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comment by WanderingEng
WanderingEng  ·  2695 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think

If you'd asked me to grade myself on this scale, I'd have put myself in the medium skills level. I can do most of the things I want to do, but I know I have limitations. But seeing "schedule a meeting" as difficult really shows how many people struggle more than I do. Scheduling a meeting here sucks because there's always at least one conflict, and if everybody is free all the rooms are full. But I can do it.

Depending on my group of recipients, I'll write emails differently. Even then, when being explicit and restating my request in different ways, some people will respond incorrectly. Results like the article here are a good reminder.





user-inactivated  ·  2695 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I can do most of the things I want to do, but I know I have limitations.

That sentence, showing a brutal self-awareness, makes you smarter than 90% of the people out there.

    Depending on my group of recipients, I'll write emails differently.

I sent an email in response to a school asking for an astronomy program and telescope event. I was complimented on my email and the contact wanted to know where I taught English(!). Seriously, people, I type like a baboon and can barely speak 3-4 sentences in a row without um's uh's and er's.