BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. When introducing the audience as a key component of weblog writing, Steve wrote: We’re not writing an account of our lives just as a record of our lives, we’re trying to say something about our lives, and that can’t be done if we stick only to ‘facts’: the facts that will […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’m finding it difficult to respond to Steve’s earlier posting on ‘learning to read’, because there’s so much to say about it that I find myself stuck at the gates, not sure which way to respond. In particular, he’s raised an issue I’ve found myself sensitive to lately: the constraints audience expectations […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Well, I leave in about 6 hours. I should go to bed. Not sure when I’ll be back. Not sure if I’ll be back. If not, I’ll miss you all.
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Years ago when I worked for Boeing, I had to file paperwork for a government security clearance to work within the Peace Shield program. This involved writing down every address I’d lived in, all my previous jobs, my current friends, and family members. It also meant answering some rather invasive […]
Steve, in an uncanny knack for putting his finger on the real issues, touched on what I think is the key aspect impacting on the type of writing we do within a weblog — the audience. And this includes audience expectations. It’s difficult writing War and Peace and have it fit comfortably within RSS feeds focusing on […]