Re: [TCP] Know Your Audience

Hi, I'm Bill Swallow. I'm currently a Documentation Manager at MapInfo Corporation. I've been here for a little over 4 years. I've been in the TechComm field for about 10 years, and have worked for a wide variety of companies on contract and in full-time employee roles. I graduated from RPI

Re: [TCP] What is the plural of...

if maybe's is also used) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid homebrewer and proud beer snob I see your OOO message and raise you a clue. ___ Interested

Re: [TCP] Article: When to Grow, When to Go

learning more about Sandcastle and Vista, there's really not much else I need or want to learn with regard to hands-on techie stuff. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid

Re: [TCP] ADMIN TCP Site - Want a Wiki?

- such as defining methodologies and forming consensus for certification. -- 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

Re: [TCP] ADMIN TCP Site - Want a Wiki? (Blog)

/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 -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users

Re: [TCP] been here before?

/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 -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member

Re: [TCP] numbering tables and figures

the list. In one situation I know of, the readers often look up screen examples, so it's a plus to give them less to trawl through by numbering and listing figures separately. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG

Re: [TCP] Self-extracting file

://www.techcommpros.com -- 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

Re: [TCP] Management

if the opportunity presented itself, managing the department I'm in right now is not a career goal. But I have been supervising high school interns doing I3D project work. If we reach a point of hiring people to do I3D work, I'd enjoy managing that group. You? :) -- Bill Swallow HATT List

Re: [TCP] Management

them? I ask this because it seems to me that corporations are always on the lookout for good managers. One may conclude from this that, all other things being equal, the writer who's looking to move up tends to be *perceived* as more valuable than the one who doesn't. -- Bill Swallow HATT List

Re: [TCP] Management

. -- 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. __ Are you

Re: [TCP] broken cross references

) If the links worked when you sent it out, is the translator responsible for fixing the errors? They might have an easier time with the Japanese. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] Anyone use LinkedIn?

I use LinkedIn but have not used it for recruitment or job hunting purposes as of yet. -- 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

Re: [TCP] question on how to disable a file's network transmission capability

(accidently or on purpose) send it to another machine? Thanks. -- 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

Re: [TCP] Creeping Deadlines

Bill talks about are priceless! -- 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

Re: [TCP] Creeping Deadlines

that will jeopardize the quality of the release. -- 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

Re: [TCP] Creeping Deadlines

. Seriously, not kidding. -- 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

Re: [TCP] Creeping Deadlines

to treat documentation as an incidental. Now it's a very huge part of the products we ship, to the point where developers are contrinuting to and informing the documentation and the writers are contributing to and informing the code. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member

Re: [TCP] resumes on job boards

I have never had luck on Monster or other job boards. My best results have always been through my personal professional network. On 1/11/07, Patterson, Jan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you all found value in posting your resume on Monster, Dice, and other job boards? -- Bill Swallow HATT

Re: [TCP] Creeping Deadlines

the immediate basis for which you get paid. Applying the knowledge and abilities of our profession to all aspects and influences of our job define your career and the foundation upon which you build success. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC

Re: [TCP] Ruffled feathers RE: Creeping Deadlines

society. Technical communication seems to be one of these niches. -- 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

Re: [TCP] Creeping Deadlines

The quality of what we produce and the success of the result can be determined by a nit. It's a switch we cannot always turn on and off. I'd argue the same thing about the big picture. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single

Re: [TCP] Ruffled feathers -- Gender and Tech Writing

concepts. I'm in this gig for the same reasons. I can assure you, I'm not in this business because of my social skills ;) Oh come now! Your participation in the ACE speaks contrary to that remark. ;-) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC

Re: [TCP] PDFs to PDA

in the little PDA screen. Anyone know of a solution to make them fit a PDA? Thanks, Melissa -- 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

Re: [TCP] Enterprise level CMS and TMS

needs in CMS than, say, programmers? By which I mean, is there one size to fit all or is it horses for courses? -- 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

Re: [TCP] Blogs? We don't need no steenking blogs!

