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Peter Bhat Harkins
What a Blog Post is Missing
Life: English, humor
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This 37signals blog post is missing one thing.
It’s not talent. It’s not ideas. It’s not money. It’s not marketing. It’s not technology.
It’s exposition.
Writing and Formatting
Life: design, English, web
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I just read a good post on Gadetopia about writing skills and had a small correction to offer. Go read it and come back (and read the two linked posts about Word and Frontpage use). I’ll wait.
Specificity
Life: English, humor
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I’ve always loved English’s hyper-specific words like defenstrate (to throw something out of a window) and borborygm (a rumbling noise caused by shifting air in the bowels). Something about them is deeply and indelibly funny.