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Need a Mission Statement, Dilbert Can Help

Monday, August 13, 2007

We all know how important it is to have a mission statement, but writing them is not a lot of fun. In fact, the time spent crafting them in the traditional way could be better spent working on high value projects. That’s where Dilbert’s Mission Statement Generator ...

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Social Truthiness: That’s Wikiality!

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Political humorist Stephen Colbert of The Daily Show fame, coined the term Wikiality on his popular television program, The Colbert Report. According to Colbert, wikiality represents “A reality where, if enough people agree with a notion, it becomes the truth.” ...

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Mediocrity: Why Do We Settle For “Good Enough”?

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Mediocre. That’s the best word we can think of to describe how most organizations manage the content they create. The folks at Sun Microsystems have picked up on this concept and spun it into a parody-type commerical that attempts to differentiate their line of servers ...

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Dilbert on Information Architecture

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Cartoonist Scott Adams used his popular Dilbert cartoon to poke fun at information architecture. Humorous? You be the judge.

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When You Need Documentation, Don’t Hire An HVAC Contractor

Friday, July 28, 2006

When you need technical documentation, don’t call an HVAC contractor to the rescue, despite what the Pocono Record says. In a recent “Write to Know” column, the paper incorrectly (albeit humorously) stated: “ASHRAE is the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and ...

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Buzzword: Targeted Completion Date

Thursday, July 27, 2006

From the BuzzWhack.com buzzword of the day file: Targeted completion date - “A comforting term that gives the impression a project will be finished by a certain date (but everyone involved knows there’s no chance in hell of it happening).” If you found that ...

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OpenDocument Format Alliance Announced

Friday, March 17, 2006

According to the New York Times, 30 companies, trade groups, academic institutions and professional organizations have formed the OpenDocument Format Alliance, whose goal is to promote and advance the use of the OpenDocument Format (ODF).

According to the Alliance ...

Filed under: Humor : Technical Writing

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