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Comment on Top 10 Crimes of Online Writing by Julie Toft

Julie Toft — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 11:40:37 +0000

10. linking instead of explaining. It annoys me, if the writer doesn’t bother to explain or clarify difficult parts/concepts but links to a wikipedia page instead. That’s just laziness. All the info you need to understand the text should be in the text. I think.

Great post, by the way.

Comment on Top 10 Crimes of Online Writing by Chie Elliott

Chie Elliott — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:03:46 +0000

Great post, Caroline, with good points we all need to be reminded of from time to time (it’s so easy to get carried away or become too lazy…), whether we are pros or beginners. PS: I didn’t know about Zemanta — top tip, thanks!

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Comment on Top 10 Crimes of Online Writing by Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:20:56 +0000

10. Expecting your readers to do the work for you.

(Actually, that’s quite a good technique for encouraging debate)

Comment on Top 10 Crimes of Online Writing by Joseph Stashko

Joseph Stashko — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:36:27 +0000

Somewhat in breach of point 6 here

Good post, I’d really agree with the paragraph thing, readability is so much improved by breaking up text in 3 or 4 line chunks.

Comment on Top 10 Crimes of Online Writing by Pete Ashton

Pete Ashton — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:29:11 +0000

10. Ignore the rules. Sometimes you just gotta break them.

Comment on Text speek – innit by Midge D

Midge D — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:39:26 +0000

iirc- If i recall/remember correctly

Comment on Why don’t students use Twitter? by Andy Halls

Andy Halls — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:59:19 +0000

I agree that Twitter seems to be used by a minority of students.

I’m leading a discussion today on challenges journalists face in the modern newsroom, as part of a University assignment, and have had to tone down the Twitter content, as of a class of around 10 of us, just my co-presenter and I have active accounts.

My main worry with Twitter is that it takes a while to see the appeal, at least in the eyes of everyday individuals testing it out for the first time.

I use Twitter, mainly, for journalistic means. It’s a good opportunity to network, and connect with people I wouldn’t have been able to but by chance.

When my friends ask me, ‘so what’s the point of Twitter?’ I usually find myself responding with a sentence similar to ‘well, I use it for journalism, but I’m not sure’.

Other than being a great opportunity stalk celebrities and see follows ‘trends’, what is the real appeal of Twitter?

Comment on Myspace OFF Google search? UPDATED by caroline

caroline — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:02:02 +0000

It’s a real shame: Myspace is a terrible social network nowadays but it’s a perfect entertainment site. This is what Facebook has spotted and wish to cash in on by this new deal. Lets hope they sort this out soon.