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Re: Compare and Contrast Doc Group Performance -- What's a
Subject:Re: Compare and Contrast Doc Group Performance -- What's a From:"heidi arnold" <heidi -dot- w -dot- arnold -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Al Geist" <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com> Date:Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:54:20 +0100
hi,
i was agreeing with people who were more concise than me which tends to
sound silly, yes, agreeing but the point was the rationale which was what i
said
heidi
On 3/11/08, Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Hi Heidi,
>
> I don't have a clue what you said, but I think you were sort of agreeing
> with Michael and my opinion of contests.
>
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> On Behalf Of heidi arnold
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:37 AM
>
>
> This is a kind of deep formulation of the difference between the quality
> of
> a document and its relevance. a document need not be relevant to any use
> as
> long as the quality is high, quality is a subjective concept but relevance
> is pragmatic, and so an entirely separate matter, a document often is not
> for ´'use´' of any kind, but to give quality to the planet. to hell with
> the contests, as if 'winning' something changed the content of a document,
> which is kind of nuts. a thing once spoken, spoken, done with,
> over. good
> enough for me. i have condensed about pages of theory here and it depends
> on the question of the document in question and the context and being more
> awake than right now but anyway.
>
> i hope this makes sense.
>
>
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