Blue Flavor’s own Tiffani Jones has a nice blog post about learning to write for the web. Good stuff; check it out. Visit site »
Pepi Ronalds makes the very valid point that while copywriters are great, what many web projects really need is a good editor. Employing a talented editor can help avoid the way-too-common problem that is delayed content. Visit site »
My co-worker Garrett has a nice list of several common mistakes people make when writing, and advice on how to avoid them. Check it out. Visit site »
Seriously. Why don’t more companies understand how to attract web talent? Visit site »
Bronwyn Jones, who is an amazing writer and a joy to work with, has a really great piece at ALA wherein she discusses how the design processes applies to writing, just as it does to visual goodness, IA, and so forth. Go read it. Visit site »
This is a fun piece in Slate. Authors discuss their favorite fonts to compose in. Unsurpringly, the most commonly named typeface is Courier and it’s variants, with Times and Century Schoolbook also getting a few nods.
The most insightful answer (well, in my opinion, goes to Caleb Crain, who noted that “obsessing about fonts is a form of procrastination, so of course I have indulged in it ever since I graduated from a TRS-80 Model III to a Macintosh.” Hah. He goes on to select Hoefler Text as his favorite current typeface to compose in — which is a brilliant choice, if I do say so myself. Visit site »
The future home of the website that accompanies Greg, Ethan, Bronwyn, and Erin’s great SXSW panel on writing. Visit site »
“Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so,” writes Joss Whedon. And that’s the whole story. In the spirit of Hemingway’s classic six-word story, Wired asked 33 sc-fi writers to take a stab at the very short story, and then had designers, the likes of which include Chip Kidd, visually represent them. Awesome stuff. Via Brian Ford. Visit site »
A cute, fun, and oh-so-true little article by Erin Kissane on the state of about pages on the web today — and, of course, how to make yours suck less. Visit site »
The only way this could be more true is if it was entitled “everyone must write.” Writing is an essential skill that can help make you better at almost everything you do. Visit site »