Monthly Archives: February 2009

High-concept pitches

Links are conversations for Web 2.0.

Welcome to SaidSvec.com!

I finally bit the bullet and moved my site from WordPress.com. I’ll be messing with the formatting, style and everything else over the coming days, so please excuse the mess.

Geeky Grammar

Holy Parenthetical Emoticons, Batman! I’m glad that Randall has the guts to tackle the tough issues facing the world today: emoticons in parenthesis. Check out the comic. Since I’m starting my own copyediting and proofreading business, this issue is particularly timely and relevant for me. Randall outlines the basic options: blah (or blah :) blah (or [...]

Define the problem, define done

I. M. Wright’s latest post “Green fields are full of maggots” talks about defining the problem and defining done. My favorite quote (which is, itself, a quote): “What’s so evil about general solutions? After all, your code could be both a floor wax and a dessert topping.” He makes some great points about building software [...]