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Terry's 2 minute tips #1 Marking with coloured pens

April 12, 2016

I'm thinking about resurrecting Terry's 2 Minute Tips -- short videos that I originally made around 9 years ago. They seemed to be quite popular at the time, despite (or perhaps because of) the poor production quality!

Sometimes, the "tips" may not be tips at all, but issues I feel strongly about.

Anyway, here is the first one, about the practice of marking with different coloured pens. It's not a new idea, and I thought it had died a long time ago. But, like the people in Night of the Living Dead, it just will not stay down.

Anyway, here is the video. Enjoy. And if you have any feedback, I'd be pleased to hear it. Thanks.

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