Re: [TCP] Are you on Twitter?

2009-12-07 Thread Susan Modlin
@smodlin Warning: I tweet mostly for work, so it might not be too interesting unless you're into social media, online communities, and social CRM. I got so many questions and perplexed comments on Facebook that I decoupled the two accounts. ...Susan When you find a big kettle of crazy,

Re: [TCP] Documentation Delivery: Print or CD?

2007-11-29 Thread Susan Modlin
I develop docs for a SaaS (Software as a Service) company, so there's no choice be to deliver docs electronically via the Web. The last time I delivered printed docs was around 1999. ...Susan - Original Message I know that many of us have been struggling with this question for a

Re: [TCP] Telecommuting has mostly positive consequences

2007-11-26 Thread Susan Modlin
Sorry to be so late weighing in on this one, but I can comment on Chuck's post from the (ex-) manager's perspective. When I managed the publications group at a small, feisty start-up, telecommuting was the norm. Two of our writers were remote, and the rest telecommuted according to their

Re: [TCP] Response from Adobe** RE: Upgrade Anger to TechCommSuite

2007-11-15 Thread Susan Modlin
As Peter notes, grace is the issue (or rather Adobe's lack of it so far). Adobe clearly knew that the Suite was imminent when they released FM8, even if the exact date was TBD. And they would have to be brain dead not to expect a backlash from early FM8 adopters over the lack of an attractive

Re: [TCP] new members

2007-11-02 Thread Susan Modlin
Hi, I'm Susan Modlin. Some of your names are familiar from the Framers lists, where I've been lurking for ages. I'm new to this list, but not to TechComm. My second technical writing job (I've suppressed all memory of the first one) was at Goddard Space Flight Center in the early 1970's