Comments for The Art of Technical Writing 2.0

Comment on Email & How by Partho Chakrabartty

Partho Chakrabartty — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:50:46 +0000

The in-line comments tends to be used by a number of people, and if one must, I think a safe alternative is to quote just a relevant line or question phrase. I used to do it when answering emails to people who’d reply after weeks and weeks…

Comment on Hail Plain Language by Partho Chakrabartty

Partho Chakrabartty — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:49:13 +0000

For me the debate is always between the ease of access and utilizing the resources of the language to the fullest. Plain language is key, but there are times when you just have to use the resonances of a particular word. I think there should be a balance in the sense of being aware of the number of particularly unfamiliar words you are using. I may be wrong, but I suspect people actually don’t mind reading a new word or two every two thousand words, especially a word that makes its meaning obvious by its context.

Comment on Poor Little Rich Blog by Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:33:40 +0000

As attention spans become shorter and the perceived availability of time decreases, people are much more willing to opt for quick information. Brief tidbits on their own may not mean much, but multiple short messages can collect to valuable information. On one hand, we may be doing ourselves a disservice by avoiding longer articles. On the other hand, we may be taking in other information that we ordinarily would not. It’s interesting the way technology continues to make information easier to obtain, in smaller doses.

Comment on Three of My Favorite Things by salil

salil — Mon, 21 May 2007 10:33:33 +0000

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……)

Comment on Three of My Favorite Things by Michael

Michael — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:44:03 +0000

Trackback…

The truth is more important than the facts…

Comment on Three of My Favorite Things by shreya

shreya — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:35:19 +0000

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

Comment on The World in a Flickr Album by Antoine

Antoine — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:04:34 +0000

Hi Sheece,

Thanks for adding me to your blogroll! I’ve also added you to mine. Keep on writing,

Regards,
Antoine

ps. Check out webshots.com - it’s a great site and has unlimited picture uploads.

Comment on Loved this design style guide by Antoine

Antoine — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:06:45 +0000

Hi Sheece,

I discovered your blog through technorati. Nice job! Thanks for that link to Web 2.0 style guide, I’ll definitely be checking that out.

What kind of technical writing do you do? Software, hardware, online help?

I’m looking forward to your next post.

Regards,
Antoine

Comment on What is Web 2.0? by Dan

Dan — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:25:19 +0000

Hey Sheece,

It’s cool that you’ve started a blog. I’ve been doing a lot of research lately and found some cool stuff about Web 2.0 and it’s impact on technical communication. Here’s a link to some blog posts from a writer I’m particularly enjoying lately: http://www.idratherbewriting.com/category/web-20/

Shoot me an email and we’ll catch up on things.

Dan

Comment on What is Web 2.0? by Locx

Locx — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:41:43 +0000

I presume you are a bit wrong presenting the statement.
Web 1.0 was domain owned information based website services whereas its successor is more like the platform based interactive services owned by user usage.