Monthly Archives: March 2008

Reading by numbers

Posted on 15 March 2008 by David Farbey

I am indebted to Karen Schriver, author of Dynamics in Document Design, for posting a note to the Info-Design Cafe mailing list about a recent article in the Wall Street Journal about readability formulas. In his article “Can you read … Continue reading →

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On wranglers, and other fancy titles

Posted on 12 March 2008 by David Farbey

What’s in a name? More particularly, what’s in the name of a profession? Some professions are easy to identify by a one word name: tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. Other professional designations are longer: civil engineer, cloakroom attendant, sagger-maker’s bottom-knocker, or … Continue reading →

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Do-it-yourself social networking

Posted on 5 March 2008 by David Farbey

In the last week I have had two different invitations to join two completely unrelated social networks, but both are hosted on the same service – Ning. Ning offers ordinary mortals – people who wouldn’t know where to start if … Continue reading →

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Content management at STC UK

Posted on 3 March 2008 by David Farbey

This weekend I took part in a one-day conference on Content Management that was held by the STC UK Chapter. I gave a presentation on my personal experience of introducing a document management system in one department of a large … Continue reading →

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