Comments on: Punctuation’s what you need http://blog.hackbash.com/2007/11/22/punctuations-what-you-need/ wake up and smell the copy Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:40:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: cpev http://blog.hackbash.com/2007/11/22/punctuations-what-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-49 cpev Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:12:10 +0000 http://host.qsoftdns.net/~hackbash/blog/?p=53#comment-49 Hear hear. I think I my initial comment may have been a bit too straight-faced for the intended sarcasm to come through - I just love the idea of journalists saying 'no, don't *print* my stuff, you'll ruin it'. If I was to have my commenting cherry over again on this one, I'd have added a nice smiley after it :) Funny, I wouldn't dream of using a smiley face when writing on paper, but I find them rather helpful during online conversation. Rather like hyperlinks, perhaps? Hear hear. I think I my initial comment may have been a bit too straight-faced for the intended sarcasm to come through – I just love the idea of journalists saying ‘no, don’t *print* my stuff, you’ll ruin it’.

If I was to have my commenting cherry over again on this one, I’d have added a nice smiley after it :)

Funny, I wouldn’t dream of using a smiley face when writing on paper, but I find them rather helpful during online conversation. Rather like hyperlinks, perhaps?

]]> By: mrsnakeface http://blog.hackbash.com/2007/11/22/punctuations-what-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-48 mrsnakeface Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:54:13 +0000 http://host.qsoftdns.net/~hackbash/blog/?p=53#comment-48 Demand it be reproduced both in both and virtual form - I want the book AND the e-book, in the same way I want an album AND mp3, DVD AND digital copy, friends AND FaceBook friends. We live in a world where the lines between real and virtual need neither be crossed nor blurred - information is nearing ubiquity, what people will/do want is access to 'great stuff' wherever they are, and no matter which platform, device or social situation they choose to interact with it via, they should be helped to this end. If I like your online article I might choose to print or publish it - if you try to stop me, more (virtual) fool you! Demand it be reproduced both in both and virtual form – I want the book AND the e-book, in the same way I want an album AND mp3, DVD AND digital copy, friends AND FaceBook friends.

We live in a world where the lines between real and virtual need neither be crossed nor blurred – information is nearing ubiquity, what people will/do want is access to ‘great stuff’ wherever they are, and no matter which platform, device or social situation they choose to interact with it via, they should be helped to this end.

If I like your online article I might choose to print or publish it – if you try to stop me, more (virtual) fool you!

]]> By: cpev http://blog.hackbash.com/2007/11/22/punctuations-what-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-47 cpev Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:25:06 +0000 http://host.qsoftdns.net/~hackbash/blog/?p=53#comment-47 It's a brave new world... It’s a brave new world…

]]> By: handolio http://blog.hackbash.com/2007/11/22/punctuations-what-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-46 handolio Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:03:55 +0000 http://host.qsoftdns.net/~hackbash/blog/?p=53#comment-46 No self-respecting writer is going to demand that their work never ends up in print, surely? No self-respecting writer is going to demand that their work never ends up in print, surely?

]]> By: cpev http://blog.hackbash.com/2007/11/22/punctuations-what-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-45 cpev Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:49:23 +0000 http://host.qsoftdns.net/~hackbash/blog/?p=53#comment-45 Perhaps hardcore online journalists should demand that their work never ends up in print? Perhaps hardcore online journalists should demand that their work never ends up in print?

]]> By: handolio http://blog.hackbash.com/2007/11/22/punctuations-what-you-need/comment-page-1/#comment-44 handolio Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:30:48 +0000 http://host.qsoftdns.net/~hackbash/blog/?p=53#comment-44 Talking of which, there's nothing like repeating the same quote four times to make you paranoid that it's clunky. "...crew members' families who lined the docks..."? Talking of which, there’s nothing like repeating the same quote four times to make you paranoid that it’s clunky.

“…crew members’ families who lined the docks…”?

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