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Subject:Credibility (WAS: Texts on Grammar) From:Deborah Ray <debray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 25 Aug 1998 13:41:13 -0600
George Mena's Public Service Announcement said:
>Credibility Is Everything.
Yes.
>When you know what you're writing about and can quote chapter and verse
>from the so-called "industry bible", defending your work is easy.
>Dazzle with knowledge as well as brilliance.
I don't think we're in the business of dazzling anybody
with anything. SMEs that I've worked with are far more
interested in *communicating* with me than being dazzled.
Similarly, I'm far more interested in communicating with
them in order to get the information I need, rather than
impressing them with a bunch of meaningless-to-them drivel.
And...ummm...surely you weren't referring to dazzling
your audience, were you?
>Bullshit can be smelled a mile away.
Yup.
Take care,
Deborah
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* Deborah S. Ray, debray -at- raycomm -dot- com, http://www.raycomm.com/
* co-author _Mastering HTML 4.0_, _HTML 4 for Dummies Quick
Reference_, _The AltaVista Search Revolution_, and others.
* RayComm, Inc., currently accepting contract inquiries.
