Re: Carnegie again

["S.Green" <2esses@adelphia.net>]

I have no relationships whatsoever in this company.

It is my belief after about 50 years of efforts, that responsibility for 
good communications starts with the writer. 

If that person elects to put energy into projecting their ideas clearly, 
then the reader is much more likely to receive those ideas accurately -- 
the first time -- and is more likely to make an effort to do so.

I think that too many people today try to get by the easiest way they 
can -- hoping that the receiver will interpret and interpolate his ideas 
accurately.  Unfortunately, this fails to happen much to often.

In this case (and many others on this site) the writer can't be bothered 
to simplify the URLs that they send.  Its okay to let the reader screw 
around pasting multiple lines into their browsers rather than the writer 
taking 30 seconds (that's all!) to goto "TinyURL" and create a small and 
easily used web address.  

Of course, often this URL stands alone without the writer taking the 
time to even provide a minimal summary of the article they are submitting. 

In my way of thinking this is just being lazy, and very non-professional.

<sg>

Tim Williams wrote:
> S.Green wrote:
>
> > As I wrote not too long ago, if DV had used TinyURL to shorten the 
> > URL that accompanied his message, it would have been easier for us to 
> > access the web site he referenced:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/fdx3u   (try it - it works!)
> >
> >    -- instead of --
> >
> > http://it.news.yahoo.com/07082006/38/immagine/workers-at-phi
> >      l-fraley-productions-and-carnegie-museum-of-natural.html
> >
> > Its a good tool to learn to use -- and very easy!
>
> Hmmmm.... Do you have shares in the company?  ;-)