Posted in linking logs on Mar 11th, 2010
Everyday, I send interesting links to people via e-mail, instant message, or Twitter. There’s no reason to confine these links just to people I know.
Below you’ll find the interesting tidbits for 2010-02-23 through 2010-03-10:
Clients From HellJust like it says…
Social Media Network Icons | Komodo Media
Moyer Made – Projects: 1/6th Scale Chevrolet V8
How P2 Changed Automattic [...]
When communicating in a business setting, there are many forms of writing available. The most common forms of writing are memorandums, letters, and electronic mail. Each form has its appropriate uses. Care should be taken when choosing a format for any business communication.
A memorandum is best used for internal business communications. It is often informal [...]
This is an example letter from a new technical editor to a group of technical writers.
July 15, 2008
Engineering Team
Technical Writing Journal
123 Fake Street
Boston, Massachusetts 01234
Dear Engineering Team:
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and pass on some of my philosophy regarding technical writing. As you probably already know, I’m the new Technical [...]
The first thing any communicator must do when composing a message is decide which medium will work best (Evans & Wright, 2008). When faced with the task of communicating to a large group of people, especially those distributed across some distance, email is an effective form of communication. To be effective, it is critical that [...]
As technology has advanced the pace of modern society, the modern employee has less time available for any given work task. Susan Meisinger (2004) wrote “it is almost impossible to be productive in today’s business environment without being an effective communicator” (para. 6). A business writer must present messages that are efficiently organized to convey [...]