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What is Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC)?
Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) is a teaching approach that helps university students develop strong writing skills for both their studies and their professional life. WAC programs exist at many universities across North America.
The basic idea is that writing varies greatly from one discipline to another. Students best develop their writing skills when the writing they do is closely connected to their program of study. In a WAC program, students don't just study writing skills in writing courses. Instead, writing instruction and practice is integrated with their courses in their program.
As future artists and designers, curators and critics, writing skills will be key to communicating in your profession. Most OCAD U students, including very confident writers, find that the writing they have done in high school does not prepare them for the specific kinds of writing that are required of artists and designers.
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At each year level of each program, one required course is designated as a Writing in the Disciplines (WAC) course. In WAC courses, you will practice the specific kinds of writing, research, critical thinking and presentation skills that are most relevant to your program and your future professional practice. For example, you may:
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GDES-1016 Communication Design 2
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DRPT-2009 Contemporary Issues: Art Today
INTM-2010 Contemporary Issues: Art Today
LIFE-2002 Life Studies Studio 2
PHOT-2005 Contemporary Issues: Art Today
PRNT-2015 Contemporary Issues: Art Today
SCIN-2006 Contemporary Issues: Art Today
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ENVR-2006 Research Studio: Social Space
GRPH-2007 Graphic Design 2
ILLU-2007 Illustration 2
INDS-2003 ID 2: Identity Materialized
MAAD-2003 Jewellery: Casting
MAAD-2009 Fibre: Surface Design 1
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DIGF-2005 Atelier II: Collaboration
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MAAD-3003 MAAD Thesis 1
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DRPT-4016; DRPT-4019Capstone Project
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INTM-4901 Studio Thesis: Research
INTM-4008 Managing Production
PHOT-4901 Studio Thesis: Research
PHOT-4004 Directed Studio/Seminar
PRNT-4901 Studio Thesis Research
SCIN-4901 Studio Thesis: Research
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ENVR-4901 ED Thesis 1
GRPH-4015 Graphic Design Workshop 1
ILLU-4901 Illustration 5: Thesis
INDS-4006 Meta Project 1
MAAD-4901 MAAD Thesis 2
|INVC-4901 Thesis Part 1
DIGF-4901 Thesis Project I
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The composition of gunpowder consists of sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter, also known as potassium nitrate. Gunpowder earned its explosive reputation due to the blunt force of one mole producing six moles when the mixture becomes ignited. After experimenting with the explosive nature of gunpowder, military combat began launching projectiles by enclosing blunt objects within an enclosed space of a metal tube and then ignited the compound. While modern gunpowder has barely changed from its primitive origin, successful attempts have refined it into a chemical composition that only requires a small quantity and residue to produce the greatest expansion. Technological advancements have developed identification techniques that allow for closer examination of each of the specific components contained within the gunpowder itself. This enables forensic scientists to investigate and identify the bullets and weapons used during crimes.
The introduction of firearms primarily focused on military development and still continues to improve even to the present day and age. Soldiers depend on firearms to survive during combat. A firearm must be reliable, accurate, forceful and fast in order to bring down a target. Most importantly, the firearm's reliability factor led to distinct developments that would revolutionize war and conquest. One of the most primitive weapons used in combat included a matchlock design that employed a burning wick on a spring that cocked back and released into a small metal pan while pulling the trigger. The gunpowder contained in the metal pan ignited, which sent a flame through a small hole and into the barrel of the weapon. This set off a series of gunpowder ignitions and charges in the barrel chamber that eventually propelled a projectile forward. Bullets are the modern form of projectiles used in today's firearms.
Improvements to the archaic matchlock design included a contraption known as the wheel-lock, a spinning metal plate that ignited sparks into the metal pan holding a primer powder. Additionally, a flint-lock, or a mechanism used to hold a flint in place until was released by a trigger, was used to strike a steel plate to ignite sparks into the metal pan. Some tweaks evolved into a process known as the percussion ignition, which consisted of an interlocked hammer that struck a cap that contained a volatile substance that exploded on impact. This chemical reaction sent a flame into the barrel chamber, which then propelled the projectile to its target. Radical changes altered the system by including small bullets, a gunpowder charge, and primer into one single cartridge, which was introduced directly into the gun chamber. Muzzle loaders were used to stuff the bullet and powder at the top of the barrel before the cartridge was developed for precise shooting. Muzzle loader weapons contained a smooth bore with a round led ball. While these weapons were deadlier than other primitive variations, the limited range and accuracy became a problem for military's that fell behind in their strategic pursuits.
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The History of Firearms Identification (PDF): An extensive abstract paper detailing the evolution of firearms, including the identification process employed by forensic scientists in order to discover the weapon used during a crime.
Chinese Contributions to Technology: A comprehensive article addressing the contributions of the ancient Chinese to modern technology, including the discovery and implementation of gunpowder in military pursuits.
Gunpowder: An academic historical account of gunpowder, including its original intent, developments, and evolution into the deadliest forms of modern warfare.
Muzzle Loaders: A description of the muzzle loader, an early musket used by combat soldiers that involved loaded the gunpowder and bullet at the top of the gun barrel before pulling the trigger.
Making a Matchlock Musket: A comprehensive how-to tutorial that explains detailed steps to creating a matchlock musket from scratch. Matchlock muskets were used during the Queen Elizabethan period and the English Civil War.
The American Revolution: The Ferguson Rifle: The Ferguson rifle was a breech-loading flint-lock used during the American Revolution around the year 1780. It was designed by a soldier and inventor named Patrick Ferguson.
The Rifle versus The Musket: A web page describing the significant differences and enhancements between the musket and the rifle. It outlines the convenience of the rifling mechanism as opposed to the muzzle loaders.
The American Firearms Institute: Important Dates in Gun History: A time-line of important dates involving firearms beginning from 142 A.D. to 1983.
Gun Information for Shooters: Matchlock: A first-person encounter of an archaic matchlock design musket, which also includes a real-time video of it in operation.


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SUBJECTS: ALP Campaign Launch; Medicare; Medicare Privatisation; Jobs; Great Barrier Reef; CFA.
JON FAINE, HOST: Greg Hunt is the Minister for the Environment and the Member for Flinders in the Malcolm Turnbull Coalition Government, Jenny Macklin is the Shadow Minister for Families, Payments and Disability Reform and the Member for Jagajaga in Bill Shorten's Federal Labor Opposition.
Jenny Macklin, welcome back. And the big launch yesterday, you actually got Paul Keating, and Bob Hawke to publicly acknowledge each other and Julia Gillard and Bill Shorten exchanged an embrace. How was that all organised?
JENNY MACKLIN, SHADOW MINISTER FOR FAMILIES & PAYMENTS: I think it was a great event, and I have to say, campaign launches, I'm sure Greg would agree, they're always exciting places to be. It was terrific to have the three previous Prime Ministers with us.
