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RE: "HOW TECH COMMUNICATION RUINED ME AS A LETTER WRITER"
Subject:RE: "HOW TECH COMMUNICATION RUINED ME AS A LETTER WRITER" From:Ritu Sachdeva <ritu -dot- sachdeva -at- oracle -dot- com> To:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>, Slager Timothy J <Timothy -dot- Slager -at- dematic -dot- com> Date:Mon, 30 Mar 2015 21:24:13 -0700 (PDT)
We can definitely use the post to teach a new writer how to make creative into technical! Very well and succinctly put, all important edits demonstrated in 3-4 sentences!
-Ritu
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Chung [mailto:tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca]
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 10:27 PM
To: Slager Timothy J
Cc: Dan Goldstein; TECHWR-L (techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com)
Subject: Re: "HOW TECH COMMUNICATION RUINED ME AS A LETTER WRITER"
I think it's worse when we get out the red pen for letters we receive from others. ;-)
-Tony
On Monday, March 30, 2015, Slager Timothy J <Timothy -dot- Slager -at- dematic -dot- com>
wrote:
> Thanks for speaking up, Dan. That we take this literally probably
> means we are way too technical about communication!
> She pretty obviously never sent version B to aunt Bee. The post is
> well put and succinct.
>
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