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Here is a list long of Friday TECHWHRL questions. I hope they spur some
input.
1. What newsletters do you subscribe to (technical, language-related,
misc.)?
*TECHWR-L and a couple other similar lists. Also CSN (ClientSide News) and
CSA (Common Sense Advisory) are good news items to get if you are involved
in translation/localization at all.
2. What sites do you bookmark and access regularly?
*Always, always Googling stuff. I like to learn as much as possible and I
definitely have LOTS to learn.
3. What diversions do you subscribe to or regularly access? How much time
a day do you feel is justified in accessing/reading these kinds of things?
(A former team leader suggested 5 minutes for every hour.)
*Music and related topics as much as possible...it definitely sooths this
savage beast and keeps me sane (relatively anyway).
4. And perhaps to put everything in proportion, how many hours a week were
you hired to work and do you actually work?
*On a 40 hour salary and typically work about 45 or so but that obviously
fluctuates depending what is going on.
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