FAINE: But how contrived was it to get Gillard and Shorten to embrace, when they have plenty of reasons not to embrace, at least, well, you'd want to check what was in Bill's hands before you let him put his arms around you, wouldn't you?
MACKLIN: I think the great thing that's happened over the last three years, is the way in which Bill Shorten has united our party, and that was demonstrated yesterday. I think what Bill showed was that we've done three years of hard policy work, he showed that he's ready to govern, he's ready to lead, and he really showed that there is a huge choice at this election. You can either vote Labor and protect Medicare, or you can vote Liberal and let give a $50 billion tax cut to the top end of town. That's the choice at this election.
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FAINE: Oh, pull the other one.
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FAINE: 1300 222 774, Jenny Macklin and Greg Hunt for the second last time until the election. Next Monday will be the final debate on a Monday morning before you go to the polls, 1300 222 774.
The Liberal Party have for years been preparing to sell and privatise the back office work of Medicare. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Then suddenly the Labor Party makes a big deal of it. It's clearly polling well for them. Now the Liberal Party is saying 'no no no, that will never happen'. Why should we believe you?
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FAINE: Suddenly and only just when it starts to hurt your prospects in this election.
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FAINE: It was on the cards. It was something that your government was planning to do.
HUNT: That privatisation is a fiction. It's a falsity. It's something that's untrue. It's something that's been wheeled out as something which is just clearly false, untrue, not going to happen and it's a sign that they got in deep trouble on their budget. They know they're in trouble on the CFA and union links, so it's, 'look over there, isn't that a unicorn?'
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FAINE: That actually occurred under you.
MACKLIN: Let's just look at the facts of what is in this year's Budget. Let's look at the fact that this government has cut the amount that they pay to pathology and radiology companies which will reduce bulk billing--
FAINE: Well that's because it's out of control, and the Minister, the Health Minister says it's the only way you can reign in the excesses of the private pathologies.
MACKLIN: That's the Liberal approach, to make people pay more for their blood tests. To make Australians, who have cancer, pay more for their MRIs, for their x-rays.
FAINE: No, it's to stop them being unnecessarily prescribed.
MACKLIN: What Labor wants to do is make sure that people who are sick can get access to the doctor, can get access to MRIs and x-rays--
FAINE: But you've been in charge of massive government programs. You have to make sure that money is well spent.
MACKLIN: What you don't do is privatise Medicare and do everything that will mean patients will pay more when they need urgent medical attention. That's the Liberal way. That's the Malcolm Turnbull attack on Medicare.
HUNT: Let me deal with this. Firstly, under us, the bulk billing rate has gone up from 79 – 85%. Secondly, the expenditure on Medicare has gone from a $17 billion average under the previous government to $23 billion a year under us, and it increases to $26 billion in 2020 under us.
FAINE: Well the economy is growing, that's not surprising, and the health budget is, as part of it is growing. That doesn't actually mean anything.
HUNT: Well, the action that they've got here, is about something which isn't proposed. Now I can understand if you have fights about real issues in a campaign. But when your own budget has collapsed, when your own economic plan has collapsed, that's when you create a fiction. The other thing here is that Labor has cut $5 million from pathology, and Catherine King has acknowledged it. Labor was the party that introduced the freeze, and I've got a quote here from Tanya Plibersek, when she was talking about how important it was to do that. That was Labor's policy which we have continued. They started it, they said it was necessary. It was published in the Australian Doctor on the 23rd of May, 2013, 'Doctors can afford rebate freeze says Plibersek'. So that's what they did.
FAINE: Moving on to other things, job creation and the management of the economy is always one of the big things. It's not just about how governments spend money, but also about how they create jobs in the community. Bill Shorten's attempt at your launch yesterday, Jenny Macklin to claim job creation schemes, already in the commentary this morning being dismissed as been there, done that, that doesn't work.
MACKLIN: Well in fact, this is a new approach that hasn't been tried before.
FAINE: What's new about this one?
MACKLIN: What we're offering to small business is the opportunity to take an extra tax deduction to employ somebody who is unemployed. A young person, a mature age person, or a person who is returning after months off.
FAINE: It gives these people a job until they get the subsidy and then they're gone.
MACKLIN: No, the important thing, as any young person will tell you who is trying to get into the job market, is to have some experience. This will give young people six months of experience. A real job in a real business, and we'll make sure that small businesses have the financial help to put those young people on, to get the experience. This is a new approach that hasn't been tried before and we want to make sure that those young people get the opportunities that they deserve.
FAINE: 16 minutes past nine, let's get to callers and plenty of them. Your second last opportunity to ask questions about the policies of the Labor Party and the Liberal Party. Greg Hunt from the Liberal Party, Jenny Macklin from the Labor Party. Jim in the city, good morning to you Jim.
CALLER (JIM): Morning Jon.
FAINE: Now, on my screen it says that you were the person with the bottle of bleach at the public meeting last week. Is that right?
CALLER (JIM): Yeah, that's right. I was that person and I just wanted to get on your program and take a chance to clear the air.
FAINE: Now my understanding, and you were there and I wasn't, so you tell me. I'm told that you were escorted from the meeting by the Federal Police after approaching the stage with a bottle of bleach, in what was thought by the Federal Police to be an inappropriate, if not threatening, manner.
CALLER (JIM): It's true that I did approach the stage with a bottle of bleach, that's absolutely accurate. What was misreported by Andrew Bolt and a few other media people was that it was intended to be thrown at Josh Frydenberg, I was actually intending to get to the microphone to make an announcement with the bleach. I didn't actually want to make any contact with Josh.
FAINE: How were the Federal Police supposed to know what your intention is?
CALLER (JIM): Look, they're probably not, I can't blame them for the way that they reacted. I actually think that the way that they reacted was fine. The way that they got me and pulled me off the stage was fine, I just felt that the representation in the media was not accurate, that that was the intent. So I wanted to get onto the program to clear that. My reason for getting on there was that I think the Liberal Party, their issues on climate change and the reef are not being looked at, the issue that most of it is bleaching and is not being looked at accurately by the Liberal Party and the bleach was a prop used to demonstrate their carelessness with the Great Barrier Reef.
FAINE: Well I have the Minister for the Environment in the studio Jim, as you are aware, so Greg Hunt. Response?
HUNT: Well the first thing at hand is this idea of approaching the stage in an aggressive manner, because I happened to meet with one of the Federal Police that was involved the following day, approaching the stage in an aggressive manner I think is an extraordinary thing, and Jim, now would be a chance for you to apologise to Josh Frydenberg and to the AFP, because they were called into an exercise that was utterly inappropriate for them to be called into that situation. Jim, here's your chance to apologise.
CALLER (JIM): Yeah, well I would like to say that I didn't want Josh to feel that way, and if he did, I want to put out there that that was not my intention, I didn't want to make him feel that way.
FAINE: You've still not apologised, Jim.
CALLER (JIM): Yeah, so I am saying that if Josh felt threatened, I apologise for that, if I made him feel that way.
HUNT: So not if he felt that way, he did feel that way Jim. And the police felt that they had to act as well, and a lot of other people felt that it was an inappropriate action, but let's move to your issue which is…
CALLER (JIM): So I would say it was possibly an inappropriate but I felt--
HUNT: So let's deal with the substance--
FAINE: That was a half-baked apology, Jim.
HUNT: I'm not sure somebody who approached the stage should be given a platform--
FAINE: Jim's concerned about the bleaching of the Reef, Minister?
HUNT: We were last week providing, and we have provided a $1 billion Reef Fund, on top of $460 million worth of grant funds. Under the Labor and Greens Alliance, the World Heritage Committee put the reef on the watch list, on the path to endanger. The global umpire did that. Under us, we ended 5 massive dredge disposal plans, we ended dredging in the marine park forever, we've put in place a billion-dollar fund and $460 million of grants and--
FAINE: And you've tried to censor an international report?
HUNT: Utterly false Jon. Completely reject it. What the World Heritage Committee did is they took Australia off the watch list, off the path to endanger, and declared Australia to be the global role model.
FAINE: Jenny Macklin?
MACKLIN: Well there's no doubt we need urgent action to protect the reef, and that's why Labor has also made significant announcements in this election campaign. But if I could just make a more general comment about how people protest in election campaigns or any other time. People of course have the right to protest, but it has to be done in a safe way, and a respectful way, and I think that's incredibly important and something that we all feel very strongly about in Australia.
FAINE: Jim, you've got your chance to answer your question and I'm going to move on. There's a full board and other people want the same opportunity that you've now had twice. Steven in Bacchus Marsh, good morning Steven.
CALLER (STEVEN): Good morning to the Ministers there, might I say this, with the way things are going today with the way things are being thrown around, I would like an apology from the unelected Prime Minister, Mr Turnbull, who failed to turn up to the repatriation of Vietnam Veterans, but then decides it's then okay to invite people who have not even been checked out by ASIO to come to a dinner, with an Islamic background that want to kill gays and stone women who have infidelities.
Now, I don't really want a response from the Liberal Party there, or the Labor, because the Labor party are in the same boat. Just recently one of their candidates was found to have links to Hizb ut-Tahrir so we're looking at the Greens which are left, that's probably my last option of who I'll vote for--
FAINE: You'll have to get to the point Steven, we're running out of time.
CALLER (STEVEN): My point is that I will not be voting Labor, Liberal or Greens – I'll definitely be voting a minor party and quite possibly the Australian Liberty Alliance.
FAINE: Is there a question there somewhere for the panel or you just want to have a rant?
CALLER (STEVEN): My question is why are they not looking at the Islamisation of our country?
FAINE: Ok, Greg Hunt?
HUNT: Any comments that are attacking homosexuality or similar things are simply unacceptable and let me make that clear, simply unacceptable.
MACKLIN: What we've made clear on this program before is how much we support the multicultural nature of this country and especially our home town here in Melbourne. I think it's a great strength and one I support.
FAINE: It will be interesting to see exactly how much support there will be at the election for those candidates appealing to voters the way Steven from Bacchus Marsh does. This will be the test. Good morning, Gary from Clifton Hill.
CALLER (GARY): Good morning, gentleman and lady. Greg made the point before about Labor's assault of on business and Morrison has used the words 'Bill Shorten's war on business'. Purely because they're not willing to give a tax cut to business, does that there follow that because there's no tax cut being offered to the 10 million plus individual income tax payers – we have an assault on income taxpayers?
HUNT: No, cost of living is an absolutely fundamental issue, we know that the entire Labor proposal is to drive up the cost of electricity, the cost of gas, the cost of refrigeration – these things flow through to people and their day to day ability to get on. Our whole approach is about reducing, or moving to a lower cost environment, and giving people jobs is absolutely fundamental to what we're proposing and that affects people's ability to take care of themselves and their families.
MACKLIN: I think you're absolutely right, this Liberal Government wants to give a $50 billion tax cut that will benefit the top end of town - $7 billion of that tax cut will go to the biggest banks in Australia. Labor does not believe that that should be the priority in this election campaign. We think the priority is protecting Medicare – the Liberals want to give a huge tax cut to the big banks.
FAINE: Carl from Patterson Lakes – go ahead.
CALLER (CARL): Thanks very much for taking my call, I'm sitting here listening to Jenny Macklin and my blood is boiling once again. I'm a small business owner and I just want to ask her, who did you talk to that came up with this dribble that we need another program about training and donations for employment as opposed to reducing red tape and getting the government out of our face – that's what I need?
MACKLIN: Well, I certainly agree that less red tape is a good idea and that's why the way in which we've designed this tax deduction will make it possible for business to make a claim for increased deductions when you take on someone who is currently unemployed in the same way you make your other deductions. So we have been very careful in the design of this workplace scheme to make sure that we do it in a way that reduces red tape.
HUNT: It's funny that you say that. I heard all of those same phrases about pink bats, green loans, cash for clunkers, about how carefully designed they were, and I watched as Labor plans fell apart and we had to pick up the pieces.
FAINE: I could say the same thing about your 457 visas, TAFE reforms, and the privatisation of the education system. Whoever's in power, you're going to constantly get wrong these sorts of grandiose schemes. Look at the IT programs at a State and Federal level. You're not that flash at some of it, are you? Whoever's in power?
HUNT: I've got to say, we took a very complex approach to the environment and managed to put in place agreements with state Labor governments in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the ACT, all of which are working really well. This opposition, if they get to be a government, wants to rip them up and create a double handling, and bureaucratic approach.
MACKLIN: Whereas your biggest failure of the Liberal Government under Malcolm Turnbull has been doubling the cost of the NBN and halving the delivery. An extraordinary demonstration of his incompetence.
HUNT: In one month--
MACKLIN: An extraordinary demonstration of his incompetence.
HUNT: In one month we will connect as many homes to the system as Labor did in six years.
MACKLIN: Malcolm Turnbull said the whole country would be connected by the end of 2016, a complete and utter failure.
HUNT: We'll bring it forward by many years compared to the ALP.
MACKLIN: A total failure.
FAINE: Leigh in Shoreham, you're through to the panel of Jenny Macklin and Greg Hunt.
CALLER (LEIGH): Greg Hunt, you sent out flyers in your area around the Mornington Peninsula. You didn't put Shoreham on it. How are you going to help the people in Shoreham if it's not even on your map?
FAINE: What do the people down in Shoreham want?
CALLER (LEIGH): We don't have gas. Greg's promised gas to other areas on the Mornington Peninsula. Electricity bills are enormous, and that's what we want for Shoreham. For Shoreham generally, some recognition would be nice.
But on the health system, Greg, the mammograms at the Freemasons Hospital for over 70s are no longer bulk billed, and I can't get a job on the Mornington Peninsula! Few issues there Greg.
