Conference hydra::dejavu

    
    PS. Any external technical writing leads - particularly in the 
        networks space - would be MOST appreciated! (;^)  I'm currently
        working on DECnet/OSI FTAM/VT.  Send leads to me offline please.
    
    Cindy

    There are a ton of technical writing jobs (or there were last time I
    looked) out on the inernet jobs note...
    
    be ware...a lot may be in other states....
    
    Good luck!
    
    

    
    Hm.....still figuring out how to cybersurf...hints most welcome.
         
    Cindy

Cindy, I'm truly sad to hear this news. What a shambles our once great
company has become.

To learn more about "cybersurfing", take a look at the notesfile at
SOFBAS::INTERNET_TOOLS. There's lots of info on a variety of different
Internet topics, most especially the World Wide Web and the Mosaic web
browser. Other conferences exist devoted to Internet news access
(UPSAR::NEWS-BACKBONE) and news reader software (UFP::XRN).

Good luck and best wishes.

    Cindy, you will definitely be missed!
    
    And ... there's a whole world out there that never even heard of
    Digital (because it doesn't *need* to!)!
    
    You'll be relieved.
    
    *Susan/Stella* who learned this in '91.

                                                                     
    Thanks, Mike and Susan.  After 15 years, it's going to be...er...
    different. 
    
    I've been reading through the INTERNET_TOOLS conference, and that has
    been very helpful.  Also, someone in my group - a read-only DEJAVUer
    (;^) has been kind enough to demo WWW and Mosaic for me.
    
    Btw, if anybody here knows or remembers Don and Ro (Flaherty) Reinke, 
    Don's mother passed away last week.  
    
    Cindy

    
    Re.2
    
    Internet access - success!!!  (;^)
    
    Do you know what the Internet pointer for technical writing jobs is?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Cindy

Cindy, the largest job newsgroup is misc.jobs.offered, which sees
several hundred new announcements every day. I notice that most of them
are in SW development type areas, but there are some writer jobs out
there. Here are the other job newsgroups I follow (but there are
probably others):

atl.jobs		Atlanta, Georgia, USA
ba.jobs.offered		Bay Area (i.e., Silicon Valley)
bionet.jobs		any related to biology, biochemistry, genetic eng, etc
biz.jobs.offered	various job postings
eunet.misc		not too many job postings, but local to Europe
eunet.news		same as above
fl.jobs			Florida, USA (I believe)
ne.jobs			New England, USA (i.e., mainly Boston area)
sdnet.jobs		San Diego, California
slac.jobs		Stanford Linear Accelator Lab
stl.jobs		St Louis, Missouri, USA
su.jobs			Stanford University (in Bay Area)
ucd.cs.jobs		Univ of California, Davis (they do wine research here)
uk.jobs			UK

There are also other local groups, for example:

aus.jobs		Australia

etc.

    
    Thanks, Mike - will give them a try, and pass them on too.
    
    Cindy

Cindy,

Please let us know how things work out for you and your group; also if/when
you get an internet account on Compuserve ect.

IMOP you are the heart and soul of this conference, and whatever your personal
karma may be at this time, DEC (and this conference) would/will be the poorer
for your absence.

PS- another good way to "surf the net" is by way of "Mosaic", a windows based
interface to the WWW (World-Wide Web). Let me know if you need more info on this.

Kevin

    
    Thank you so much, Kevin.  That was very kind of you to say.  I am
    touched.  Yes, I will definitely leave my CompuServe account here. 
    Still to call them - hopefully within the next few weeks.
    
    For an update on the state of Technical Writing in this company in
    general, there's a note on it in the DIGITAL notes file, #3238.  No
    news on my group specifically (DECnet/OSI).
    
    I just got Mosaic access last week, and have been 'surfing the Web'
    since then.  (;^)
    
    Cindy

    Greeting, 
    
    I would like to know more about Internet.  What kind of equipment do
    you need to access the WWW.  I'm a read-only member through vnews.  
    
    I have read thru the notesfile for Internet but feel intimidated to ask
    very basic questions.
    
    Is there an astrology file in Internet?  
    
    Keep me posted. 
    
    Thanks, 
    Avis
    
    p.s. Cindy, I saw Joanne Peachwall a couple of weeks ago.  She told to
    say "Hi!" to you.  

Don't be afraid to ask in the notesfile (but try to use an existing
topic if you can). But it might be easier if you could find someone
local to help get you going, since it can be a bit tedious if you're a
relative novice to the Internet. You can probably locate someone who's
an expert near you just by browsing in the notesfile. Give them a call
and see if they can either help or recommend someone who can. Most
folks who have caught Web fever are only too happy to help spread the
excitement.

    
    Thanks Avis!  I'll pass along the news about Joanne to other friends 
    as well.  
    
    Do you have a workstation that is linked via VTX?  I have the WWW
    commands to set that up.  Otherwise I'm not sure.
    
    Cindy

    
    I'm one of those technical writers that is now being 'outsourced' to 
    a vendor, along with 40-50 of my fellow writers.  This transfer is
    supposed to take effect on January 1.  
    
