Fatuous arguments and one-liners like the pro-choice statement, “An acorn is not a tree,” and the pro-feminist statement, “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle,” pollute public discourse with nonsense. That such drivel finds an audience is testament to low educational standards established in the spirit of inclusion. Now every dullard […]
Tagged 506dl, devil's advocateZinsser’s chapter on words was a refresher for me. The “bizspeak” I adopted as a technical writer are just as tired as the “journalese” lingo Zinsser described. Owing to a layoff, I was out of the workforce for a while, but I recall terms and phrases I accepted on protest and others that I really […]
Tagged 506dl, module 1This week’s lecture on brevity resonated with me, especially the statement, “when you try to simplify, you often realize just how unwieldy and disorganized your ideas really are.†I have enough experience writing to know that, for me, anyway, no writing assignments are easy. None flow effortlessly, and all take more time than I anticipated. […]
Tagged 506dl, module 1I’m interested in architecture for the same reason that I’m interested in food and sleep. OK, it’s not essential to survival, but it’s pretty darn close. Caves are in short supply, and I prefer living with a roof over my head, indoor plumbing, and central air. Architecture is all around us, if you include strip […]
Tagged 506dl, interest area defendedI’ve always loved stories and as a child made myself a nuisance by begging to be read to or have stories made up for my amusement on the spot. Only my father, at home recovering from cancer surgery, accommodated me with the latter. He must’ve been in a lot of pain, but seemingly without effort […]
Tagged 506dl, bio with a twistI considered starting with a clean slate for my Writing for Interactive Media blog, but didn’t because I’m still interested in the topics of real-world architecture and information architecture. I want to explore how we are affected by both, and I’d still like to try my hand at wielding a hammer and saw (see “Building […]
Tagged 506dlReunion Tower gives Dallas a unique skyline that contribute to its identity
We drive to neighborhoods to find businesses, public buildings, and homes. It’s not something we think much about. We go to websites to find information or buy products, or both. We may like the look of a particular neighborhood, shopping center, house, or website, but we usually don’t ask ourselves why. Nor do we ask […]
Hansel and Gretel sprinkled breadcrumbs on the forest path to find their way home, and it’s a common practice in web design to place breadcrumbs atop web pages to help users find their way. Breadcrumbs display the path that users took to tell them where they are in the website and how to return to […]
Tagged breadcrumbsWell, it’s not that hard. I say that now, nearly two years after moving here (Garland, suburb of Dallas) from Nashville. I drove some 12 hours with four angry cats crammed into two carriers in the back seat of my small sedan. The cats expressed their fury the whole way and did not relent for […]