HUNT: So a few issues there. In terms of Shoreham, we just announced a new mobile black spot tower over the last week, the material on that is expressly coming out in your area. I think that's likely to be out next week. We actually have an information card for that part of the Mornington Peninsula, so that includes more than 50 towns in my electorate, and so that's a big deliverable just for Shoreham, in terms of jobs and employment, I'd be delighted if you would call my office today or tomorrow. We'd be very, very happy to work with you.
In our area I know we've just delivered a new Rosebud Supported Accommodation Centre, we've just delivered additional sporting facilities, so if you would like to call my office we would be delighted to work with you on your issues.
CALLER (LEIGH): I saw what you're doing for other areas on the Peninsula, Shoreham wasn't on your map.
FAINE: How many people live in Shoreham, Leigh?
CALLER (LEIGH): I'm not sure--
FAINE: Not many! Greg Hunt won't thank me for this, but not every hamlet, in every electorate is going to get what everybody else has got.
HUNT: We did actually have a major announcement for Shoreham in the last week. Shoreham and Red Hill each getting a mobile black spot tower…no it's a lovely town, I disagree with Jon on this, but that's why we're getting that particular outcome for Shoreham.
FAINE: Maybe I need to go down and have another look, it's years since I've been down that way. Most people would love to have what people in Shoreham have Leigh, by way of lifestyle and amenity.
CALLER (LEIGH): Not if you saw the area. Greg, who do I speak to in your office?
FAINE: I'll pass you back through to my producers and they will make sure you're put in touch with Greg's minders or Greg himself.
Jenny Macklin, to what extent is the CFA issue hurting Labor prospects? A federal election campaign and a state issue, in NSW it's hurting the Liberal Party, the Council amalgamations coming up and damaging the Liberals, and the CFA issue is hurting prospects for Labor here in Victoria.
MACKLIN: Well, I really do think that voters understand the difference between State and Federal issue. I'm speaking to people in my electorate and they understand that we respect the CFA, that we understand how important the volunteers are. We also respect the career firefighters and their important job. This is a state matter. It should be resolved. People should sit down and find a peaceful resolution, but let's remember this election is about the future of Medicare, that's what people will be voting for. And it's not a joke.
HUNT: No, it's this scare campaign. CFA issue, a massive issue and we can deal with it at a federal level. We will legislate to protect the volunteers. Labor will not and it says everything you want to know about Bill Shorten running the country as a union because Victoria is now running as a wholly owned subsidiary of the unions.
FAINE: Greg Hunt, the Liberal Member for Flinders, Jenny Macklin, the Labor Member for Jagajaga, we've got one more next Monday, looking forward to it already.


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Why Should Technical Communicators Avoid Target Group Analysis?
Us technical communicators have been taught that end user assistance for a product should mostly include instructions addressing specific user tasks. But how do you know that the method you're using to identify these tasks, such as Target Group Analysis, actually leads to the information users are searching for?
I have always thought that grouping users into target groups, like installer, operator, etc., and analyzing the tasks each group is supposed to perform, is the wrong starting point for anticipating the information needs of users. Especially when designing information intended to support a user of your company's products.
The purpose of this article is to show why Target Group Analysis is a dangerous thing for technical communicators creating assistance for a company's products, and to suggest an alternate solution. Here, I will stress the importance of understanding different types of goals as a starting point for identifying what questions users ask.
Designing usable user assistance starts with understanding what information users need. If you do not know what users want and end up writing information your users aren't actually searching for, any investment to dress up such content (for example, by making it Googlable or moving it to DITA), will not be returned.
Why do users ask questions in the first place?
Individuals ask questions because not knowing the answer is getting in the way of them reaching a specific goal. Humans are constantly developing goals and setting out to accomplish them. Thus, we technical communicators need to know, not only what tasks, but, what goals a user is attempting to accomplish before we can properly predict questions and write the appropriate answers.
Distinguishing between three types of goals
Awareness of the goals users are attempting to reach is also the key to identifying, and distinguishing between, different types of tasks. In fact, it is better to focus on goals rather than tasks when designing user assistance.
I distinguish between three types of goals an individual may pursue:
- The goal of wanting to become a (better) professional practitioner in a field
- Goals related to fulfilling responsibilities assigned to a specific role in a company
- The goal of making a product complete something it was designed to do
Is your intention as a technical communicator to support the goals of individuals striving to becoming better practitioners in their field, to support the goals specific to different roles in certain companies, or to support users of your company's products? Let's look more closely at each of these goals, as a way to understand the difference.
The goals of a professional practitioner
Many of us are professional practitioners in a certain field. Perhaps you have learned how to master your profession from an educational program or apprenticeship. Being a professional practitioner means mastering certain skills which have evolved through knowledge sharing in a community of practice.
The goals a professional practitioner might have include learning new skills, enhancing existing skills, mastering usage of typical products in their field, and staying informed about relevant new trends and topics of discussion.
To reach a goal, a professional practitioner often seeks information— by attending conferences or courses, asking questions of colleagues, reading blogs, searching online forums, etc. For example, I'm trying to learn how to mix recorded rock songs as a mixing engineer, and use Groove3.com as a forum for learning how to master the skills I need.
The goals associated with a role in a company
You may want to become a better professional practitioner in order to become employable. Once employed in a company, you have a role and a responsibility, which implies understanding what is expected of you, and awareness of company policies and processes.
The goals associated to a given role are generally pre-established by the company, or within the context of a particular project, or customer responsibility. A service engineer is, for example, responsible for de-installing, replacing, and servicing parts of products.
When trying to reach role-related goals, we often end up asking questions and searching for answers. We ask managers and colleagues, or attend internal courses and workshops. At times, we might search the internet to learn how others in similar positions have done.
The goals of a product user
When we use a product as a practitioner, or when having a role in a specific company, our goal is to make it accomplish what we believe it can do— for example, to automate, optimize, or secure something. A user is asking questions because not knowing the answer is getting in the way of them reaching their goal, as depicted in article 6 in this series.
When does Target Group Analysis become a problem?
First of all, what is "Target Group Analysis"? Technical communicators often perform "Target Group Analysis" and develop personas as a method for identifying which tasks to write. We establish audiences, such as "operators," "system administrators," or "service engineers".
We list the tasks that each audience group is supposed to perform. We write a task topic for each task. Then, we identify descriptive information supporting the user in executing the task. DITA is built on this way of thinking.
If you apply such Target Group Analysis you're actually addressing the goals of a practitioner, or those related to a specific role in a specific company. This is fine, if that is your intention. But when we define target groups and analyze their tasks, we fool ourselves into believing that every user in every company shares the same characteristics.
The result is that the content becomes very generic. Since the characteristics that define a practitioner or a particular company role differs between cultures, businesses, market contexts, genres, etc., generic content isn't applicable for anyone. To make content usable, you would need to address each of the afore mentioned characteristics. However, you would likely overrun the budget if you tried to address each individual role or practitioner.
But even more so, Target Group Analysis becomes problematic if your intention is to address the users' goal of making your company's product complete something it was designed to do.
