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Subject:RE: Opinions on www.techwritershome.cjb.net? From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:02:32 -0500
When I accessed the directory:
"Sorry, this site is temporarily unavailable!
The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data
transfer. Visit our help area for more information. "
I don't think it could handle the traffic
John Posada
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Byfield [mailto:bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 4:08 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Opinions on www.techwritershome.cjb.net?
Craig Cardimon wrote:
>Before I go to the trouble of joining www.techwritershome.cjb.net, I
thought
>I'd swing by and ask you folks if anyone here was a member and if it was
>worth the time and trouble.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>
Your message is the first that I've heard of it. It seems to be in the
early stages, so I hesitate to judge it, but let's just say that I'm not
overwhelmingly impressed.
For one thing, the language seems designed to convey an impression that
the site is a much larger operation than it is; for example, it talks
about hundreds of people asking to be put into the directory, yet
apparently no names are listed yet. Rightly or wrongly, I always feel
that such things are an attempt to deliberately mislead. True, in this
case, any misleading is probably harmless, but I don't care for it all
the same.
For another, most of its content is simply links to other sites,
including a healthy number to the Techwr-l site.
Given time, the site might improve, but, right now, I don't find it
compelling.
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