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Subject:Re: certification (was: ranting STC) From:"D. Michael McIntyre" <michael -dot- mcintyre -at- rosegardenmusic -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 7 Mar 2007 11:25:28 -0500
On Wednesday 07 March 2007 10:45 am, Susan Hogarth wrote:
> I hope it works better for you. I think we both need to work on delivery
> ;-)
Hoo yah, that's definitely true here.
> Same. I propose a new term: BG (Before Google)
Seconded. It's official.
Although in fairness, I think I'd put the critical date at 1995. Google
transformed searching, but Windows 95 transformed the entire internet
practically overnight. Millions of new people using Outlook Express.
Netiquette died in 1995. Thanks, Microsoft.
Oops, I have to like Microsoft now. I just got my Action Pack. I can't
believe that *I*, died in the wool Linux zealot, am getting ready to play
with Windows Vista.
The things we do to look more rounded and versatile.
("Died in the wool." Now that's a classic Freudian typo if I ever saw one.)
But anyhoo, Google rocks, and I have to admit that Google + wireless ==
informational paradise. Now we just need to blanket the whole planet with
free wi-fi, and I can answer your arcane questions from the middle of Oz.
Steering back more on topic, another thing beyond BG and AG is that being able
to google effectively seems to be a talent unto itself. I'm thwarted from
time to time, but rarely. Rarely.
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D. Michael McIntyre
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