begin quoting Bob La Quey as of Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 09:36:39AM -0800: > A Summary may be best posted at top with details or inline below. > The reader can decide whether they want the details.
This came up on IRC. The year-end is approaching. If I am to change my characteristic signature (like I have for the past couple of years), what should I change it to? It was suggested that I go with a rubric or chapter-heading-style "quote" at the top. That way, people who read my posts purely for the sig quote wouldn't have to page through all my dreary and tedious prose. > On Dec 19, 2007 1:08 PM, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, December 19, 2007 12:49 pm, SJS wrote: [snip] > > > I've gotten better about reading a whole email before starting my reply, > > > but I still haven't gotten down the habit of reading the whole *thread* > > > before starting a reply. :-/ > > > > I am not sure that reading the whole email before starting the post > is a always a good idea. It is more conversational to just dive in > an start writing in response to what one is reading. Hey! You've been watching me! There are times when I prefer the editor for *reading*. I will reformat paragraphs to make it easier to read, and then delete them or reply to them. It would be interesting if I could keep track of when I do this. I wonder how this affects my writing, if at all. > Conversation can be either spontaneous or thoughtful rarely both. > Each mode has its virtues. Indeed. Generally, the virtue I desire is the virtue I am not currently exercising. > > Some prefer to read them bottom up. I can't tell you how many of my lists, > > including where I work, get annoyed if I *don't* top post. > > > > Frackin' amateurs! > > When in Rome ... ...Denounce the Romans. And then run very fast. -- I should probably compose my replies completely out of one-line aphorisms. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
