dougo: (Default)
( Aug. 1st, 2007 01:15 am)
I just got done reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I would have liked to have finished it by midnight, but I didn't quite make it. Happy belated 27th, Harry! [Edit: And happy 42nd to Ms. Rowling.]
dougo: (Default)
( Aug. 1st, 2007 03:49 pm)
I hate reading an email message (or forum post, etc) whose body just says "Subject says it all." The purpose of a subject field is to provide a summary of the content of a message, e.g. for an index list. In particular, the subject should not provide any information that is not also in the body. If you come up with a subject line and then discover you really have nothing more to say, it's a simple matter to copy-and-paste the subject line into the body.

Even worse is a message that starts with "Subject says it all." and then goes on to say more things. All means all! There's no more after all!

[Edit: Oops, I meant to post this to [livejournal.com profile] stopsayingthat! Sorry for the excess negative energy in my personal journal.]
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