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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Email ettiquette (was RE: windows won't detect my ipod)Re: Email ettiquette (was RE: windows won't detect my ipod)
From: Matthew Caron <matt_at_mattcaron.net>
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:15:42 -0500 > In this case, we can't really see which bits Daniel has written himself, > and which bits are quotes from previous messages from Matthew at least one > other unnamed person whio also appears to have contributed to the text in > the email. Actually, on a completely different topic and mostly from a social commentary perspective, I've noticed this quite a bit in my transition from engineering/tech focused fields to having more dealings with management. I used to be a firmware engineer to a printer company, then a consultant writing .NET, now I write Perl and PHP for an insurance company. It seems like the further you get away from hackers and the more you get towards non-computer folks (product managers, engineers from other disciplines, my mother, etc.), the more people simply can't handle inline comments and what we consider "proper" use of email. Hence, they top-post, quote incorrectly, are imprecise in their use of language and explanations, etc. The thing is, I can't figure out why - I try and explain why these approaches are better, and they seem to make an effort, and end up just getting more confused. It must be some difference in the way they think vs. the way I think. Anyway, just a little social commentary. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- PGP Key: http://www.mattcaron.net/pgp_key.txt ~~ Matt Caron ~~Received on 2007-03-03 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |