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Re: Using Auto Screen Shot Tools ~ Are They Helpful?
Subject:Re: Using Auto Screen Shot Tools ~ Are They Helpful? From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:16:09 -0700
Could always get them to write you a proper business case that evaluates
the problem and explores alternate options before settling on this as a
tool.
-Tony
On Monday, April 13, 2015, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:
> When someone asks me to waste time evaluating a useless tool, I give
> them a brief executive summary of the category to explain why we don't
> want it.
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Janoff, Steven
> <Steven -dot- Janoff -at- hologic -dot- com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Probably easy to say this from afar, but I would have at least tried to
> humor them and mirror their excitement, maybe give it a try, unless you
> were so deep into that editing project that pulling yourself out of it
> would have forced you to have to come in over the weekend when you wouldn't
> have had to do that otherwise.
>
>
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