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This seems like a kind of platitude; it hearkens back to writing 101 but it doesn't actually solve my problem at all.
by endtime 16y ago
This seems like a kind of platitude; it hearkens back to writing 101 but it doesn't actually solve my problem at all.
- arctangent 16y agoSorry for that. It is a kind of platitude... and perhaps I should originally have stated that it wasn't my own invention. That said, I do find it useful to use this presentational pattern in meetings and also in formal conversation. Using this approach in my email has also served me well and this is why I suggested it in response to you.
- endtime 16y agoHmm, I could have been clearer...I can write a basic email, but when I have to write a long, detailed, technical email (i.e. here's what you proposed, here's how to make it work, here's the cost, here are the three problems we'd need to solve, here are the two design questions I need you to answer) the problem is getting people to pay attention to all of the detail. I don't think repeating it three times would solve that.