So the 8th chapter of Whittaker's Producing for Web 2.0: A Student Guide is entitled "Writing, ethics, and regulation." Even though Whittaker states that "the fact remains that the vast majority of content online consists of text" (196), he spends very little time actually discussing the writing aspects of it. He does, however, briefly mention style, audience, crafting a story, and storytelling techniques. Maybe I'm being over critical, but when I read "demonstrating programming skills and multimedia proficiency may count for very little if public perception of your pages is based on an inability to spell" (196), it makes me question why he didn't instead say something about how how public perception of your pages is based on incorrect information, or too confusing to understanding.
We preach that content and organization, or higher order concerns, are the things that are really important, yet we worriy that misspelled words will turn our audience against us. Is that perception true? If my website offers the solution to world peace, will my audience care if I've misspelled a couple of words or placed a comma where it shouldn't be? Are our readers that shallow? Maybe they are, but I would rather think not.
Ok, here is something I have never heard of before. Whittaker says that "the Sapmhaus Project estimates that up to 80 per cent of spam generated in the US and Europe is generated by around 200 professional spam gangs, mostly based in the Russian Federation . . . (204). Really, the Russians? Has anyone else ever heard of such a thing?
Ok, I'm tired, sleepy, and just plain worn out, so I'm done for tonight.
We preach that content and organization, or higher order concerns, are the things that are really important, yet we worriy that misspelled words will turn our audience against us. Is that perception true? If my website offers the solution to world peace, will my audience care if I've misspelled a couple of words or placed a comma where it shouldn't be? Are our readers that shallow? Maybe they are, but I would rather think not.
Ok, here is something I have never heard of before. Whittaker says that "the Sapmhaus Project estimates that up to 80 per cent of spam generated in the US and Europe is generated by around 200 professional spam gangs, mostly based in the Russian Federation . . . (204). Really, the Russians? Has anyone else ever heard of such a thing?
Ok, I'm tired, sleepy, and just plain worn out, so I'm done for tonight.
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