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Social @ Stoyan Stefanov
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Here's a list of your truly's presence on various social sites around the web:. Mail (will not be published) (required). You can use these tags:. A href= title= abbr title= acronym title= b blockquote cite= cite code del datetime= em i q cite= strike strong. My JS patterns book. Theme by ♣w3clubs.com. Based on Kubrik and Sancta Simplicitas.
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Dear technical copyeditors, @ Stoyan Stefanov
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Laquo; Technical writing checklist. Dear technical copyeditors,. We need to talk. I'm a technical author. I write books about programming. I don't speak or write proper English. Not my area of expertise. I need your help. But, please, don't overdo it. Here are some. That will make our life together easier. DO track your changes. Giving me a word doc changed beyond recognition with no way to quickly see your changes and no way to quickly undo what you messed up is criminal. DO help me make my prose shorter.
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AsciiDoc @ Stoyan Stefanov
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Laquo; Writing vs. typing. When in phase #2 of any writing process. The typing phase) you need minimal distractions. You need to just type away as frictionlessly as possible and lose no time at all in anything other than typing. All this takes your energy and causes you to type less. Word is also terrible for writing code. It's simply not a code editor. Your book is best written as plain text, as close to normal source code as possible. When I started typing away on JS4PHP. Code var a = 1; /code. Once th...
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books @ Stoyan Stefanov
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Archive for the "books" Category. Dear technical copyeditors,. Sunday, September 8th, 2013. We need to talk. I'm a technical author. I write books about programming. I don't speak or write proper English. Not my area of expertise. I need your help. But, please, don't overdo it. Here are some. That will make our life together easier. DO track your changes. Giving me a word doc changed beyond recognition with no way to quickly see your changes and no way to quickly undo what you messed up is criminal.
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language @ Stoyan Stefanov
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Posts Tagged ‘language’. Thursday, March 25th, 2010. From The Elements of Style's chapter on Misused Words and Expressions:. A clumsy, pretentious device, much in vogue. Find a better way of indicating orientation or alignment or direction. They suggest instead of. It was a manufacturing-oriented company. Many of the skits are situation-oriented. It's better to say:. It was a company chiefly concerned with manufacturing. Many of the skits rely on the situation. My JS patterns book.
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wordiness @ Stoyan Stefanov
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Writing vs. typing. Started (again, but this time immagonnafinish! Second edition. I'm finding some wordiness I'm gladly deleting. Pretty" is just as bad as "very". And here's what Mark Twain has to say on "very":. Every time you're inclined to write. Your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. I had "pretty soon". That's just "soon". More often than not. That's just plain "often". This entry was posted on Saturday, August 27th, 2011 and is filed under books.
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-oriented @ Stoyan Stefanov
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Laquo; Django’s stairway. From The Elements of Style's chapter on Misused Words and Expressions:. A clumsy, pretentious device, much in vogue. Find a better way of indicating orientation or alignment or direction. They suggest instead of. It was a manufacturing-oriented company. Many of the skits are situation-oriented. It's better to say:. It was a company chiefly concerned with manufacturing. Many of the skits rely on the situation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
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Writing vs. typing @ Stoyan Stefanov
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Writing vs. typing. Many people find the idea of writing a book or an article difficult. I think this is mainly due to a poor definition of what. In the movies, there is this romantic idea of the process. The author struggles, drama ensues. Then all of a sudden inspiration strikes. The author sits down all night just listening to what inspiration says and lo! In the morning among a pile of cigarette butts and empty wine bottles, there is a brand new spanking. I'm going to write a book! 20 mins struggling...
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Primus @ Stoyan Stefanov
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Last night I went to see Primus at the Greek Theatre in LA and (because why the hell not) thought I should bike the 15 miles from home to the Greek Theatre. And back. The trip was a pilgrimage of sorts. A music lover's visit to the Holy Lands of LA. Went past the unmarked grave of Frank Zappa, then bumped into a jolly gay event on Santa Monica blvd (everyone was. The trip length was off by a lot from what google maps says, so I missed the opening act (Fishbone), but was on time to enjoy Primus. On June 1...
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books @ Stoyan Stefanov
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Posts Tagged ‘books’. Saturday, August 27th, 2011. Started (again, but this time immagonnafinish! Second edition. I'm finding some wordiness I'm gladly deleting. Pretty" is just as bad as "very". And here's what Mark Twain has to say on "very":. Every time you're inclined to write. Your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. I had "pretty soon". That's just "soon". More often than not. That's just plain "often". My JS patterns book. Theme by ♣w3clubs.com.