February 2009
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Talking of Technical Apprenticeship in NYC
“…we figured out a team way of teaching each other how to
program and work together that is reminiscent of XP - which I would like to
create again here at NWC.
The goal is four lead programmers and twelve students - three weeks - three
days a week (M, W, F) for two hours a day. So - it is actually six hours
per programmer, but the idea is that we teach general programming...
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18 Rhetorical Tie-Downs
If I assert something, you doubt it. If I lead you to assert something that I believe, you agree with it. Ending a statement with one of the following questions will elict the listener to repeat it, confirm it, or even finish the sentence for you.
Aren’t they?
Don’t we?
Isn’t it?
Aren’t you?
Shouldn’t it?
Isn’t that right?
Can’t you?
...
“Goodbye, and I hope your cousin does a great job on your web site.
I fix...”
– Should You Ask Potential Customers Their Budget? | Men With Pens
most effective debt collecting email I have ever...
I chose to abandon a stiff business approach and instead write one email, carefully worded to express how I personally felt. After-all, business may be business, but people work with people.
Hi [..], A quick note to say that I am really disappointed that you have still not paid me the [..] that I’m owed for the work I did for you. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not a lot of...