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Subject:RE: Prelude to 2 weeks ! From:Mailing List <mlist -at- ca -dot- safenet-inc -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 6 May 2004 09:57:58 -0400
dan -dot- gallagher -at- pulsartech -dot- com said:
[...]
> I'm sorry to have let out my frustration in posting
> yesterday, but it's
> sure nice to have people like you in my corner. I guess it's better to
> vent/release via email than in person right?
No. It isn't. Don't ever do that again.
Ok... I'm kidding. :-)
I was leery of this thread, but it's turned out to be
quite a practical compilation.
SUMMARY: for practical purposes, estimate somewhere between
3 hours and 8 hours per page, all-in*.
(* All-in means your own time, for all research, planning,
writing, testing, editing, enduring/fixing inevitable computer
and tool glitches -- plus other people's turnaround for
reviews, making themselves available for interview**, etc.)
(**Somebody always picks exactly the worst time to go on
vacation. Well, they don't see it as the worst time,
but you might.
And then, there's scope creep and last-minute-itis, but we
will not speak of this.
/kevin (who hasn't ranted for a while, and must be overdue)
(**Speaking of "on vacation"... where's Andrew in this?)
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