Posts tagged “website”
A Style Guide
One of the things I find surprisingly interesting is reading the style guides of different publishers or newspapers. Style guides generally cover how written content should be structured and presented. They help make single organisation seem coherent and help writers present what might otherwise be ambiguous. At the same time they can often be overly detailed, attacking the creative freedom of the author. Reading what decisions others have made regarding their styles allow me to pick and choose what to take inspiration from. Because I am in full control over what I publish here I can also make liberal use of Orwell’s sixth rule from Politics and the English Language: “Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous”.
Continue Reading →Dawn in 大安
Writing this, I have arrived at the island of Formosa, the adopted home of the Republic of China (中華民國) as well as the Taiwanese people. I intent to stay here during the fall term, as I complete part of my studies abroad.
Continue Reading →Colophon
Writing a colophon for a website is somewhat different from a book or other printed work. A website or digital work does exist as a finished product, but it is also something that can continuously evolve and develop throughout time. This kind of colophon should therefore not just include the reasoning behind why and how certain choices were made.
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