Author: Brian Forte

talking to myself about technical writing, with pre-amble

Pre-amble I write a column for Red Hat Magazine. The column's called How to Write Really Good Documentation, although we won't know how immodest that title is until a few more columns appear. (FWIW, it isn't my title. When I...

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paying attention to non-tactile buttons

In a post to the the Interaction Design Association mailing list, Josh Viney wrote: I wonder if there isn't [one] use-case that many of the "slim" phone manufacturers are forgetting when testing their new buttons. I'm originally from Los Angles,...

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distraction sunday

According to this site's sub-title, 'they distracted us, so now we're distracting you'. Ignoring the pretensions of the editorial 'we', I'm clearly not doing as much distracting as I might. Twelve posts in four months is hardly record-breaking. And, I...

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