Re: Language Creation: The International Language Construction Bulletin (working title)

> Van: Christophe Grandsire
> Onderwerp: Re: Language Creation: The International Language
> Construction Bulletin (working title)
>
> I don't know why I should bother for people who are so weak that the
simple fact of having
> to send a one-line e-mail (not even, you can put: "I want the Journal" in
the
> title and leave the mail blank!) is too much for them already.
I missed part fo the discussion, but do we get the journal by automatic
response, or do we have to wait for your to be behind your PC and send it to
us? In the latter case, that would really be a treshold. I don;t have much
time to read Conlang stuff lately, so when I have time, I would like the
journal to be readily available. If I have to send an e-mail, and then get
the journal maybe a few hours later, it would probably come when I don't
have the time to read it right away, and it would get lost in the stack of
50+ serious e-mails I receive daily.

> As for the format itself, it has been made clear enough that PDF is the
only
> possible format, given the contents, the frequent use of strange fonts and
the
> importance of the layout.
Well, can you just send it to me, and have me put it on my web server to
make it downloadable for people who want to get it in one of those rare
instances when you are not online? Or did I miss a part and are you already
putting it on a webpage somewhere?

For me, it is not so much a question of effort as a question of it being
readily available. I'd rather wait for a three minute download, while
getting a new cup of coffee or reading the conlang mails, then wait for an
e-mail which comes three hours later, because then my daily conlang time
will have passed.

And about you wanting to keep track of how many people "read" the journal,
you will be incorrect. You will only know how many people will "receive" the
journal first hand. If I get the journal by e-mail, it will probably get
stuck somewhere in an e-mail box, because when checking my e-mail, I will
probably be working, and I will not have time to read it right away.

But since you do put the old journals on a web page, I could just satisfy
myself with reading the old issue whenever it becomes available online. I
don't think a journal like this will become outdated so quickly anyway ;-)

Maarten

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