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Echoes from the backyard.

By Chandler-Gick, David
Publication: EMedia, The Digital Studio Magazine
Date: Friday, October 1 2004

Dear DJ,

Why should I email or write to you when I can go on the Web and get an answer within an hour from any of the variety of forums available online?

CLOCK WATCHER

Dear Watcher,

True, you can probably get 100 different opinions when you post to any number of online forums. You'll even see me on two or three of the more (how shall I put this?) serious ones. But if you spend any kind of time on a forum, you know that you've got to plow through a lot of chaff to get to the wheat.

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