RE: Has anyone noticed...

[Jennifer Randel <jennifer_randel -at- khsd -dot- k12 -dot- ca -dot- us>]

Finally, a nod to us! Just came across this tidbit, which ties in nicely to this thread:  
http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2011/06/frustrated-by-devices-read-the-manual.html 

Jennifer 

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Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 1:05 PM
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Subject: RE: Has anyone noticed...

It's not just your sister, Craig.
Have you noticed that most people today do not read?
Objectively speaking, they don't have less time than people in previous generations. However, they fill up their time with other things. They have raised "killing time" to an art.
It makes tech writing very frustrating. If people are not going to read what we write, then who is our audience?
David Grossman





Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 8:15 PM
> That's what my sister does. If it has a manual, she won't buy it. Her
answer: "I don't have time to read."

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