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Causation 21 Apr 2013 | 05:39 am
Why was Mr. MacGregor chasing him?
How the Random House / Hydra Contract Becomes the New Normal (For a While) 7 Mar 2013 | 11:20 am
The thing is... if I worked for Random House, and if I were worried about competing with Amazon, Apple, Smashwords etc., I would spend some time thinking about how I could offer a *better* deal.
No, Your Son is Probably Not Brain Damaged 20 Feb 2013 | 10:36 am
Is it some kind of Jungian collective unconscious... thingy?
Songs for Git Commands 13 Feb 2013 | 10:58 am
If you wanted it, you shoulda put a hash on it!
Tech Pubs Tuesday: Converting TWiki/Foswiki to Markdown, reStructuredText, or Some Other Sane Format 6 Feb 2013 | 11:35 am
The young technical writer laughed and refused. "I am far too busy to help the likes of you," he said, by which he meant too busy reading Reddit. "Begone!"
Tech Pubs Tuesday: Catching Regressions in Writing 30 Jan 2013 | 10:35 am
Unfortunately, I've never written that way. I am a writer who backtracks. Always have been, always will be.
Tech Pubs Tuesday: Don't Write Directly in HTML 23 Jan 2013 | 10:08 am
HTML is deliberately primitive and general-purpose. It lacks the kind of semantics that you want for describing technical documentation.
Tech Pubs Tuesday: Use Spellcheck 16 Jan 2013 | 10:30 am
Spellcheck is one of your best friends when you're writing technical documentation. More accurately, spellcheck is your *only* friend when writing technical documentation.
Tech Pubs Tuesday: The 25% Rule for Editing (AKA Be Aggressive. Be-ee Aggressive!) 9 Jan 2013 | 08:29 am
The overall idea is not, "Whoever reduces the text the most WINS AT TECH WRITING!" It's that *if* you are editing a first draft aggressively enough, *then* you should probably see a reduction of aroun...
Tech Pubs Tuesday: Code Proximity 2 Jan 2013 | 10:18 am
Code proximity is your first line of defense against documentation rot.
