Daily Archives: November 28, 2022

• A major change to our newsletters

  Posted on November 28, 2022 at 02:45 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 19.48 • 2022-11-28

  FROM THE PUBLISHER

  

  By Susan Bradley

  We’re developing new, bonus content!

  When I acquired the AskWoody business, I felt that we would face difficulty in publishing our newsletters every week, 52 weeks per year. One of my first decisions was to change the publishing schedule to 48 times per year, approximately four issues per month. That remains our official policy.

  However, that’s not actually what we did.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.48.0, 2022-11-28).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

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• How our little business is run

  Posted on November 28, 2022 at 02:44 CST by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  FROM THE EDITOR

  

  By Will Fastie

  The operation of a small business isn’t usually the subject of a paper in the Harvard Business Review.

  Neither is AskWoody Tech LLC.

  In one of our regular and routine conversations, Susan and I talked about our respective operational roles, the things we regularly do, and — more to the point — the technology we use every day. The surprise was that despite common links, we do dramatically different things.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.48.0, 2022-11-28).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

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• Behind the scenes: The site

  Posted on November 28, 2022 at 02:43 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  COMMENTARY

  

  By Susan Bradley

  A newsletter about Windows isn’t run on Windows.

  I’ve always found it interesting to see how something works, and I’ll bet many of our readers do, too. So I’m going to use my space in this bonus issue by giving you a peek into the technology we use to run the site and our forums, to prepare the newsletter, and to get it to your inbox.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.48.0, 2022-11-28).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

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• Behind the scenes: The newsletter

  Posted on November 28, 2022 at 02:42 CST by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  COMMENTARY

  

  By Will Fastie

  When I took this job, I was surprised at the number of moving parts involved in publishing the newsletter.

  My predecessor, editor emeritus Tracey Capen, did an excellent job with general organization and collaboration. Tracey wrote a very comprehensive document in OneNote about how to produce the newsletter, which was extremely helpful in my early days. I was very grateful to have that guide because otherwise, I would have been at sea on day one.

  Publishing an issue of the newsletter involves a lot of steps.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.48.0, 2022-11-28).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

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