2009.10.21
Basic Etiquette of Technical Communication
Parents spend years trying to teach their children to be polite, and some of us had to learn at school how to properly address an archbishop. Yet, it seems that advice on courteousness and politeness in technical communication is in short supply; most of us learn these skills through what is euphemistically called “on the job training.” With enough bruises on my back to demonstrate the amount and variety of my experience in this area (though not my skill), here are some of the things I’ve learned.
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2009.10.15
Tags for Bibliography References
I love writing my papers in LaTeX.
Its declarative style allows me to concentrate on the content,
rather than the form.
I even format the text according to the content,
keeping each phrase or logical unit on a separate line.
Many publishers supply style files that format the article according
to the journal's specifications.
Even better, over the years I've created
an extensive collection
of bibliographies.
I can therefore use BibTeX to cite works with a simple command,
without having to re-enter their details.
This also allows me to use style files
to format references according to the publisher's specification.
Yet, there is still the problem of navigating from a citation to
the work's details.
Here is how I solve it.
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