Target group analysis, a method for analyzing information needs among users, introduces a number of problems which may make the resulting content un-usable for your users. (Image courtesy of DigitalArt at FreeDigitalPhotos.net).
Why is Target Group Analysis a problem when assisting product users?
Don't get me wrong. It is crucial to know your target audience, and conducting a Target Group Analysis is one way of accomplishing this.
But the problem lies in the fact that such analysis leads you to organize content around the groups you've identified. You might end up defining different manuals, labeled according to specific target groups, such as "Operator," "Service Installer," etc, including the information each group is anticipated to need. As such, you address the goals of a practitioner, or those related to a specific role in a specific company.
Most users consult product user assistance to get answers when stuck in product use. They generally do not seek such user assistance when their goal is to excel at being a practitioner, or to get advice on how to fulfill a company role responsibility.
A user, wanting to know how to make the product do what is was designed to do, becomes frustrated if the content in product user assistance is written according to the tasks of a practitioner or company role, organized in manuals labeled according to specific target groups, such as "Operator," "Service Installer," etc. They don't know if they are an "Operator" or a "Service Installer," and furthermore, they will find that the information is only valid for someone wanting to reach their goal as a practitioner or other specific company role. They will not find the answers they are looking for in order to reach their goal of making the product complete what it was designed to do
What is the alternative to Target Group Analysis?
If your intention is to support the users of your company's products, then begin by zeroing in on the goals users set when trying to make a product complete what it was designed to do. For example, as depicted in article 5 in this series.
- If a user is unsure about what your product can do, they set goals to understand and evaluate what your product is all about on a general level. Users ask questions such as, "What is this product all about?" And, "When is it used to do what?"
- If a user knows that your product is suitable for their needs, they may set a goal related to finding out if something specific is possible. Users ask questions such as, "Is it possible to reuse topics?"
- If a user knows that its possible to reuse topics, they may set the goal of actually reusing topics. If they don't know how, they might ask questions such as, "How do I reuse topics?"
- If a user knows how to reuse topics, they may set a goal to, for example, locate the "reuse icon" in the user interface (since you must click on it to make it work). If they do not know where it is, they might ask questions like, "Where is the reuse icon located?".
As you can see, these goals are not target group specific. I argue that you shouldn't try to categorize these goals and their questions into target groups. This is because any practitioner or role may ask any type of question.
Instead, make answers available in a web knowledge base, such as Excosoft exFinder, and allow your customers to set up user profiles. Then, when someone with a particular role is logged in, the answers that do not apply to them are simply filtered out.
SeSAM is a methodology for designing according to dialogism, or for the searching user. Contact Information Architect Jonatan Lundin at firstname.lastname@example.com learn more.
Explore previous editions of the Designing for the Searching User article series via the links below, and stay tuned for upcoming ones!
Previous series editions: Part 1/ Part 2/ Part 3/ Part 4/Part 5/Part 6/Part 7/Part 8
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Nonduality Highlights: Issue #3728, Saturday, November 28, 2009, Editor: Mark
We are not separate. Our sense of separateness is superficial and exists only in the physical dimension. In our human element, we are not separate; we're very much connected. Every other human being is just as precious as we are, and worthy of as much respect and love and consideration. This understanding needs to manifest in our conduct in each moment. This is the part of the Work that will transform you.
- A.H. Almaas, from Diamond Heart Book Four
You work on yourself, spiritually, as an offering to your fellow beings. Because, until you have cultivated that quality of peace, love, joy, presence, honesty, and truth, all of your acts are colored by your attachments.
- Ram Dass
Most relationships start out as unconscious relationships. When the light of awakeness comes to shine inside of that relationship, the unconsciousness within it is going to be revealed. It's very important not to spiritualize it when it gets revealed. Some people want to spiritualize their relationship instead of making it conscious. They want to make it into a spiritualized fantasy in which their partner meets all their spiritual ideas about what a relationship could be. They think they know what it's supposed to be like, what it could be like, where it's going to go.
When you ease back from that, you return to something that's very intimate and innocent, where you are finally willing to tell the truth, not to hide, not to force consciousness into some relationship agenda, but to simply let it emerge. Then you never know what it will be like at any moment- how consciousness, awakeness, and love are going to want to emerge.
- Adyashanti, from Emptiness Dancing
romance is a simple mistake
finding true love
in the arms of one other
is like capturing a waterfall
in a tiny cup
thirst is slightly quenched
why not just step into the source
romance is a beautiful distraction
taking you beyond your dry concerns
yet what good is an open heart
with room for only one
when that one is gone
the heart is empty and dry
and tears fall on empty ground
romance is a single drop
in a torrent of love
why settle for on sip at a time
the sweetest tasting water is deeper than the surface
dive into the current
and as you are swept away
drink to your heart's content
- Nirmala, from Gifts with No Giver - a love affair with truth
love is
a mirror
you see nothing
but your reflection
you see nothing
but your real face
- Rumi, translation by Nader Khalili, from Rumi, Dancing the Flame
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Hey Wyrdos! The first Monday of September is upon us, as well as a preview of a new Neverborn model! The Adze is a model from the newest book, Broken Promises. Let's learn a little more about where these monsters come from!
When a Will o' the Wisp has fed upon enough blood, it matures into an Adze. Traditionally, this took decades, as the Gremlins and other swampfiends that the Wisps fed upon provided it with little nourishment. Something about human blood, however, triggers a greatly accelerated growth process in the Wisps.
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The building closures will occur over two consecutive weekends, in order to minimize disruptions to occupants and to comply with egress code requirements. There will be limited access to the project area during the week between those weekends.
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The entire building must be vacated — NO building access during this time, for asbestos abatement at the entrances.
Monday, July 10 at 6:00 a.m. through Friday, July 14 at 4:00 p.m.
Asbestos abatement work will continue in the elevated first-floor corridor. During this time, the building will remain open except for the abatement areas, first-floor classrooms, and office #112, which will be closed; however, the Longyear offices next to the new handicapped ramp entrance will remain accessible.
Friday, July 14 at 4:00 p.m. through Monday, July 17 at 6:00 a.m.
The entire building must be vacated — NO building access during this time, during treatment of the concrete stairs on the north and south ends.
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(press release) After launching two powerboats on the international market featuring extremely innovative design and contents – the 42R and the 44GT – the latter a Motor Boat Awards 2015 finalist – the Revolver team is now working on a new design that taps into a rapidly growing segment of the current nautical market i.e., the high performance center console with outboard engine.
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Vista opens two skate parks
After nine years without one, Vista has opened two skateparks a block apart from each other on North Sante Fe Avenue. One skatepark is flater with stairs, railings, and curbs. The other skatepark is all deep bowls.
