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Subject:RE: Reference books you use the most From:jgarison -at- ide -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:27:14 -0500
1. I use the Web for reference these days more than most printed sources,
but here are some of both:
Web:
Google
dictionary.com
Various assorted general information sources
Print:
MS MoS
Compact OED
Tufte's books on information presentation
2. Online help for web-based application, written in Dreamweaver
3. I currently live with two dogs, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi and a Doberman
mixed breed. Previously I had an American Short Hair (mixed breed) cat for
21 years, and a picked-up stray Maine Coon cat that my ex- still has. (They
deserve each other.) I guess I go both ways, but prefer the companionship of
dogs. To err is human, to forgive, canine.
4. On the liquid refreshment issue, I drink brandy and soda in the winter,
and Myers and tonic with lime in the summer. No diet drinks for me please,
except for some strange reason I still like an occasional Fresca. I like
Peet's Major Dickason's Blend coffee, but at work I drink Twining's English
Breakfast tea 'cause the coffee's so bad.
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From: kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com
1. List the reference books (maximum of five) that you use most
frequently.
2. In one sentence, summarize or list the kind(s) of writing you do. (i.e.
manuals, help systems, marketing, fiction, humor, journalism, weird sig
lines, etc.)
.....and to keep this truly scientific......
3. Are you a dog person or a cat person?
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