Writing Topic
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Writing
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Abbreviations and poetry
Finally, some clarity from the W3C on the use of abbr as summarized by Jesper Tverskov (via Anne van Kesteren.) -
Why we write for the Web
Just spent sometime reading two essays, one by Josh Allen and the other by Paul Ford. Both are contemporaries in terms of age (as most us doing this are) and attitude toward the Web, and both were writing on why they write for this medium. Suffice it to say, I agree, and that, in turn, got me thinking about this site’s whole redesign -
Hypertext writing
Mark Bernstein remains, even amongst Webheads, a relatively unkown person and that is shame. Those that recognize it generally do so because of his work with Eastgate. But he is also one of the few people who have been serioulsy advocating hypertext — which, ironically enough, seems to be a dying artform on the Web. -
“Hip” Toronto and bad writing
Funny how these themes emerge. Today, writing. -
Hechtman a hostage; Kandahar; reputation managers; writing well
Bunch of stuff today that has been collecting over the past few days: -
Book Review: Concrete Forest
A review, first published in Mindjack, of a collection of urban Canadian fiction. -
Tele-Hell
Tethered to the phones, telemarketer's struggle to sell and survive.