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Florida Georgia Line have been hearing from grumpy traditionalists that they've lost their relevancy and popularity. Of course I've already provided the numbers that prove otherwise. Regardless of how you feel about them, there's no other duo or group doing better popularity-wise than Florida Georgia Line right now. "Simple" was a smash for them and now they've chosen "Talk You Out of It" as their newest single. It's an R&B meets country slow jam with an enticing sultry feel. The song centers on the guy waiting for his woman to pick a dress and go out. But once she finds that perfect dress, now he just wants to see her without it. Put simply it's a couples sex jam. What really makes this song and what I would call its secret sauce is the hook: "Now you're looking like a line from a Vandross song/I'm looking at that fine little dress you got on." It just captures the whole vibe of the song and it's instantly memorable. It also makes it easy to sing along. I'm glad the production isn't heavy-handed either, as it just kind of lingers in the background and provides the ideal backdrop for the lyrics. It's another solid single from Florida Georgia Line.
Grade: 7/10
Songwriters: Jameson Rodgers, Hunter Phelps, Michael Hardy & Alysa Vanderheym


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Design and Verification – City and Guilds 2391-20
This course is what used to be known, and still is by many in the trade, as the 2400, the only difference being City & Guilds' change of course number. This qualification has three elements to it, those being a written exam, a design project and a practical test and inspection exam. The practical element is transferable from the 2391-10 Inspection and Test course (or the older 2391), which we require as an entry qualification. This therefore does not get repeated as part of the 2391-20 at Erudite. The course therefore centres on how to correctly design an installation, to BS7671, including a comprehensive range of cable calculations, and a refresher on Inspection and Test. Further to this, we will support and guide you in the completion of the design project, and the structure of the course is such as to allow time to do this in a combination of class and 'homework' time. The written exam is at a time and date set by City and Guilds.
This course is of obvious benefit to those designing installations, but is also considered highly valuable to those Inspecting and Testing. It gives a level of understanding that makes any test readings relevant. Just because a reading complies with a figure from BS7671 does not make it the correct reading for the circumstances. Having this deeper knowledge makes the process much more reliable.
For entry onto this course you require City and Guilds 2391 or 2391-10 and be able to produce an original certificate to that effect. It is also strongly recommended that you have one of the 2382 wiring regulation qualifications.
Course Price – £500+VAT
Next available course dates:
- Tuesday 24 – Friday 27 April then Tuesday 9 May, Monday 20 May & Monday 11 June with written exam Tuesday 12 June 2012
The timings for each day are 9 am to 5 pm
Please contact us with regard to pricing if you wish to place multiple candidates and or have onsite training.


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Posts Tagged 'photographs
Pinar Yolacan-Meat
Tags: fish, meat, photographs, pinar yolacan, portrait
Photographing Witches
Tags: 90s childrens film, anjelica huston, Grotta, painting, photographs, Roal Dahl, the witches
Another portrait to go in my series fr trashy cult films. Although im happier working with disposable materials, i think i should start thinking about something a little more durable. and the acrylic will peel off the shiny Tetra pack.
I think i might do Vampira or Screaming jay Hawkins, or Nick Cave next?
looking up some photographs to use in a an Ectoplasm series i wish to create, either located in basement, or currently think down buy Grotta, as a kind of Homage to the Ghost story Lady in Black i re-watched just before christmas.
in which i found these beautiful photographs studying movement and the way our eyes produced 'movement'.
"The room where this strange machine was set up, either at the Station Physiologique or the Institut Marey, was plunged into semi-darkness. As the magnesium flash exploded, a camera set up in front of the glass would capture the smoke trails in "the capricious wanderings which they describe in the places where eddies form." "An important question for aviation is to know how the currents of air behave against three neighbouring and parallel planes, inclined at a given angle." One of Marey's photographs allowed an effective answer to that question" -taken from http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/marey.html
Listning-The Best fo the Birthday party
Reading- Spirit Photography
Eating-Noa Vanilla and chocolate ice cream


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Eli is super excited to be getting a big boy bed- he even helped David put it together. Big boy bed and underwear in the same week? I don't think I can handle all of the changes that are happening to my baby!
He was so excited when his nightstand came in, wanted to stuff everything in the drawer.. and I moved his bed around, it looked better this way. Now I just need to finish decorating.
Potty training is going really well. We have been doing it for 4 days and have only had a few accidents. He gets mad when I just take him to the bathroom, which I learned on the first day when I kept getting him to sit every 15 minutes (he ended up holding it for over 2 hours! ha! My strong-willed little boy) so I just remind him to tell me when he has to go.. and he does almost every time!


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I've had Addie in panties all week, except naps and at night. So far, so good! I just got tired of the diapers. Addie will sometimes tell me when she has to go, and I also ask her many times a day. Sometimes she'll say no, and sometimes yes. She did have an accident while sitting on Matt's lap reading books (he was thrilled), but otherwise she has been very good. I started a long time ago giving her tiny M&M's as a reward, but we are going to quickly make the transition to a neat My Little Pony sticker chart, since she goes so many times during the day.
Today we had playgroup at my house, and Addie's friend Caroline is also potty training. Check out this picture of the two of them:
We'll be sure to show it at their high school graduation party.
Ryan is officially crawling, but he is not very fast and much prefers to lay flat on the ground and whine. He is a big whiner! But cute. He's also quite chunky, but I think he'll slim up once he starts moving around more. Not sure what is going on with his sleep habits – some days he naps good, some not, and some nights he'll sleep all night and sometimes he cries two or three times. Last night, he was up cooing and gurgling and talking to his animals for almost an hour at 3 a.m. So were Matt and I. =(
Tomorrow is my last MOPS meeting of the year. I'm sad! I loved having a whole morning with lots of food and friends, and it was good for the kids as well, to spend nearly 3 hours away from me. Oh well, it'll start up again in the fall.
Matt had a good time with some old friends last weekend. They went up to Bryan/College Station and hung and walked around A&M and just did guy stuff together. He also got to spend a day fishing with his dad on the farm.
I'm going to talk to the insurance agent today about more term life insurance for Matt. Once we get a good policy in place, I can begin plotting his demise!
Obviously there is nothing else going on that is interesting right now.
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A total of 15 lac and 56 thousand metric tons of diesel will be needed for the irrigation season that would last from November this year to May of 2018. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has been directed to ensure this huge amount of fuel oil supply. Besides, a monitoring team of BPC will work to prevent anybody from collecting excess oil for irrigation.
The directives and declarations came out at a meeting on the demand for fuel oil in the irrigation season that held on 13th December at the Energy Ministry. Toufique-e-Elahi Chowdhury Bir Bikram, the energy advisor to the Prime Minister presided over the meeting. Among others, Energy Secretary Nazim Uddin Chowdhury, Chairman of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) Khalid Mahmud and other senior officials were present at the meeting.
According to the meeting sources, 80 percent of the tube well in the country is diesel-fired and rest of them are operated by electricity. During the irrigation season, diesel-powered deep tube well, shallow tube well, LLP (low lift pump), power tailor and tractor are used. Around 16 lakh 47 thousand such machines are used in any given irrigation season. Among these machines, 2,321 of them are deep tube wells and 11 lakh 12 thousand 91 are shallow tube-wells.