: On 1/18/07, Bill Swallow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why publish in someone else's rag when you can go it alone? Eyeballs -- Someone else's rag may have lots of them already. Being known by the company you keep -- Who else is appearing in this rag, A-listers from your industry? -- Bill Swallow

Re: [TCP] geeky grammar: log onto versus log on to

Log... it's better than bad, it's GOOD! On 1/29/07, Charles Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Either that, or throw another piece of wood on the fire. grin right back -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] geeky grammar: log onto versus log on to

-- 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

Re: [TCP] wireless presentation mouse suggestions?

a number of years ago about a nanosecond before the start of a programa friend saved my posterior when he reached into his bag and pulled out a roll of tape. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] equipment for the job (Was: mouse recommendations)

and a 300GB HD, complete with 22 widescreen ultrasharp LCD display. I also have an older laptop (1.2Ghz P4, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB HD), and two ancient desktops... a P2 and a 486. The P2 is mainly a web access station at this point, and the 486 is currently a doorstop. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP

Re: [TCP] equipment for the job (Was: mouse recommendations)

? Rather than separate machines. Isn't that one of the main benefits of using such 'virtual' technologies? -- 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

Re: [TCP] Hello

Hey man! How ya been? On 2/5/07, Dick Margulis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just left the dark side and came over here. Wanted to say hi to old friends. Dick Margulis -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] Learning to type (Was: equipment for the job)

learning, so I doubt if I'd be able to learn at this late date anyway. I have had several people comment at how quickly I type even if my eyes are cast downward as I do so. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] Hello

Ironically, yes, even though that's what led to the dust-up. Dust-up? I guess I missed something. Being blissfully ignorant of that other list has its drawbacks, I guess. ;-) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG

Re: [TCP] Hello

But I want to warn you against rabble rousing over here Mr. Margulis. We're keeping an eye on you. Web rumor has it that you tend to think for yourself, speak your mind, ask and answer questions. Dick, kindly ignore Al. After all, he uses two spaces after his periods. ;-) -- Bill Swallow

Re: [TCP] Tons of work is a good thing

I don't thik I've EVER run out of work to do. -- 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

Re: [TCP] Organisations

My signature says it all. On 2/20/07, Gordon McLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What professional organisations are you a member of? STC? ISTC? HCI? IAI? -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] Organisations

friendships as well. I've not been disappointed. -- 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

Re: [TCP] ranting STC RE: What did you learn when youparticipatedin the

. You'd double-check and even quadruple-check your company brochure, wouldn't you? Well, the website is STC's company brochure and you can tell it's not been properly reviewed. I shouldn't have become involved in this again. Well, it's obviously important to you so maybe you should. -- Bill

Re: [TCP] ranting STC RE: What did you learn when youparticipatedinthe

Fe During my brief STC membership (3 years), I found the print publications to be as consistent as the Web site. /Fe And you did... what about it? -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] ranting STC RE: What did you learn when youparticipatedin the

Then those leaders are working in a vacuum and is having a negative effect, because it's causing you, the eager STC member, to go home and do your own thing. On 2/23/07, Milan Davidovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/23/07, Bill Swallow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You never want to work

Re: [TCP] ranting STC

felt by the people who are currently engaged in the activity. They have to be engaged in something that they think is seriously and sincerely cool and worthy. If it's not sincere, people will pick up on it very quickly. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC

Re: [TCP] ranting STC

... But despite all this, and with all the hey guys, we need a hand! requests that come in, volunteerism is always at the convenience of the volunteers. How do you suggest that hurdle be hopped? Mind you, this is the million dollar question. Rhetoric buys you nothing save a kiss from the chicken. ;-) -- Bill

Re: [TCP] ranting STC

That's what's happening now, man. Don't you read the announcements? On 2/26/07, Milan Davidovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/26/07, Bill Swallow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have one question for you: How? That is, how do you suggest we all drive people to do this? No driving involved. Next

Re: [TCP] ranting STC

read in a Geoff Hart article). It's there, it looks nice, and we can ignore it. What's the coolest thing your chapter is doing right now? How well does it compete for attention with RealWorld? -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single

Re: [TCP] ranting STC

believe in documentation that works, and scrapping it when it doesn't. From what I've seen, much of the charters out there are akin to the age old operations manual that every company has but sits unused on a manager's shelf for decades. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior

Re: [TCP] ranting STC

, but it's not in the actions and accountabilities within the organization. But we can debate this stuff until the day we die. -- 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

Re: [TCP] ranting STC

. -- 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

Re: [TCP] ranting STC

of consequence. On 2/27/07, Dan Goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Cultivating a risk-taking global culture supposed to be an example of Communicating effectively? -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] TheSTCStrategicObjectivesfor2006.doc (was RE: ranting STC)

it won't let me in unless I belong to STC. *shrugs* It backs up my impression of the STC as a rather imperial organization. Tarage -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com avid

Re: [TCP] ranting STC

risk your job when you speak the truth, you should be looking for a new job anyway. The essence of technical writing is describing things as they are. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] ADMIN Re: STC

examination) by anyone currently not an STC member. So sometimes a non-STC place is useful for this sort of discussion. -- 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

Re: [TCP] Titles Revisited

What's in a title? Who cares, as long as it's tied to what's filling the wallet. :-) I dare a company to print business cards for writers that say Someone Actually Willing to Share What They Know. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC

Re: [TCP] ADMIN Announcement

the gutersmelt from your shoes before coming inside or you'll be washing dishes from here until next Tuesday... -- 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

Re: [TCP] Titles Revisited

, maximum, as the maximum for someone designated Senior Technical Writer. Titles really do make a difference, no matter how glib we want to be about the answer. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] samples of online help formats ...

