Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:03:08 -0400
Reply-To: Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From: Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject: Re: How do you guys keep up?
Carl,
My own reading is selective, but I always try to read at least the initial
post in every thread, in order to ensure that I don't miss something
because of a poorly chosen topic.
That said, I try to reserve an hour each day for reading SAS-L posts. The
knowledge gained has saved my staff and me far more time than the hour
spent reading the posts and, often, has provided the insight for
developing new products and improving existing products and analyses.
And, I really don't know if there is a relationship between one's
frequency of responding to posts and the likelihood of getting an answer
when one posts a question, but I do respond quite frequently and ALWAYS
get answers to any question I post.
Further, my first search in solving any SAS-related issue that I can't
address given current knowledge, is to do a Google search of the list's
previous posts.
HTH,
Art
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:12:41 -0500, Carl Denney
<cdenney@HEALTHINFOTECHNICS.COM> wrote:
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>I began subscribing to the SAS-L list about a year ago. Since Sept 28,
>2007, I now have over 21,300 messages in my SAS-L box. I was away for
>about a week at a conference, and when I checked my inbox, there were too
>many to read with the time available. That situation will never
>change.<br><br>
>It seems some of you read every message to come along. How can you do
>that and do work for whatever organization employees you?<br><br>
>Every time I read several of these, I learn something new, and I've been
>using SAS since 1978. But if I had read them all, I would know more, but
>I couldn't have done anything productive in the last year.<br><br>
>How do you do it? (I really would like to know. This is not just a
>rhetorical observation.)<br><br>
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