RE: Post-holiday reality: They don't need our stinkin' manuals??

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> Funny, so many friends and family members take it for granted that
> since I write about computer software I know everything there 
> is to know about how anything, even remotely related to the
> computer, would work. I'm not kidding. I get asked, by family and
> friends questions along the lines of "...how do you know....

A friend broke in on Instant Message last week and says:

Hi, John...I'm uploading an image to a web service and it stopped at
37%. Can you tell me step by step how to do it so it will work?"

Nothing more, no information.



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John Posada, Senior Technical Writer
"How to be happy in life: Never impose your beliefs
on anyone else and never fry bacon in the nude."
 -- Anon
mailto:john -at- tdandw -dot- com, 732-259-2874

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