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		<title>Use of language</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Opening the brand aperture&#8221; and disappearing right up it, the Sci Fi Channel uses several paragraphs of run-on sentences and abstract nouns to explain their decision to reduce even further the amount of science fiction they actually show. Sadly, it doesn&#8217;t explain why they didn&#8217;t just have the guts to rebrand properly, instead of to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.frankwales.com&amp;blog=3915354&amp;post=300&amp;subd=frankwales&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Opening the brand aperture&#8221; and disappearing right up it, the Sci Fi Channel uses several paragraphs of run-on sentences and abstract nouns to <a href="http://www.syfy.com/press.html" target="_blank">explain their decision</a> to reduce even further the amount of science fiction they actually show. Sadly, it doesn&#8217;t explain why they didn&#8217;t just have the  guts to rebrand properly, instead of to a mockable homophone; maybe they should have asked <a href="http://dave.uktv.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dave</a> for advice.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, a substantially more coherent and moving piece of writing has bobbed up on various forums, <a href="http://www.symphonymusicians.com/WelcomeAddressbyKarlPaulnack/tabid/87/Default.aspx">Karl Paulnack&#8217;s 2004 welcome address to the parents of new students at the Boston Conservatory</a>. </p>
<p>And a <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2009-03-19a.368.0">surprisingly informative debate</a> took place yesterday in the House of Lords, saying what a jolly useful chap that Darwin fellow turned out to be; ideal for passing the time on your next long trip up the Amazon, perhaps.</p>
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		<title>The Future of Web Proof-reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For better or worse, I&#8217;m cursed with the ability to spot typos and spelling errors that normal people miss. For example, this one on the home page of the Future of Web Apps conference that I&#8217;m somehow not attending: But is it really so hard to see the &#8216;The The&#8216; in this rather large graphic? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.frankwales.com&amp;blog=3915354&amp;post=38&amp;subd=frankwales&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;">For better or worse, I&#8217;m cursed with the ability to spot typos and spelling errors that normal people miss.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">For example, this one on the home page of the <a href="http://www.futureofwebapps.com/"><em>Future of Web Apps</em></a> conference that I&#8217;m somehow not attending: <a href="http://frankwales.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/fowa-the-the-red.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-37 aligncenter" title="Future of Web Apps should include proof-reading" src="http://frankwales.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/fowa-the-the-red.jpg?w=450&#038;h=322" alt="" width="450" height="322" /></a></p>
<p>But is it <em>really </em> so hard to see the &#8216;<strong>The The</strong>&#8216; in this rather large graphic?</p>
<div id="attachment_39" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 435px"><a href="http://frankwales.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/fowa-the-the-red-close.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-39" title="The The" src="http://frankwales.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/fowa-the-the-red-close.jpg?w=450" alt=""   /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The offending extra article</p></div>
<p>Personally, I think that somewhere in the actual future of web apps, there ought to be something that can help with proof-reading as least as well as desktop apps of the actual past can.</p>
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