Comment by chiefalchemist 5 years ago Bland poetry is bad.Bland biz comms are not only acceptable but preferred. 4 comments chiefalchemist Reply alasdair_ 5 years ago Bland is boring and boring documents tend not to be read.Succinct writing with some humor or at least some character to it will actually get that functional spec read.Joe Spolsky wrote a good piece on this topic: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/10/02/painless-functiona... chiefalchemist 5 years ago Sense of humor?1) humor? it's subjective2) you better be spot on because humor can easily be misinterpreted.3) along the same lines, it's likely not everyone reading will be of the same native language and/or culture. Humor will likely marginalize them.4) Frank Luntz "Words That Work". Chapter 1 is comms evergreen gold.https://www.amazon.com/Words-That-Work-What-People/dp/140130... throwawaythekey 5 years ago Bland is forgettable. You don't want important biz comms to be forgotten. Bland doesn't spark thought in the reader. Clarity is achievable without being bland chiefalchemist 5 years ago You're talking about copy writing. That's different than peer to peer biz comms.
alasdair_ 5 years ago Bland is boring and boring documents tend not to be read.Succinct writing with some humor or at least some character to it will actually get that functional spec read.Joe Spolsky wrote a good piece on this topic: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/10/02/painless-functiona... chiefalchemist 5 years ago Sense of humor?1) humor? it's subjective2) you better be spot on because humor can easily be misinterpreted.3) along the same lines, it's likely not everyone reading will be of the same native language and/or culture. Humor will likely marginalize them.4) Frank Luntz "Words That Work". Chapter 1 is comms evergreen gold.https://www.amazon.com/Words-That-Work-What-People/dp/140130...
chiefalchemist 5 years ago Sense of humor?1) humor? it's subjective2) you better be spot on because humor can easily be misinterpreted.3) along the same lines, it's likely not everyone reading will be of the same native language and/or culture. Humor will likely marginalize them.4) Frank Luntz "Words That Work". Chapter 1 is comms evergreen gold.https://www.amazon.com/Words-That-Work-What-People/dp/140130...
throwawaythekey 5 years ago Bland is forgettable. You don't want important biz comms to be forgotten. Bland doesn't spark thought in the reader. Clarity is achievable without being bland chiefalchemist 5 years ago You're talking about copy writing. That's different than peer to peer biz comms.
chiefalchemist 5 years ago You're talking about copy writing. That's different than peer to peer biz comms.
Bland is boring and boring documents tend not to be read.
Succinct writing with some humor or at least some character to it will actually get that functional spec read.
Joe Spolsky wrote a good piece on this topic: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/10/02/painless-functiona...
Sense of humor?
1) humor? it's subjective
2) you better be spot on because humor can easily be misinterpreted.
3) along the same lines, it's likely not everyone reading will be of the same native language and/or culture. Humor will likely marginalize them.
4) Frank Luntz "Words That Work". Chapter 1 is comms evergreen gold.
https://www.amazon.com/Words-That-Work-What-People/dp/140130...
Bland is forgettable. You don't want important biz comms to be forgotten. Bland doesn't spark thought in the reader. Clarity is achievable without being bland
You're talking about copy writing. That's different than peer to peer biz comms.