[CAUT] Two CAUT lists

[Diane Hofstetter]

David,
 
It's kind of like a roller coaster--I get various messages in all kinds of wierd places.  I can say that it is suprising to sit down to read about hearing aids and suddenly find a CAUT message on my hearing aid email!
 
As long as no one says anything that they consider REALLY important for the next while--it might get sent to some Nigerian Banker!.......  and the rest of us might never find out.

Diane
Diane Hofstetter


 
> From: davidlovepianos at comcast.net
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 10:03:51 -0800
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Two CAUT lists
> 
> I don't really get how this is working at all. I get some posts like this
> one that are simply email and then I get others that are formatted to the
> my.ptg.org format. Are these email posts eventually going the way of the
> buffalo? The other format seems fine in some ways especially because
> everything is trimmed to include only the poster's reply. However, it
> appears you then need to go back into the thread to see exactly what they
> are responding to which can be unclear. 
> 
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Fred
> Sturm
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 4:07 PM
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Two CAUT lists
> 
> The new format definitely has its pluses and minuses. The biggest 
> minus so far is slow server response, many instances (very high 
> proportion) of "waiting for my.ptg" or "processing," sometimes with no 
> result at all until I stop by hitting escape and re-send. Then, often 
> but no always, whatever it was happens instantly. So there are bugs. 
> And like any system of this sort, it takes a while to get used to the 
> navigation, which is often frustrating (no easy path to where you want 
> to go, or too many steps).
> But mostly I am tending to look at the pluses. One of the biggest is
> 
> the ability to create new specialized discussion groups, which can 
> have libraries (files can be uploaded and are searchable) and which 
> will have archives. I have created three: voicing, harpsichord, and 
> piano history. I'm sure there will be more, and I may create more 
> myself. It is pretty easy: click on "add a discussion" in a couple of 
> places where that option appears. Then you need to give it a title, a 
> description, and configure it as to who can read or post, whether it 
> has a library. I am afraid I didn't pay enough attention to that step 
> for voicing and harpsichord, and I believe I set them so that only PTG 
> members may post, rather than that "authenticated" (ie, anyone who 
> sets up a profile) may post. And I see no way to edit those options 
> once the group has been formed (I am sure an administrator can do it, 
> and have made that request). So I give that caution: pay attention to 
> those details. BTW, private groups can be created as well.
> I think this is an excellent step in a good direction. It will not
> be 
> necessary to subscribe to one or two rather general lists to take 
> advantage of shared knowledge and experience. Instead, we can 
> subscribe only to those topics that interest us most, view any other 
> topic in its archives or search them. We can upload files of various 
> sorts, which will then be available in a library, searchable (assuming 
> we give good file names and descriptions). All of this means less of 
> the "noise" involved in doing all these things on an ephemeral list. A 
> down side may be less immediate social interaction with friends and 
> colleagues, but those opportunities will exist as well, through 
> various contacts and blogs and whatnot.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> fssturm at unm.edu
> "Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them." Coco 
> Chanel
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