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Communicating through Disaster and Unexpected Occurrences
Super Storm Sandy is now history. We move on, as after most disasters, to an analysis of how we might avoid the repetition of problems and miscommunications. After 9/11 and the destruction of the World Trade Center, a universal awareness was created regarding backups and storage of essential data in an off-site, secure location. Sandy and other similar weather or emergency events can cause us to look at our systems and processes for communicating with our employees.
Read more…Word Origins
When we talk about digital cameras, we can’t avoid talking about pixels. Ever wonder about where the word ‘’pixel’’ comes from? At the communications exhibit at Liberty Science Center, I was so intrigued to learn that the word is actually a shortening of the original term ‘’picture element.’’ Word origins are fascinating. Most of the original computer terminology was based on the physical nature of the item. A floppy disk was literally a 5” square flexible disk. The hard drive was metal and impermeable, and a mouse looked somewhat like a small rodent with the wire as its tail.
How Important is Punctuation?
The Importance of Correct Punctuation
From Games Magazine, 1984
Who cares about punctuation, anyway? Is it really relevant? You decide. Read the two letters below. The words are the same. See what a difference punctuation makes?
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