Managing Time/Lists

[Michael Magness]

I found that the sheer volume of the Pianotech list had a tendency to
overwhelm my inbox when I first subscribed.

I solved this problem by setting up a free gmail account but discovered it
had some flaws. So I established a free yahoo account and set the gmail
account up as the yahoo account manager. The gmail account logs into the
yahoo account and checks my mail every 10 minutes or so.
The wonderful part of this is I now have a dedicated e-mail address just for
the lists, I use the address for nothing else and except for the occasional
offer to be someones helper in transferring their funds from Nigeria, I get
only list mail and my chapter newsletter in this mailbox.

When any of you write to me offlist you usually use my domain address which
is just as I would have it.

The gmail format works quite well for me to "edit" my choice of what to
read, the subject line and who wrote it comes up in the line along with a
number telling me how many responses there have been.

I have found the lists to be quite informative, as Ron Nossaman put it,
<snip> " I've learned much more from discussions of subjects I hadn't
realized I was interested or deficient in than I have by asking specific
questions".
I couldn't agree more and would feel saddened nay cheated if I weren't
allowed the opportunity to pick & choose what I read or don't read by
changing the way either list is presented.
I may, as I'm sure many of you do, skim the dozen or so posts on a given
subject but somewhere in the middle find that nugget of information that I
can tuck away in my brain and drag it out when I need it. I tend to skip the
Bosendorfer/Bechstein posts, I've never tuned one and have none in my area,
should one appear, I know where to look for info. I also realize since I
have no experience with them I would have nothing to add.

IMHO If the lists were edited and winnowed down to a Wikipedia style with
a forum type format where each post had a subject and then a discussion
within that forum subject were the only place to discuss it. Much of the
spontaneity of the list, with several differing ideas of how one can arrive
at the same conclusion of a repair or problem, would be lost. We are too
much an individual minded group, we work alone and devise our own ways of
doing things, ways that work for us, individually, to fit into a strictly
structured forum. That's why the lists have worked so well.
My opinion, new and improved full body flamesuit all zipped up and ready for
action!
<grin>
Mike
-- 
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch
excellence.
Vince Lombardi

Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
608-786-4404
www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/>
email mike at ifixpianos.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080715/c3b13b2a/attachment.html