True - that's what I keep thinking, maybe all of this is right at our fingertips online for however long we will need it, but then the pack rat comes back and whispers, you know, you may need this little book or that little article and it won't be out there...
________________________________ From: Ben Schorr <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, October 28, 2010 3:10:39 PM Subject: RE: trade publications - toss or archive? I had that situation. Then my wife and I moved to a new house and I took the opportunity to donate most of them to the local public library. I realized that I’d rarely opened any of those books in the previous two years (Google is so much easier). Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com [email protected] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bschorr Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rolandschorr From:Jacob [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 13:03 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: trade publications - toss or archive? In my office at home, I had a bookshelf full of IT books dating back to Windows 3.1, etc. The bookshelf got full. So I was able to come up with one solution… Get another bookshelf ;-) One of these days, I will toss some of them. From:Don Kuhlman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: trade publications - toss or archive? I still have the Windows IT Pro mags too. I get rid of the CIO, Information week, etc. type pubs. I do have about 30 years of Model Railroading mags that I won't get rid of :) My other bad habit is keeping those thick Software books like NT 4.0 Networking, SMS Admin Scripting, Teach yourself C in 21 days, etc. That's where I should clean house... Don K ________________________________ From:Webster <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, October 28, 2010 12:45:57 PM Subject: RE: trade publications - toss or archive? I still keep my TechNet and Windows IT Pro mags. I threw out all the other mags I had dating back to 1984. I had to get permission from my office landlord to throw them all away because I filled up the dumpster for the building! City recycling didn’t want that much paper. Webster From:Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: OT: trade publications - toss or archive? Ok, so I’ll let you in on a little secret. I’m a pack rat. I’m trying to change….really. I’ve got a ton of trade publications, dating back years: Information Week CIO Decisions Technet Windows IT Pro Storage Information Security And I’m sure a few others. For those of you that subscribe to and read these magazines, do you see ANY value in keeping them for any length of time after you’ve skimmed/read them? I’m leaning toward pitching [read: recycling] anything more than 3 months old, but just wanted some objective perspective. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
