I suggest you incorporate a form of your CNET class based on input from readers into the regular letter. This is, before you select the subject for a class you do a survey for readers to select among several subjects suggested by you, plus an open suggestion input space. Then once you are ready, start publishing lessons on that subject for that majority that was interested in it. You continue with the program in a cycle mode, survey – class lessons, with surveys done with sufficient anticipation to put the class together.
This would be separate from your regular classes. Your regular classes could continue on whatever subject you select.
On the letter as it comes now its pretty good. I would like to see it easier to read in terms of extracting the information by reading it in a bullet type format, like on a presentation slide – with further information following a dash for those that want to go deeper into understanding an input or response on a subject.
Example: On the how to question:
In summary the input we receive suggests you:
· Start from zero before you do anything else, this will help you decide what you are going to do. – This means…
· Decide your end in mind for better direction on were you are heading. – For this you…
· Put first things first to organize you thoughts and reach your goal easier – What we are saying here is…
Bottom line up front: I think the newsletter is one of the most valuable assets of CNET membership, and you've done a great job with it. My favorite part of the newsletter, after the main topic of answering the weekly question, is "Community Buzz". If that could somehow be expanded I'd certainly appreciate it. A LOT of good information from a broad selection of computer related topics can be found there each week. I'm greedy. Give me more!!!!!
I agree with Seven-O-Seven Aviator. More focus on Mac specific topics with an appropriate method of distinquishing the two would be a wonderful addition. Personally I'm a PC guy, but recently I've been seeing some things that could make me reconsider. Mac topics are either given second-class-citizen status in most forums such as this or completely ignored. Your potential readership gain in this niche is significant, and you could better serve another segment of the population. If "Mac Nugget" and some of the specific forums are designed to deal with this issue, I think it would be more well received to highlight this subject a little more.
The poll addition is good. I wouldn't change a thing there. Your Top Ten Forum listing is a keeper. I like it because I can usually quickly find the subject there for whatever is giving me problems that particular week. Those links to the new community features should stay. Make this newsletter the "one-stop-shopper" place to be!
I'm amazed at the level of technical expertise demonstrated by the other members. I've made HUGE advances in my computer experiences from the information I get here. Thanks a million to all of you out there who take the time to help the rest of us along.
I think all changes you've done are great & well done, congratulations.
A sugestion: Linux comunity is a fast growing one, why not increase articles, tips, software evaluation, forums, etc., just as you have done with Mac's.
Arq. Jose Ignacio Mendieta Vera.
I may just create a Linux section in the newsletter.
thanks for the feedback.
-Lee Koo
CNET Community
I'd like a "product guide" to CNET. I'm overwhelmed by the many types of information CNET offers. I see a lot of valuable stuff. How do I know I'm not missing something?
If you don't have the time to browse through CNET Reviews about all the latest and greatest. CNET Newsletter are the best way to keep up to date all the valuable stuff.
Take a look at the selection and chose to your liking.
http://nl.com.com/new.jsp
Best regards,
-Lee Koo
CNET Community
Well i would like to see a a addon to the news letter or a forum called maybe Tips And Tricks something that deals with hard ware and only hardware to include internal and external computer hardware and networking hardware especially a section on power supply's and the amount of devices you can run with a certain size power supply and how to add up the wattage of the internal components run by the power supply the reason why i am using that is because i ran into the same problem sometimes system crashes and the infamous blue screen of death can be nothing more than a power supply not being able to deliver the power you need when you are driving the computer hard or running lots of hardware in it sometimes its not the os that is causinfg the problem thank you for all your informative articals George Shiflett junglebear11@msn.com
I just want to re-iterate everything that most other people have said.
I very much enjoy this newsletter, especially the weekly Q&A article. I often learn something that I didn't previously know.
I'm glad you posted the link to the Q&A Archive Newsletter Forum as it is not listed in the forum's main page and it can be useful to refer back to it from time to time.
The newsletter is well designed and easy to read.
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Mark
Whatever you want to do is fine with me. There is a problem still with logging in. Last evining I could not get a link to submit a post that I had tried to submit. Again, there was a link missing: post.
This evening I tried to respond to the email. My sign-in was not correct for some reason and I had to use a temp sign in.
Kevin Smith
jsmith8846@aol.com
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