How One Typo Brought Down the Internet—And What It Means for Your Business
Amazon’s typo broke the internet. A simple mistake cost companies millions of dollars. Here are some tips for preventing typos, no matter your industry.
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How to Improve Learning Retention in E-learning Courses
Learning retention is a challenge in every training environment—but especially in e-learning, where distractions are just a click away. If learners forget what they’ve just completed, the training loses value. That’s why improving retention in e-learning should be a key goal for every course developer. This article covers what learning retention is, why it’s harder …
History of Technical Writing: From Cave Walls to AI
What is the history of modern technical writing? Technical writing has been around since the first technical writer, Cro-Magnon man, was drawing on cave walls. Some joke that it’s the world’s “other” oldest profession! However, most experts would agree that the golden age of technical writing started with the invention of the computer. Here are some of …
Uncleftish Beholding by Poul Anderson
Uncleftish Beholding (1989) is a short text written by Poul Anderson. It uses mostly words from old German roots. It shows what English might look like if it hadn’t borrowed so many words from Latin, Greek, and French. The text is about basic atomic theory, and it’s quite a mess. Here goes: For most of …
The Subtle Art of Delegating
Taking time off is much more relaxing if you effectively delegate your tasks to other team members. Here’s what you need to know to get started.
Ten Idioms about the Human Body
Here are ten idioms about the human body presented in a format that any child of 1960s or 1970s will fully appreciate! Source: WeKnowMemes.com
The Longest Word in the Dictionary
You might be a Word Person if you’ve ever asked yourself, “What’s the longest word in the dictionary?” At 45 letters, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language published in a dictionary, the Oxford English Dictionary. It refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust. The disease …
10 Things You Should Give Up Today
The holiday season can be so stressful, and Word People are famously hard on themselves because we think everything has to be “just right.” Charlene Burke recently published an article, “10 Things You Should Give Up Today,” and it really resonated with us. Perhaps it will with you as well. Here are the highlights: Give …
Merry Christmas (Quotations)!
Christmas words are the best, and here are some of our favorite Christmas quotations! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all your friends at ProEdit! Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.— Norman Vincent Peale Christmas is a time when you get homesick — even when …
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lorem Ipsum…
This week’s blog posting will explore a topic that has bugged Word People for hundreds of years. What is “Lorem Ipsum” anyway, and why do we use it in page layout? According to lipsum.com (and yes, there is a website devoted to this topic…who knew?): “Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and …