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Subject:Re: You asked for it From:Nancy Burns <nburns -at- NOAO -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 23 Nov 1993 15:55:55 MST
>** Somebody's got to answer that, and it might as well be
> the Supremes (You Can't Hurry Love):
> I need rules, rules
> to write my book
> I need a style guide
> to take a look in, but Mama said:
> No one way is right.
> No, no one way makes sense.
> It depends on the user.
> Analyze your audience.
> No one way is right.
> No, no one way succeeds.
> It depends on the user.
> Bear in mind your market's needs,
> but how many users have I known?
> I'm not the one they see. I'm not the one they phone.
> Right now the only thing that gives me half a clue
> is what I imagine I, if I were them, would do
> but I remember Mama said, etc. ...
>__________________________________________________________________________
>Mark L. Levinson, SEE Technologies, Box 544, Herzlia, Israel
>mark -at- matis -dot- ingr -dot- com | voice +972-9-584684, ext. 230 | fax +972-9-543917
Mark,
Thanks for sharing your creative lyrics! Your meassage is well received.
Nancy Burns
National Solar Observatory, Tucson, AZ
nburns -at- noao -dot- edu