Toufique-e-Elahi Chowdhury said, "We must ensure sufficient stock of fuel oil for this season". It is important to supply uninterrupted oil to the farmers in this season and that is why monitoring should be strengthened, he added.
According to the meeting sources, instructions and directives were given to BPC, Rural Electrification Board (REB), BIWTA, Chittagong Port Authority and Railway related companies to ensure the fluent supply of diesel throughout the whole country in due time and of course at a fixed price.
To make sure the constant supply of diesel throughout the season, Eastern Refineries Ltd (ERL) has been ordered to keep the oil reserves up to the certain mark for the entire season in the major oil depot companies of Chittagong. Besides, Baghbari depot and their 3 oil seller companies of the northern part of the country were also directed to keep the reserve up to the mark for the entire season.
The ministry sources claimed that, the demand for diesel in the country's northern part rises up to 2 to 3 times in the irrigation season. In the summer and rainy season, up to 6,000 to 7,000 tons diesel is sold on a daily basis, which reaches up to 14 thousand tons per day in the irrigation season. To ensure a timely supply of diesel at a fixed price to the farmers in this season, the Chittagong BPC head office was instructed to set up a central control center in Chittagong at the end of this month. Meanwhile, for the coming Boro season, extra railway wagons are instructed to make available for a smooth and timely transport of the diesel.


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Friend just left me a voice mail requesting a call back as she has a technical problem at work and knows that I would be able to help her. My question to you is: How do I tell her that I will not provide IT help to her company for free? I know it should be that easy. I can think of some smart aleck ways, but I want to not alienate her as she is a friend I see quite often.
Any ideas on how to respond and make my point politely and friendly?
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My wife calls me as the IT at her office do not seem that bright.
Went to her companie's picnic a few years ago and the IT staff were having trouble connecting and making their own printers work with 3 XP systems. At the time I had minimal exposure to those printers and I managed to get everything working within twenty minutes, after I had watched them spend more than an hour doing the same thing.
It depends on what your friend is asking you to do. Your answer could be as simple as I do not have access to make those changes, or you could have her write down the solution and your friend could assist the IT dept....
It's all about accountability. Explain that you'd love to help but because this is your profession and because you do not work in her office, if you help try to fix something and it somehow goes wrong, you do not want to be held responsible in any way. It could affect your reputation, at least, and could possibly even lead to severe consequences for both you and her.
It's nothing personal, you just don't want to be held responsible. Also, tell her that if she's willing to take that risk, Google usually has the answer to any question, no matter how technical or specific it is.
Well, that's what you say anyway. She doesn't need to know that it's truly because you don't feel like volunteering the same services you are usually paid for.
Yeah, the community college my wife works at can't do anything right. It's a disaster. My guess on uptime is around 35%. Yeah, that bad.
I usually tell her what to ask in order to help bypass some of the dumb questions the tech will ask back to her. Like, always start with "I restarted the computer, but...".
I usually can't help her over the phone as they tightened down the security to a choke-hold. So much so that the on-site tech has to call to get permission to do anything himself. Bass ackwards I tell ya.
Try giving her some ideas on what to ask her own IT.
As JamesBassMan mentioned that unless you are under contract with her employer and if there is no conflict of interest, I see no harm in this friendly gesture. She would most certainly reciprocate when you might be in need.
On the other hand, if this requires a lot of your time (including personally doing some troubleshooting) then you could offer her your services at nominal fee. Again I see no harm either ways.
i have been trying to explain this to my wife, she will ask if i can come in on weekends to help with side projects, i say sure if teh company is willing to pay my contract fee. i am even expected to donate portions of my own parts stock to them because we are married...ummm no...i will sell it to them though.
I like Dean's response.
You have two choices: the truth, or a lie. You can sugar-coat the truth, or spruce up the lie to make either sound more palatable.
"I've taken a hypocritic oath, I'm under a professional obligation to not help you. It's common with IT Professionals. Have your IT guy call me and I'll see how I can help."
"I'd be glad to consult for your company after business hours at my usual rate of $150/hour"
"It's against our company policy to take on other work in the same field. It would (wouldn't) be different if it was your home computer."
TierneyColo is an IT service provider.
TierneyColo is an IT service provider.
Gentle method is to answer the call and explain your restriction from putting your current company and position at risk. You have the option to offer fee-based services outside of your business hours which are not restricted by any contractual or non-disclosure agreements. Might help to provide some alternatives, if there are other resources you trust & recommend.
I can't believe no one's gone here yet:
"How cute is she?"
J/K - I'll echo the sentiments of others. I work where I work during the day and would not think of doing something that could possibly be a conflict (I do work for lawyers after all). After hours I could possibly be "hired" for assistance if their in-house staff is unable to resolve the issue. I do go out and work for a third party warranty provider after hours, but they simply cannot afford me during the day, nor could I be incited to assume any sort of responsibility for another businesses IT infrastructure without some sort of legal wording to CYA (CMA?). If it's above board and on the books they can write it off on their taxes as a legitimate business expense, and you've got the piece of paper that will cover your butt should the worst happen and it all comes crashing down...
I'd see how serious the problem is. If it's something really minor (which it will be 90% of the time) I'd just help her out. What's the point of being her friend if you're not going to hook her up with your knowledge from time to time?
If she works in a law office specializing in tax law, wouldn't you ask her, "Hey, is it OK to deduct my purchase of Call of Duty, since I play it on my work laptop?" Or if you have a mechanic buddy, would you feel it inappropriate to ask him what that loud clanking sound coming from the right front tire could be?
Unless she wants you to remote in and reconfigure a server, I doubt it would become a liability issue. She probably just wants to know the keyboard combination to switch tasks so she doesn't get caught playing free cell!
Yea, I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole. Especially if you don't have the time or resources to really understand the network. Can you imagine the call:
"Hey, you were just out here fixing a problem on our network, and now our email doesn't...."
"Hey, now our file server shuts down since you were out here doing...."
no thanks...
Guys, guys are you really so strict in US.
It looks to me that I work in country that has more freedom than in US? Does everything has to be in USD?
They say love is giving without measuring how much you gave. If she or he is your friend and you care about him, you must a find a way and time how to help. No one wants in their life ho have job, car, computer as it will never give emotions back. We all need few very simple things to feel loved, to have a joy of spending time with people we love, do not want them to be just a part of check list:
Hose -done
Car -got 2
Work- Got it
Friends - 15 in my contact list
Maybe best question is isn't best practice actually money earning without feelings? Shouldn't we help even for free and have close frineds for life?
Honestly, if it's a friend, I'll help out.
Mind you, I'm not talking about logging in and taking control of a production server. But if someone I'm friends with needs assistance or advice that I can do for them over the phone or in an email, unless I'm utterly swamped, I'll do it. If I am swamped, I'll try to let them know when a good time is for me to help out.
I do this for two reasons: 1) They're a friend and they asked. 2) I may need help someday and I hope the people I've helped will return the favor.
