Posted by Dennis G. Jerz on January 29, 2001 12:00 AM | No Comments | Link to here ∴
"The Web is a pretty lousy way to transmit information—especially the text that gives the Web its chief reason for existence. But you can use writing techniques to exploit the Web's strengths while avoiding its weaknesses." Crawford Kilian on Effective Web Writing.

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