    We're supposed to remain on the projects we're currently on, and will 
    be 'leased back' to Digital.  For a short while, I guess we'll be
    working onsite until the vendor prepares their new facility for
    occupancy.  Whether I will have access to this account and the network 
    after January 1st is, as of yet, unknown.  
    
    Therefore, if I suddenly disappear from the net around that time, you 
    can also reach me at the following locations:
    
    	Cindy Painter
    	427-3 Amherst St. Ste.421
    	Nashua, NH 03063 USA
    	Phone: (603) 888-8559
    	CompuServe from here:  US1RMC::"75273.1360@compuserve.com"
    
    Will keep you posted.
         
    Cindy

    Cindy!  All the best!  Keep in touch.  You'll be missed.
    
    :-)  xxx ooo *Stella*

	CINDY-ROO,

	  Your positive warm spirit has made an difference in most of our
	world and lives.......

	I know you will do well, whatever you do because of that spirit
	It was a pleasure knowing you

	
	wishing you much love and fun,

	Mikki

    Cindy, did you leave Digital?  I see you are still entering
    (interesting as always) notes ...

                     
    Indeed!  (;^)
    
    I got sold (outsourced), along with 42 other technical writers, to a 
    company based out of North Carolina, on January 1st, and they are 
    leasing us back to Digital.  Makes sense, huh?  It hasn't been a fun 
    process. 
    
    In any case, finally now that our project reports to VMS Engineering 
    directly (and NOT to SES management - those cl*wns who sold us into 
    indentured servitude in the first place), we have some realitve 
    stability that we can actually count on.  In a takeover coup attempt, 
    VMS Engineering opened up 17 recs., offered them to technical writers
    that had not been outsourced (my project leader being among them), and
    managed to hire them before SES could prevent it.
    
    And the real irony?  SES is actually hiring technical writers from the
    outside now...
    
    So it looks like you're all stuck with me for the duration.  (%^)
    
    Cindy

    .20 "stuck with you"
    
    Good!  Lucky us!

    	The really scary part is that I actually UNDERSTOOD your
    explanation of how you ended up staying.  Glad you didn't have to
    relocate.   BillM

    Re .-1
    
    After all, she is a technical writer.  ;-)
    
    Dave

    Hey, Cindy, Hey, Everybody,
    
    I'm pleased to see people actually talking (writing) in here.  I didn't
    realize people log in as often as they do.  Let's have some action in
    here!
    
    :-)

    
    Except for that one misspelled word...(;^)
                             
    Yes - let's have some more activity here!  It's been far too quiet for
    far too long...
    
    Just an advance warning - my good friend Sunil Sethi from OZtralia may 
    be popping in here to stir up the group a few weeks, so don't take 
    personally anything he writes.  He found out I was moderator...and I 
    told him that also gives me the ability to delete his notes hehhehheh...
    
    Cindy

    Hi Cindy,

    I just can not believe that a person like me can stir anything apart
    from a stir fry.  I just happen to live on another planet that's all !!
    People like me do such things as inviting people to go to Toronto just
    because it happens to be up the road from ZKO etc.  I am dynamic and
    that's what get's people.
    
    Regards,
    
    Sunil

    
    Hi Sunil,
    
    And you also have a marvy Calvin & Hobbes t-shirt from the Boston 
    Common that says it all!  (;^)
    
    Since Laurie and Jamie have slacked off in recent times, you can
    do a bit 'o stirrin'...just be nice about it, that's all.  (;^)  
    
    Cindy

    Hi Cindy,
    
    >-< do they drive 120mph on your planet??????? >-
    
    I don't know what you mean by that :-).  You could cover half of New York 
    state in 2 hours if you did that.
    
    Regards,
    
    Sunil

    Seeing as there are numerous "Goodbye" topics in this conference, I've 
    chosen this one as it has the most entries!

    My time has come (again) to move on to pastures new. I will be leaving
    the "family" next tuesday. I'm not too sad, as I believe that the time 
    is right for me (and a lot of other people) to start a new adventure.

    Good luck to everyone, and who knows ...

    Martin.

    Martin, enjoy your next adventure!
    
    	*Stella*

    
    Best wishes in all you do, Martin.  Take care of yourself and have fun!
    
    Cindy

Hey!  Cindy's coming back!  I received this from her this morning:
    
Hi everyone,

A brief update on my job situation - I will be going back to work at Digital
next Monday, in the OpenVMS group at the ZKO/Spitbrook, NH, facility, on a
technical writing contract that will probably last for a year.  That facility is
located only 2 miles from my home, so I'm quite pleased about it.  For those of
you still at Digital, my email system will probably be JARETH::.

    I'll confirm ... I got the message too 
    
    Great news!!

	Hey, COOL
	      
			some good news.

    
    Yes, yes yes!!!!!!!!!
    
    may her strange trip at DIGITAL be a long one this time!
    
    meg

    
    Hello DEJAVUites!  Glad to be back once again.  Looks like the contract
    will be for a year or thereabouts.
    
    Have some catching up and settling in to do, so more later on.
    
    Cindy

    Welcome back Cindy.
    
    meg

    
    Thanks Meg!