August 31, 2003

50th blog entry

which calls for a small celebration.

(for some reason this brings to mind girlfriendlyiness - there is some joy in there which is incomparable, if prone to being tied to its own timetable).

& % @ ( ! # * * (well, how *do* you express happy celebration of things in characters?)

I was thinking about ordering items the other day. And (in discussion with S) I realised that some people are good at ordering like objects into a framework. But other people can be given a pile of random items and figure out ways of ordering them.

So, for example, one person can organise files into chronological order, but another person will be able to look through them and create an indiginous ordering system (e.g. major clients, minor clients, suppliers, - all by month). As a technical writer, I think one of the ways I add value to information, is creating an order which makes the it more accessible to the people who will read it. A sort of ergonometry of data.

Posted by carla at August 31, 2003 10:46 PM
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