gilest.org: Clarity hacks
I find that it’s in this search for aesthetic satisfaction that so many of the best lessons are found. I’m not talking about ornamentation or bells and whistles. I’m taking about the beauty of the four Cs: Clarity, cohesion, consistency, and conciseness. If you have the eye, you’ll recognize them easily (even if getting there isn’t quite so easy).
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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)
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“The trick to writing well is to...
– take long sentences and make them short
– take confusing ideas and make them clear
– take unrelated concepts and make them related
...without losing the main idea in the process.”
– take long sentences and make them short
– take confusing ideas and make them clear
– take unrelated concepts and make them related
...without losing the main idea in the process.”
3-2-1: On asking permission, the trick to writing well, and the magic of reading
Consider a few basic, macroscopic rules that will take your word and phrase from drab to fab:
- Show, Don’t Tell: Use concrete examples and anecdotes to illustrate your points. I worked with X to design Y and Z which led to an uplift in $AM and B%” says a lot more than "I am a great designer.”
- Use Active Verbs : Active verbs make your writing flow dy