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Subject:The perils of visual communication From:Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:18:47 -0500
I know it's a bit early for the Friday files, but I forgot to send
anything along last Friday:
http://www.safenow.org/
(Mostly work safe, but for some of them, you may want to swallow that
mouthful of coffee first!)
Editing and writing tie-in? Even if your readers aren't quite as
amusing as the guys who created this Web page, it does provide an
occasional example of things we should watch out for when we try to
save words and communicate only in images. Even the finest editor
couldn't fix these problems if the images are taken sufficiently out
of context, but there are still a few lessons to be learned.
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-- Geoff Hart
ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca / geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com
www.geoff-hart.com
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