AAARGH!

[tree_and_leaf]

Dear college administrator,

If you want people to return a form, then it is useful to write "Please return this form by [X]."

It is not useful to write "If you do not return this form by [X] you will have been deemed to agree to the publication of your details."

Sending out passive-aggressive notes to those who didn't return their forms saying "Return your forms on time so as not to obstruct our work!" is really not useful, especially as most of the people who didn't return their form threw it out straight away because you'd told them they didn't need to return it...

No love,

Me.

(And I will be bringing this up with the senior student; I'm not just being passive-aggressive myself...)

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On an entirely unrelated note, the beta version of the new DW create entry tags is pretty good. I'm not sure about where they've put the icon selector, but that's really just a matter of what one's used to. On the other hand, the new way of handling tags is great. And while I won't use it, only having the one journal these days, the option to post as another user while still logged in to your primary account is a very nifty idea.

Comments

[liseuse]

You can move the icon selector so it's in a useful place for you. I now have mine on the side of the entry page.

[tree_and_leaf]

Ah, good to know! Thank you - that's seriously nifty.

[liseuse]

I spent a while yesterday shuffling things around and making it useful for me. I never knew I needed to be able to do this, and now I am enamoured.

[nineveh_uk]

I wonder if this is a left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing thing. Person A thinks, "We just want the refuseniks", then Person B says "But we need proof the others are OK with publication of personal data". Chaos ensues.

[tree_and_leaf]

I hadn't thought of that, but you may well be right - it's entirely plausible!