Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 07:22:08 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Reaching the reader (was: UCITA (Important)) Message-ID: <20000126072208.B41924@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000124223555.01bc23a0@localhost> References: <4.2.2.20000121141100.019a6370@localhost> <4.2.2.20000121131307.01a32380@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001212105050.31653-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk. <4.2.2.20000121141100.019a6370@localhost> <20000122133716.J391@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> <4.2.2.20000123010329.01aba360@localhost> <20000124112548.D2398@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> <4.2.2.20000123230049.00d51100@localhost> <20000124164844.J2643@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> <4.2.2.20000124223555.01bc23a0@localhost>
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On Monday, 24 January 2000 at 22:42:09 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 01:48 AM 1/24/2000 , Greg Lehey wrote: >> The real question is "will people read it?". That's not up to you or >> me: it's up to the readers. Why don't you write your article, and >> I'll make an edited version and publish it under a fictitious name. >> Then we look at the number of hits we get on each version. Would that >> seem a fair indication of how much each version conveys its point? > > Not at all. The hit comes before the reader has had a chance to > assess the article. Therefore, this is a poorly designed experiment. You're welcome to suggest a better one. > As an author with more than 20 years' experience and more than 1,200 > published articles and columns, I think I have a fairly good idea of > how to reach the reader. I know authors with more than 50 years' experience who are complete failures. Time doesn't equate to ability. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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