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September 21, 2005
Oh, Come On
"Important Orientation Info". So read the subject line of the administration's e-mail. I was about to get directions to my new roommates' apartment when those three words rose out of the lower right corner of my laptop's screen. I had already talked to my roommates about the possibility of coming down tomorrow. We decided, at that point, I'd continue to plan on driving down Wednesday. Planning, however, is an ongoing process based on the most recent information.
People should write subjects like newspaper headlines: Tell me the point first. The subject in this case could have read "Orientation Starts Monday" and saved characters. That was in fact the main idea communicated in the e-mail. So now I've made my goodbyes at Texas A&M and my wife and mom are both looking forward to me being here for the next couple of days, meanwhile I'm freaking out about losing information out of my addled old brain. These young kids can absorb information like sponges. Tell them to believe it and it's true. Me, experience has beaten me down. I no longer believe the communications of man without independent confirmation.
Silflay Hraka wonders, who is he to call someone else's child hideous. If someone but their effort into making something, then who is he to say it's better or worse than something else. Meanwhile Edward Tufte is rather proud of deleting about a third of all posts off his board. Hosting Grand Rounds, I believe it is traditional to include all comers. My question is: does that best serve the audience? The bloggers? Is 'best' a worthwhile measure? What measures are better?
Posted by Niels Olson at September 21, 2005 12:37 AM
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