? Anyone have a document that can save me the time it will take to reinvent the wheel? -- 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

Re: [TCP] Appropriate humor in tech comm

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Humor has a place anywhere, as long as you do not confuse a part of your audience that would not be confused without the humor present. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] Need ideas for new opportunity

I've never heard of a manager on contract. These are generally full-time roles. -- 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

Re: [TCP] first time for everything

, unfortunately. But I certainly know the emotional (and financial) rollercoaster that a layoff can create. I was laid off 3 times in 2 years' time. Yay dot-bomb era and telecomm bubble burst. Not fun. Good luck! -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter

Re: [TCP] STC Conference this past week

For those of you who weren't at the STC conference, I'm just curious why. Time: Lots of balls in the air this year, including a major re-org and corporate acquisition. Money: Tight training budget. 'Nuff said. Life: 'Nuff said. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior

Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit

mailings. They provided a link to an interesting article in the Deseret News (a Salt Lake paper): http://deseretnews.com/dn/view2/1,4382,660226327,00.html?textfiel d=Scott+Hatch or http://tinyurl.com/2jo6gf -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley

Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit

Personally, I think technical writing is easy but I wouldn't even consider tackling any type of creative writing. Maybe I'm not as good at observing life as I am observing a piece of software :) what do you mean, Dana? They're not the same? Wow. My reality is shattered. -- Bill Swallow HATT

Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit

what do you mean, Dana? They're not the same? Wow. My reality is shattered. Bill, have you been doing marketing writing again? Is it that obvious? ;) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] self evaluation objectives, what do *you* put?

to be. On 6/12/07, Brierley, Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For example, becoming more technically familiar with our products, with the goal of becoming an SME. What do you put as objectives for your career for your employer when doing a self evaluation for an annual review? -- Bill Swallow HATT List

Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit

, but often times to keep them happy...we do not point out how wrong they are. I think it is really a case of picking your battles. Some battles are not worth the cost of a customer or job. :) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single

Re: [TCP] So is the boss always right?

I used to think it was just my bad luck that my boss was never right. But now I work for myself and it's still true. So I'm not sure I know how to answer your question. Doesn't matter, as no matter what you say it'd be wrong anyway. ;-) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner

Re: [TCP] So is the boss always right?

communication, or what have you, but it's manipulation through and through. And it's effective. And it's not always a negative thing. Sometimes you have to help others to help you, and if it's all done in the best interest of all parties, there's no harm in that approach at all! -- Bill Swallow HATT

Re: [TCP] So is the boss always right?

I'm a big fan of John Maxwell. He's a good speaker and very much on the ball when it comes to teaching you how to better yourself. You can find more here, including a free newsletter: http://www.maximumimpact.com/ . -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC

Re: [TCP] employee retention

Wednesday ;-) On 6/13/07, Dan Goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the name of that rhetorical technique where you pose a question as a sweeping generality? -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] employee retention

focusing on the situation you presented and not the actual question. -- 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

Re: [TCP] Technical writers may shape future of American lit

of beating his head against the metaphorical wall, he backs up until he's on the right path and proceeds forward from there. Ah, the Roomba method. ;-) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] So is the boss always right?

for me would probably point to more of these than I would. -- 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

Re: [TCP] employee retention

months later anyway. I agree with others. If you're at the point where you're going to leave, don't turn back. You're already gone, and already lost, whether you come back or not. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG

Re: [TCP] employee retention

/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 -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner

Re: [TCP] employee retention

joint Good luck with the salmonella, e. coli and hepatitis at option A. -- 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

Re: [TCP] The STC and Auto Assign

I posted my own thoughts as a blog, since they would have been a bit too long-winded for a comment in yours. I did leave you a note in the CT chapter blog, though. http://techcommdood.blogspot.com Bill __ Author Help files and create printed

Re: [TCP] Back On Topic

I'm frantically trying to get back into gear after a week off. -- 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

Re: [TCP] Article: Houston, We Have a Shuttle Typo

. Seriously. The sign was made with EN spelling, even though the name of the shuttle honors the UK. Heck, I misspell EN and UK stuff all the time (I dunno, but I always spell behavior with a u as in behaviour). -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley

Re: [TCP] Request on cross postings

, please, it would be really nice not to have to either delete the bounces, or check and make sure that every addy I've replied to is, in fact, a list I belong to. (For example, I'm here but I'm not on techwhirl any more). -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC

Re: [TCP] Article: Houston, We Have a Shuttle Typo

With many LOLs. ;-) On 7/13/07, Chris Vickery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Leaving aside the Oxford comma, which way would you punctuate such a sentence? -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http

Re: [TCP] auto-assign

PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/8/07, Tom Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I never got the survey. What's up with that? Maybe it's only intended to *sample* the membership rather than give *everyone* a chance to vote on stuff -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC

Re: [TCP] Friday nuttiness...

