July 2008
The Archives
-
Prose, Writing
Writing With Style
By Kurt Vonnegut
Newspaper reporters and technical writers are trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in their writings. This makes them freaks in the world of writers, since almost all of the other ink-stained wretches in that world reveal a lot about themselves to readers. We call these revelations, accidental and intentional, elements of style.
These [...] -
Design, Web Design
Are Web Safe Colors Dead?
The browser safe color palette consists of 256 colors that are dubbed as web safe. This is because they were developed back when computer systems utilized 8 bit video cards and the 256 colors chosen were developed by programmers with no design sense. No designer would have picked these colors, as they lack both light [...]
-
Grammar
No Love For Bad Grammar
Who would have thunk bad grammar could wreck a relationship? Well, from a letter written to Ask Amy from Loss For Words, that is exactly what could happen.
I am dating a very, very nice man. There’s just one problem: his language skills. He was not taught to speak properly. For example, he consistently uses [...]
-
Prose, Writing
The Joy of Prose
Kerouac’s Belief and Technique for Modern Prose
List of EssentialsScribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy
Submissive to everything, open, listening
Try never get drunk outside yr own house
Be in love with yr life
Something that you feel will find its own form
Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind
Blow as deep as you want to blow
Write [...] -
Grammar
You’re A Typo
This post could have used one more glance over!
This is a common typo that a spell checker will never find.
Alphabetix - The Blog
Editing, Writing, Designing, and Blogging your world!Archives
- August 2008 (2)
- July 2008 (6)
Categories
- Design (2)
- SEO (1)
- Web Design (1)
- Editing (4)
- Grammar (4)
- Humor (2)
- Grammar Cartoon (1)
- Writing (2)
- Prose (2)
feeds
