Friday, 19 May 2017

Crimson Hexagon social tech reveals essence of underlying themes in public opinion not just negative blah blah

Crimson Hexagon - now used by CNN and Bing - is a social technology for measuring the essence of millions of unsolicited online conversations in dynamic human engagement. Market research just took a giant step forward in measuring the nature of public opinion.

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http://www.fastcompany.com/1697243/harvard-developed-analytics-tool-measures-public-opinion-on-social-media-in-real-time

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Friday, 31 March 2017

Cookbooks for Tech Writers

As a tech writer (one who writes documentation/instructions for programmers), I am supposed to be alert to variations in the process and present those to the reader. "If such and such is true, then do the following."

So, when I was cooking breakfast and both eggs I cracked had two yolks, my tech writer brain filled the time by considering how cookbooks should be repaired. Should there be "if/then" steps for situations like this? I know a great hollandaise sauce recipe that calls for three yolks and no whites. Is it three visual yolks, or is it whatever yolks happen to fall out of three egg shells?

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