- Transmission Model of Communication – David Chandler critiques Shannon and Weaver's model as it has been used in common culture. Not merely mostly harmless. "In short, the transmissive model is of little direct value to social science research into human communication, and its endurance in popular discussion is a real liability. Its reductive influence has implications not only for the commonsense understanding of communication in general, but also for specific forms of communication such as speaking and listening, writing and reading, watching television and so on. In education, it represents a similarly transmissive model of teaching and learning. And in perception in general, it reflects the naive 'realist' notion that meanings exist in the world awaiting only decoding by the passive spectator. In all these contexts, such a model underestimates the creativity of the act of interpretation." – (communication Dh erhetoric )
- The Martian: Allegory of Whose Lives Matter – – (none)
- Dear parents: Let your kids use open source software – Written for parents. A tiny guide and apologia for FOSS. – (foss open_source linux tech_writing )
Tag Archives: tech_writing
bookmarks for July 24th, 2010 through July 27th, 2010
- Welcome to The Nethernet – Some profs using this as an incentive. I prefer my good and evil fully baked. – (twwt socialpractices gaming )
- Challenging the Presentation Paradigm (in 6 minutes, 40 seconds): Pecha Kucha – 20 sides running automatically for 20 secs each, each slide containing one graphic or one phrase. The numbers are arbitrary, but the constraints (equal time on each slide, one graphic or one phrase – not a sentence) are interesting. The article suggests it takes 6 hours to develop and practice the presentation. – (presentations ppt pecha-kucha powerpoint )
- The Email Signature: From Efficient to Overkill – advice based on tech writing principles – (email etiquette tech_writing )