2007, Rhonda Bracey wrote: Personally, I'd turn OFF the phone as soon as I got to the restaurant and all the parties had arrived. I *may* leave it on if someone in the group hadn't turned up or was running late, just in case I needed to call them or vice versa (Where are you?). But as soon as everyone is there, the phone goes OFF. Period. Is that just me? No. I get very annoyed when I am in a social situation like that and someone doesn't turn off their phone. I have a friend who I dearly love, but she will take calls, make calls, or check her blackberry for messages when we are out to dinner. I find it rude. Here you are supposedly engaged in a conversation with *me* but apparently, your mind is on something else or you are allowing yourself to be interrupted by something/someone else. Next time, please, take your phone to dinner and I'll stay home with a nice book my cat. Sometimes when my phone rings at home, I gasp! do not answer it. Especially if it is dinner time -- we have a no phone calls rule at dinner. If it rings, well there's an answering machine to take care of it. In a *real* emergency I'd like to think the caller has sense enough to leave a message. Really, there is very little in life that is that important for the average guy. I read an article today about a man who was hit by a train because he had his head down looking at his cell phone. (Apparently he looked up and waited on one train, but then looked back down and walked right out in front of the other). How tragic. I'm sure whatever it was on his phone that had his attention, it wasn't worth his life. Dana __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
Re: [TCP] Friday nuttiness...
Dana Worley wrote: I read an article today about a man who was hit by a train because he had his head down looking at his cell phone. (Apparently he looked up and waited on one train, but then looked back down and walked right out in front of the other). How tragic. Please don't hyperbolize so. Think in evolutionary terms. The guy's death is only tragic if he has already fathered children. Otherwise, it improves the species. __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com ___ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
