Monthly Archives: November 2008

User Documentation Survey 2008

Every so often I launch a survey about user documentation – sometimes it’s specifically for a conference paper, and sometimes it’s just as a small contribution to the growing body of knowledge in technical communications.This time I have included three … Continue reading

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World Usability Day

I just wanted to post a reminder that Thursday 13th November 2008 is World Usability Day. If you’re not sure what “usability” means, ask yourself this – why (to paraphrase a comment on the World Usability Day website) is a … Continue reading

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Challenging linguistic theory isn’t funny enough

One of the good things about science, is that it always knows it might be wrong. According to Karl Popper, a theory should be considered scientific if and only if it is falsifiable. New evidence can and should displace a … Continue reading

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Congratulations, Mr. Obama, Congratulations, USA.

I don’t normally comment on politics, but this week has been exceptional. If I had been a US citizen last Tuesday I would probably have voted for Obama, but that is hardly unexpected, given that I am a university-educated, white, … Continue reading

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