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That explains why it is often largely irrelevant and off-base. <vbg> Ooops,
that would be my short-sightedness showing itself again <vbg>. I'll have to
review Intercom again and rethink how I am reading it, because I thought it
was academic, too. Sheeeesh.
Cheers and thanks for the clarification.
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan -dot- Miller -at- prometric -dot- com [SMTP:Alan -dot- Miller -at- prometric -dot- com]
>
> "Really, I'd like to see more real-world articles in the STC journal
> because many of the articles are too topical or too theoretical." Said
> Sean
> Brierley.
>
> The STC journal is *supposed* to be theoretical. How else do you think
> research gets peer-reviewed and published, except through academic
> journals? In my view, its job is to provide us practitioners with the
> latest research in the field. Our job is to find ways to apply useful bits
> of that research to our own real-world situations. _Intercom_ publishes
> real-world articles.
>
> <Insert your favorite argument for pure research and how it expands human
> knowledge, etc., etc. here.>
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