Re: Techno-fuddyduddy getting anxious

Subject: Re: Techno-fuddyduddy getting anxious
From: "B.J. Smith" <bjsmith -at- ucar -dot- edu>
To: Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:11:47 -0700

That's probably the only time I will ever use it in a sentence, but I like the sound of it. Sorry to make you shudder.

On 1/20/2012 8:06 AM, Dan Goldstein wrote:

"Automagically..."<shudder> When I first saw that so-called word in
1997 (in a RoboHelp manual), I almost pitched the book through a window.
Fortunately, I was underground at the time.


-----Original Message-----
From: B.J. Smith
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 9:58 AM
To: Rochelle McAndrews
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Techno-fuddyduddy getting anxious

I love the word "automagically," which surely would be harmless even if
it were published accidentally.

In my own work, however, I always assume that something will go wrong
and that any goofy placeholder text or images will be published. That's
why I don't use them.

I also always assume that microphones are on and guns are loaded.





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RE: Techno-fuddyduddy getting anxious: From: Rochelle McAndrews
Re: Techno-fuddyduddy getting anxious: From: B.J. Smith
RE: Techno-fuddyduddy getting anxious: From: Dan Goldstein

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