Three of My Favorite Things
January 16th, 2007Looking back at my brief life as a technical writer, I have a lot to thank these three solutions. All three have made a significant contribution in making my life easier. The learning process has been faster and I can’t imagine working without these tools at hand.
All three are in a way similar to each other. While Wordweb is a great thesaurus + dictionary, Google and Wikipedia are also search and consume solutions.
While reading Asimov’s Foundation series, I came across the concept of Encyclopedia Galactica. Hitchhiker’s guide in turn is a funny tribute to Encyclopedia Galactica. Both Google and Wikipedia, aspire to become the Encyclopedia Galactica and together they are in a way. What Fun!
March 19th, 2007 at 1:05 am
sheece, wordweb gives out some questionable definitions. so if you’re looking for the broad meaning, synonyms, and/or antonyms and are just looking for words it’s okay. but if you’re looking for the precise meaning, connotation, or definition, switch to oxford genie, m-w.com, or dictionary.com. pronto
April 16th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Trackback…
The truth is more important than the facts…
May 21st, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Hey read some of your posts (the drunken account of i tried to sell my watch to BEST passenger and abt the Goa trip)…..nice!
Anyway i am a wordweb fan too, its made my life a lot simpler …who cares if it isn’t that precise………a simple CTRL+ALT+W suffices…
Anyway enjoyed the blog or rather a part of it…(yet to go thru it all)…keep tapping the keyboard…
Mind if i add your blog to my roll…..?? (well consider it done……)