Style Ü
So first I have to explain the title of this post. I did research today to find out how to use UTF-8 special character codes. Curious if they worked on the fly in WordPress I just made one up. Conveniently it worked and provided the second word/character for my title. BAM!
“I threw up on your bed.”
Writing a style guide is quite a task. I noticed a few references today mentioning that people leading that task for larger ‘papes tend to retire after finishing the guide. Or retire so they can finish it. Hopefully this wont be quite so involved and long strung. (Heh, long strung, I like that.) I was reading ALA’s guide and was mondo impressed when they mentioned that it’s important not to dumb down stuff too much on there since web professionals read the site. However, not to go over board. For example they mentioned that just because a CSS programmer knows all 317 CSS workarounds doesn’t necessarily mean they have heard of Edward Tufte. I was so glad I knew who Tufte was. Because I certainly don’t know 317 CSS anythings.
I’m starting to get a slight understanding of typography issues associated with the web. Typography is such a massive topic it seemed to me at first glance, certainly worth sinking my teeth into, but only it in little pieces at first. I’m amazed at how quickly some of it is making sense. I don’t like the construct of those last sentences. Another time.
I got one of these mini optical mice for my lappy. It’s tiny.
One gripe I have about using this leg top putter is that the little touch pad is forever experiencing an ID10t error because I bump it with my thumbs. I’m hoping as I get used to typing on it I’ll lighten up on the accidental touch pad cursor moves. Nothing kills a train of thought quite like jumping three sentences and randomly inserting characters. I enjoy the portability however.
I still use ‘though’ far to much in just about anything I write. I’ve done better this round but it was conscious.
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