by danielbpatton | Jul 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
The government’s Standard Occupational Classifications (SOC) is under ongoing pressure from the Society for Technical Communication (STC) to modify its classification of those professionals historically referred to as Technical Writers. Now, a clearinghouse of...
by danielbpatton | Apr 26, 2004 | Uncategorized
Cluetrain’s David Weinberger, in conversation with Fast Company: In part, you have to be willing to write really badly. That’s part of the deal; you have to willing to publish things, to make things public, pretty much as soon as you’ve written them....
by danielbpatton | Jan 10, 2004 | Uncategorized
Welcome to another edition of “Your Own Words.” This time I thought I’d throw a list of links at you; send you on a wild and webby chase straight through all the clutter available on the Internet; and mark a trail to all the gold that’s there. But rather...
by danielbpatton | Jan 8, 2004 | Uncategorized
In Part I of this article, I made some pretty bold comparisons between the workings of web browser software and those of human readers. I’ve offered some examples of direct translations of English grammar rules to those of HTML. I promised to give you a few more...
by danielbpatton | Jan 6, 2004 | Uncategorized
Ever opened a web page in Notepad? Ever used your web browser’s “view source” feature? I certainly hope so. But if you haven’t, give it a try sometime. Code is extraordinary in its blandness. Find even the slickest web page and have a look at...