I work for a tech company. I have worked for the government. In both places acronym usage is abundant. In both places, acronyms rarely help achieve clarity. I noticed some acronym patterns and, like everyone else on the planet, I have opinions on how their formatting could be improved. tl;dr (too long; didn’t read): Acronyms… Continue reading Pondering acronyms
Tag: Rant
On being a friggin cyber designer
I live in mild terror of a single question. It usually crops up when I meet someone for the first time. It’s not because the question is a difficult one for most people. In fact, it’s one many people enjoy answering. What do you do? Well, shit. I guess it’s time for me to attempt… Continue reading On being a friggin cyber designer
Years don’t belong in event names
We’ve all seen it. A bunch of us have done it. We add the current year to the name of the event. Usually something like this: WordCamp Denver 2015#wcden15 This seems cool and is a pretty common convention convention (wordplay!). It is, however, totally silly. Pro/con time of using years: Pros Indicates what year you… Continue reading Years don’t belong in event names