Newletter(s)

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Newletter(s)

Stewart Whaley

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January 25, 2005 at 2:28 pm

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One suggestion. I'd like to receive the SQLServerCentral newsletter only 1 time per week, not daily. Is this an option or something you are considering in the future?

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Nicholas Cain SSC-Dedicated Points: 33009 More actions · Answer 1

Why not set up a rule on your inbox to move the email into a seperate folder, then you can just look at that once a week, or whenever you get the chance.

I like the idea of a weekly summary though. Something that would contain the articles of the week, also the most popular topics within the forums of the week.

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Stewart Whaley Newbie Points: 3 More actions · Answer 2

Yes, that's one solution and a good one. However not everyone has this capability. My view is the newsletter is very long and I question how many people have the time on a daily basis to read that amount of information. Maybe a survey of subscribers would help to see if others would agree with a 'weekly' summary?

Nicholas Cain SSC-Dedicated Points: 33009 More actions · Answer 3

On an ongoing basis, I generally look at the articles and the commentary, take a gander at the script of the day.

If I have time during the day I'll go look at the forums, however I have a tendency not to look at the forum subjects in the email. If you do that it will significantly cut down on the read time.

You could then go through the forum stuff at the end of the week and see if there's anything that catches your eye.

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Sarah Dutkiewicz SSCommitted Points: 1870 More actions · Answer 4

Although I like the daily email, I wonder if the same could be done for here that you do over on Database Daily, for those who do like the weekly updates.

vadba SSChampion Points: 11133 More actions · Answer 5

Well, I read the newsletter everyday, and prefer to receive it daily. I think it helps make the forums more responsive.

Also, you can go to [Resources] [Newsletter Archive] to view previous newsletters.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 6

We aren't planning to go to a weekly summary for the simple reason that it isn't economical. We couldn't make enough advertising revenue on a weekly one to support the site and we'd close the site.

By receiving the newsletter, you really help support the site. We do a monthly recap, so if you find yourself getting that, it might be a good time to review your folder and clean up the old newsletters.

Dale Corey SSCrazy Eights Points: 9019 More actions · Answer 7

Please, oh please! Never, ever take the daily updates away! I can't tell you how many times I have come to work (and even today) with a tidbit I pulled off the daily update. For example, today, I read Steve's editorial on testing procedures. I printed out the article Steve referenced, gave it to my new boss, and now my new boss is already talking about revising the way we do testing. In fact, yours truly gets to work on it.

I am reader and a writer. I have to put new stuff in my brain every day. Sorry, but I think that to wait a week for information would not allow me to impress my boss on a daily basis with all my "at hand" knowledge. Management doesn't need to know where you get it? Right?

All the best,

Dale

Author: An Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Management Studio

Stewart Whaley Newbie Points: 3 More actions · Answer 8

I'm not suggesting taking the option away but rather providing both a daily and/or a weekly option. But since the admin above has already responded indicating that this is not going to happen I consider this issue closed.

Dale Corey SSCrazy Eights Points: 9019 More actions · Answer 9

Stewart,

I understand what you are saying but here's a good anecdote for you. I was born in Louisville, KY and was raised in the Ft. Knox area until I was 10. After that time, we moved to a VERY small town in KY so that my Dad could be close to another army base in KY. That town had one stop light and the "weekly" newspaper we received was only about 10 to 15 pages long. By the time we got the paper, it was already old news. I cannot tell you how happy I was when I went to college in a town where the newspaper was delivered to my door everyday.

Even today, I might not read every page of the daily paper, but when it's delivered to my door, I fondly sniff the fresh paper and read as much as I can before I have to go to work. There's something to be said about that and there's something to be said about the timely reading of the right article, product review, etc. that can save your job.

By the way, my father was a writer and editor for the civil service. I know right now he is smiling and laughing up in heaven 'cause he knew the value of good writing and avid readers.

All the best,

Dale

Author: An Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Management Studio

mhempenstall SSC Veteran Points: 276 More actions · Answer 10

One VERY minor point which I'd like to make. I keep newsletters in a separate outlook folder and catch up on them when I can and this way works for me.

Well until recently. While going through some old newsletters I noticed that the links to the forums no longer work (they now have to have "?forumid=" included in the url?).

Anyway, I managed to get to look at everything I wanted to look at but please (site owners) could you try to make sure that the old links still work if this changes again. Cheers!