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2007

Chapter 7: Form Processing. The chapter on newforms I contributed to “The Definitive Guide to Django” is now online, along with the rest of the published book.

# 16th December 2007, 9:44 pm / django, django-book, newforms, python, writing

Could someone please send, to whomever the hell teaches communication skills/techniques at Microsoft, a copy of the Chicago Manual, and perhaps a sixth - grade grammar text? I swear, there's almost no one from that company who can write a proper English sentence.

— John C. Welch

# 12th July 2007, 6:23 pm / english, john-c-welch, microsoft, writing

Mobile Device Connectivity to Exchange using IMAP vs Exchange ActiveSync (via) I count 14 instances of “experience” in this 1,000 word blog entry. Do real people talk like this?

# 12th July 2007, 5:17 pm / activesync, communication, exchange, experience, imap, john-gruber, microsoft, weaselwords, writing

When I write a new book [...] I plan to throw away something like the first 30 or so pages. And, because I know I'm going to do it, it doesn't worry me. I no longer have writer's block.

— Dave Thomas

# 24th March 2007, 3:05 pm / dave-thomas, writing

Dave Thomas on Writing a Book. A series of articles on writing a technical book, from Pragmatic Programmer Dave Thomas.

# 24th March 2007, 2:53 pm / dave-thomas, writing