Comment Re:My prediction: (Score 1) 294
More like Mozilla's trunk in Ballmer's Explorer
First he tells me that speed and informality sing a virtual hooker, then he tells me to maintain high standards? I can't tell whether he's being ironic or he's just a bad writer himself. And anyway, it's ridiculous to call today's kids the "comic-book generation" when 50 years ago kids read a hell of a lot more comic books than they do today.The very nature of e-mail (which, along with first cousins IM and text messaging, is an undeniably handy means of chatting) encourages sloppy "penmanship," as it were. Its speed and informality sing a siren song of incompetent communication, a virtual hooker beckoning to the drunken sailor as he staggers along the wharf. But it's not enough to simply vomit out of your fingers. It's important to say what you mean clearly, correctly and well. It's important to maintain high standards. It's important to think before you write.
You will be successful in your work.