, 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

Re: [TCP] Textaholic / emailaholics - how do you keep it from taking over?

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

Re: [TCP] Friday nuttiness...

she has it on her. I wouldn't call myself a cell phone addict, but I do have mine on me at all times (it's my primary phone number), and I always at least silence my phone. Unless I absolutely need to, I don't turn it off completely in case my kids need to reach me ICE. -- Bill Swallow HATT List

Re: [TCP] Friday nuttiness...

twice about letting the door close behind them when you're 10 paces behind them, or parking in the handicapped space for a quick stop at a convenience store. Rude is rude. Technology is an accessory, not the culprit. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC

Re: [TCP] Mailing Lists

rocks. ;) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com __ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release

Re: [TCP] Mailing Lists

Ah yes, Techshoret, TWI... High traffic ones I missed in my initial list. On 10/5/07, Dan Goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Word-PC * Techshoret (former local country group) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG

Re: [TCP] Mailing Lists

* LinkedIn Chicago LinkedIn has mailing list ability? I had no idea... -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com __ Author Help files

Re: [TCP] Mailing Lists

Message- From: Bill Swallow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * LinkedIn Chicago LinkedIn has mailing list ability? I had no idea... - 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

Re: [TCP] Mailing Lists

not interested in the subject, I can mark the entire thread read and move on, sometimes killing 20 messages in one keystroke. :) And of course I archive everything, making dumpster diving for info very easy later on. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC

Re: [TCP] new members

PROTECTED] wrote: We've had several new members join the TCP email list in the past couple of days. Welcome! I'd like to invite you and any other members who haven't already done so to write an introduction to the list. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley

Re: [TCP] communications guidelines

Thanks, I'll give them a look! On Nov 8, 2007 2:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any book in the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense series by Dr. Suzette H. Elgin. Let me know if you want some suggestions for specific books in the series. But they are ALL good! -- Bill Swallow HATT List

Re: [TCP] communications guidelines

PROTECTED] wrote: Bill Swallow wrote: I'm researching effective communication practices to employ across my organization. *** Remember that corporate communications flow in one direction only, and unlike the manageability of hydraulics this direction cannot be changed. It's from top

Re: [TCP] OT Vent re: STC

. I have some ideas for change, but the approach needed is to change things immeiately, and unfortunately there are many who consider that impossible, where I just consider it unreasonable. We need more unreasonable thinkers and doers in the STC if we're going to make large positive changes. -- Bill

Re: [TCP] Does STC only care about itself?

about furthering the organization. I don't think the facts support this statement. (Except that STC is about furthering technical communication, not technical writing per se.) -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG

Re: [TCP] Does STC only care about itself?

Again, we ARE entitled to our own opinions. I would prefer to see someone respond who's not in an active leadership role. Of course you're entitled to your opinions. I have issue with those who say you do not. As for non-leadership folks, I'd like to hear from them too. -- Bill Swallow HATT

Re: [TCP] Does STC only care about itself?

enhance status through marketing, and delivering better results, including expanding our repertoire of tricks so we don't become obsolete. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com

Re: [TCP] Upgrade Anger to Tech Comm Suite.

the second service release come out. After my experience with an ongoing bug in Acrobat 7, I decided to only buy new Adobe SW during that period at the end of the product's lifecycle when they say buy now and get a free upgrade to our upcoming new version. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users

Re: [TCP] Adobe Response* RE: OT Vent re: STC

His title is right in his sig... Senior Product Marketing Manager. Tsk tsk Mr. Teknikul Riter... attenshun too detale. ;-) On Nov 13, 2007 8:37 PM, Dick Margulis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael, It's not clear what your role is at Adobe. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner

Re: [TCP] Telecommuting is mostly positive

IS there a special place in hell for these so-called bosses? Oh, I hope so. No, even the Devil despises overhead. These bosses just get reincarnated over and over and over again. -- Bill Swallow HATT List Owner WWP-Users List Owner Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter STC Single-Sourcing SIG

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