Tag Archives: Writing

Writing ledes, writing for feeds…

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Too many ledes in tech publications and blogs suck. I’ve been doing more editing and more content curation lately. The upshot of that is noticing a lot of really boring, fluffy, slow-to-the-point ledes that utterly fail at drawing the reader … Continue reading →

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Is Your Site’s FAQ Helpful or Useless? Improving the Lowly FAQ

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

You can find them on virtually every project page or company Web site dealing with open source. The ever-present Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list. Over on A List Apart R. Stephen Gracey tackles an infrequently asked question, “Do they really … Continue reading →

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Nothing is stopping you

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

One of the things writers and reporters do is look for common themes. What’s the saying? Two is a coincidence, but three is a trend? OK – I’ve got three, though admittedly one is mine: My friend Og Maciel’s post … Continue reading →

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Writing professionally: Do you really want to?

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

I get a lot of emails from a friends, colleagues, acquaintances, or random strangers asking me how to get started writing. Since the question comes up a lot, I thought it might be worth a post here. Maybe it will … Continue reading →

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A New Role in Journalism?

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

TechDirt points to a discussion about today’s newsroom and the idea a new role in a newsroom: Curators. That is, someone who would help readers by sorting, organizing, verifying, and editing information that’s already on the Web or in the … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 6, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

Some interesting stuff around the Web on writing, naming projects, beer, and Google. I’ll leave it to the reader to decide which of those topics is most interesting… Application Naming — I couldn’t possibly agree with the author more. I … Continue reading →

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Getting its and it’s right

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Joe Brockmeier

If I had a penny for every time someone confuses its and it’s, just on the Internet, I would be ridiculously rich. This is probably, in part, because the rule is a bit counterintuitive. The reflex for most writers is … Continue reading →

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