[optacon-l] Re: Interesting List Observations and Document Layouts

  • From: Laurel Jean Walden <laurelj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:16:52 -0500

I agree with you regarding the Optacon and am so grateful for this list.

Thanks and blessings to all.

Laurel



> On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:32 PM, Jyrki Voutilainen <jykke.voutilainen@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> It has been interesting to notice how there can be a quite long silence on 
> the list, but then after one or two posts from somebody there can be a lot 
> of replies for a while and then completely silent. But this also shows 
> that people have something else to do than posting to mailing lists 
> sitting by their computer or using mobile devices, and the same can also 
> be said about some other international mailing lists like the Alpine Info 
> list for users and developers of the Alpine e-mail client.
> 
> So, I would be more concerned if there was always something happening on 
> this list than when there are periods of complete silence between posts 
> assuming that silence on a list means activity elsewhere. This also makes 
> me ask if all this IT technology has been a good servant but a bad master 
> after all, but this is another topic and may be discussed somewhere else.
> 
> And finally, the Optacon gives me a feeling of getting closer to a 
> document than when scanning and text-processing it. When I know the 
> standard layout of an official document, I am able to look for the 
> essential information without reading the document from top to bottom. 
> When knowing these standards I am also able to create and post such 
> documents using envelopes with a small window where only the recipient is 
> visible before the envelope is opened. But the *very best thing* is that I 
> am able to check with my Optacon if the printing has succeeded and that I 
> have inserted the document in the envelope correctly.
> 
> -- 
> Jyrki Voutilainen
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