I also answer questions to complete strangers in online forums, again, just to help out.
@Rajko - Its not about money but our friends here are (and should be) more concerned about accountability.
I have never charged for helping out a friend but I also have made sure that I don't touch their network without making sure he/she understands that I should not be held responsible. Most of my help is pointing them towards the right direction.
Guys, guys are you really so strict in US.
It looks to me that I work in country that has more freedom than in US? Does everything has to be in USD?
They say love is giving without measuring how much you gave. If she or he is your friend and you care about him, you must a find a way and time how to help. No one wants in their life ho have job, car, computer as it will never give emotions back. We all need few very simple things to feel loved, to have a joy of spending time with people we love, do not want them to be just a part of check list:
Hose -done
Car -got 2
Work- Got it
Friends - 15 in my contact list
Maybe best question is isn't best practice actually money earning without feelings? Shouldn't we help even for free and have close frineds for life?
This was a call from a friend, with a question about a technical problem at work. If it is a big enough problem, and you are contracted to do the job - Pay
It wasn't a call from her friend at home asking for help installing Office 2010. No pay
i wouldn't worry too much about the liability aspects of it. they probably can't sue if you're just telling her what to do and you're not getting paid for it. that's like trying to sue joe blow off the street for giving you bad advice on how to fix your car. i have friends who work for different companies and we're always calling each other getting second opinions or ideas from each other.
i think it depends on how involved the process is and if you can't just tell her how to do it. maybe send her some documentation or something. if it's something she just can't do without guidance, then i'd probably try to get some sort of consulting contract with her company.
Scott696d -Good question.
Rajk IT Room A- Great attatude.
You are they type of people I like working with.
This can be used as a great opportunity for your consulting company to pick up new client. Tell her that you would like her company to be a client of your company and that you go the extra mile to provide quality service. Get a contact to pass to your sales person.


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In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
Traducción de shebeen en Español:
bar ilegal, n.
inglés de Irlanda, inglés de Sudáfrica
1(bar)bar ilegal masculino
- And complete with mannequins in Stetson hats, the gumba-gumba record player and the inescapable bar atmosphere, the shebeen comes alive.
- He urged the community not to support shebeens and drug merchants and not protect the people who brought illegal substances into the community, but rather assist the police in busting them.
- And this is not a problem for Windhoek shebeens only, but for shebeens in all 13 regions.
- In September, members of Women's Action for Development in Rehoboth petitioned local authorities to force shebeens and liquor stores to abide by the liquor laws.
- Traditionally run by women and without licences, today's shebeens and taverns are a profitable option based on humanity's fondness for the occasional toot.
- Death caused by stabbing is usually caused by drunken arguments at certain bars, shebeens or night-clubs.
- The old actor could just as easily be any European but he is firmly located in the west of Ireland, with its distinctive dry-stone walls and vernacular shebeens in the middle distance.
- Metal-cutting and demolition equipment were employed in the closure of illegal structures composed of spaza shops, telephone booths, repair or spray-painting shops as well as shebeens.
- 'Apparently there are many shebeens in the villages and villagers associated the high incidence of domestic violence with shebeens,' she said.
- He also said he had noticed that pool being played in taverns and shebeens in and around East London had in some measure contributed to cutting crime as it gave people something constructive to do.
- It used to be a shebeen, it's now turned into a real bar, it's called the Hawthorn, it's a real classic bar, the last of the real bars.
- I am an alcoholic but have not had a drink for very many years, but as soon as I see these adverts or pass by all these shebeens, bottlestores and shops all I see is alcohol being advertised and I start thinking about booze.
- Operation Night Life, with the Gauteng Tourism Authority, focuses on tourist's spots, taverns, shebeens and clubs.
- In other cases members were drunk at shebeens or taverns when their guns were stolen.
- The tour will end at a range of shebeens, including Wandi's Restaurant, the best-known in the township, where supper is available.
- In the end, we agreed to go to a shebeen for more beer and then try to sleep with each other's wives.
- How can a pastor say that shebeens are income-generating?
- Let us do it instead of wasting money in shebeens and taverns, saloons, barbershop and cosmetic shops.
- And they have had some success: 65 illegal telephone outlets have been closed by the police, who have also raided shebeens and drug operators.
- Analysis of police statistics showed that common assault, and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, were mostly committed at home or at places of entertainment, such as bars and shebeens.
- There in the shebeen they sold poteen and punch while in the pubs, beer and spirits were available.
- While transporting Brennan to the assizes at Clonmel, his escort stopped to rest at a shebeen (an unlicensed or informal pub) and allowed him to enjoy his pipe.
- 'We have also identified that most of these crimes occur at, or in the vicinity of, shebeens,' she said.
- Nightclubs, shebeens and taverns in Rosettenville and Turffontein were targeted by Johannesburg's metro police on Friday night in a crime prevention operation.
- A detailed study of the situation might help explain why potential entrepreneurs prefer to invest in shebeens rather than other economically productive ventures.
- Anyone who has followed PJ's recent colourful response to the ban on smoking - he opened his own private shebeen at his home - would certainly agree.
- Because of laws prohibiting blacks from buying liquor, shebeens sprang up, the most famous being 39 Steps in Good Street, owned and run by Fatty Phyllis Petersen, known as Fatty 39 Steps.
- Emotions ran high in packed taverns and shebeens with some fans literally drowning their sorrows to get over the disappointment.
- Mahog is brandy as served in township shebeens (many now legalized as taverns) and possibly from English mahogany.
- In Southernwood's Nahoon View Road, which houses two shebeens, the mood was understandably subdued as so much had hinged on the decision.
- Louw won the award for his outstanding work, which involved raids on illegal shebeens and clamping down on legal liquor outlets that contravened the Liquor Act and served under-age children.
- Shap Stadium in Mofolo, Soweto, was turned into a gigantic shebeen this weekend as beer lovers came from far and wide to sample more than 40 different types of beer at the fourth Soweto Beer Festival.
- The following day on the streets of Soweto, in school classrooms, over a beer in the local shebeen, discussions become increasingly more intense over who really is the world wrestling champ.
- They alleged that some senior police officials were running illegal taverns and shebeens, and said the raids were to ward off competition.
- The joint operation started on Thursday evening and ran through until Saturday evening with the emphasis on illegal shebeens.
- Time to control the number of shebeens in the townships, and provide training to community members how to drink 'responsibly'.
- Joe would hang out in the many shebeens (unlicensed drinking venues) in the area, and one of his early influences was the sound of Duke Vin, a local resident who introduced the first reggae sound system to Britain.
- Effective interventions include dealing with under-age access to alcohol, and decreasing access through a coherent liquor outlet policy, including bringing shebeens into a regulated framework.
- Later this will be expanded to include restaurants, shebeens and bed and breakfast establishments.
- The act allows shebeens to sell light liquor, not exceeding 16% alcohol by volume.
2(still)destilería ilegal femenino
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