--- Indranil Das Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 04:23 -0700, Surendra Singhi > wrote: > > Hello, > > I recently contacted the author of the 'Ask > Doss' column in Knowhow, > > Telegraph about iLug-cal, and the benefits of > Linux and open source. > > You probably spoke with Surit Doss. If so, he is the > IT editor for The > Telegraph. A genuinely nice person. We have > interacted a few times > earlier. > > But one thing to remember while interacting with > journos that DO NOT > leave the points to them... give it to them as a > bullet-ed list... if > you are giving a hand-out... use a highlighter to > mark out the salient > points... a sound-bite or two doesn't hurt either > > just my 2p :) > > cheers > -indra Yes, and not only that, be precise, mean what you say and say no more than necessary. Scribes are notorious for taking things out of context and put stuff into your mouth that you may never have meant in the first place. Happens all over the world. /Arin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
