{"id":873,"date":"2011-12-01T04:18:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T04:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericwhite.com\/home2\/bm8qcmjy\/public_html\/blog\/?page_id=873"},"modified":"2014-03-04T06:01:04","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T06:01:04","slug":"writing-other-expanded","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ericwhite.com\/blog\/writing-other-expanded\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing\/Other"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style='font-size: small;'><a href='https:\/\/www.ericwhite.com\/blog\/toc-expanded'>Back to TOC<\/a><span style='position: relative; left: 1em;'><a href='https:\/\/www.ericwhite.com\/blog\/writing-other-condensed'>Condensed TOC<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ruminations about technical writing and other philosophical topics.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class='ericListItem'><a class=\"ericListItem broken_link\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/ericwhite\/archive\/2008\/01\/28\/the-secret-to-reading-specifications-quickly.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">An Approach to Reading Specifications Quickly<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style='margin-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 1em;'>In this post, I give out one of my favorite secrets &#8211; how to read specifications quickly, with a high degree of retention. I have a particular technique, and if you use this technique, you may read specs more quickly, and you will remember more after you have read them.<span style='color:#2b91af;'>  (Article)<\/span><\/p>\n<div style='vertical-align: text-top; margin-top: .5em;'><span style='color:#2b91af;'>Keywords:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a href='https:\/\/www.ericwhite.com\/blog\/writing-other-expanded'>Writing\/Other<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<li class='ericListItem'><a class=\"ericListItem broken_link\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/ericwhite\/archive\/2008\/05\/30\/thoughts-on-technical-writing-for-a-large-audience.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Thoughts on Technical Writing for a Large Audience<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style='margin-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 1em;'>Here&#8217;s my 2 cents on writing content that is applicable to a large audience.  This post is pretty basic, but it might be useful to someone, so I&#8217;ll post it.<span style='color:#2b91af;'>  (Article)<\/span><\/p>\n<div style='vertical-align: text-top; margin-top: .5em;'><span style='color:#2b91af;'>Keywords:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a href='https:\/\/www.ericwhite.com\/blog\/writing-other-expanded'>Writing\/Other<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<li class='ericListItem'><a class=\"ericListItem broken_link\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/ericwhite\/archive\/2008\/10\/22\/writing-for-professional-developers.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Writing for Professional Developers<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style='margin-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 1em;'>If you are a writer, there is no substitute for making writing and language a focus of intense study.  When you write, you don&#8217;t want anything to obstruct your message.  Bad writing, more than anything else, will prevent your readers from learning what you intend to communicate.<span style='color:#2b91af;'>  (Article)<\/span><\/p>\n<div style='vertical-align: text-top; margin-top: .5em;'><span style='color:#2b91af;'>Keywords:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a href='https:\/\/www.ericwhite.com\/blog\/writing-other-expanded'>Writing\/Other<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to TOCCondensed TOC Ruminations about technical writing and other philosophical topics. An Approach to Reading Specifications Quickly In this post, I give out one of my favorite secrets &#8211; how to read specifications quickly, with a high degree of retention. 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