Tag: Writing

Featured on This Is Broken

The broken message I got on my cell phone when deleting a demo game is featured today on This is Broken. Go check it out!

Programmer-speak

This message was clearly written by programmers. There are two problems I see:

Few people actually know what “JAR Files” are.
The lack of word-wrapping makes this brief message pretty hard to scan. There’s really no excuse for not making sure that words appear as words and not as “A re” and “wa nt”.

I would re-word it […]

Formatting tips from Scott Adams

(flickr tag: travel)
Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, recently posted on his blog about some of the atrocious formatting used in online travel itineraries and driving directions.
When I book a flight on Orbitz, they e-mail me this little confusing mess of a confirmation that just pisses me off:
“Tuesday, June 5, 2007
United Airlines […]

How not to write press releases

I recently got an e-mail from a company whose product we use in our software, announcing a new product that they are offering. I understand the need to come across as delivering high quality products, but some of the language used in this e-mail was just plain ridiculous:
“The WebRenderer Swing Edition will forever change the […]