Couple TDL articles

DeathDonkey · #1 12-01-2006, 12:34 AM

I wrote some un-edited articles for TDL. They are on my blog site. Any strategic comments (mostly for the second article) are appreciated as I already know my writing style needs work. Hope some of you find them useful.

-DeathDonkey

2461Badugi · #2 12-01-2006, 01:09 AM

First I have a format suggestion/request: is there some way for you to identify the author in the RSS feed? As you continue adding authors to the same blog, it becomes something of a guessing game.

I think the intro article is actually kind of weak, while the second is quite good.

DeathDonkey · #3 12-01-2006, 02:28 AM

The author of each post is written at the end of the post next to the category and number of comments. I will try and figure out the html to move the author name to the top of the article so that its more clear. The author name is listed in the RSS feed, I know this because I have tested the feed for another website and it has no problem automatically listing the author.

I agree the second article is much better than the first but keep in mind you aren't the target audience of the first. Any thoughts on what it should focus on / ways to improve it are always helpful.

-DeathDonkey

HOWMANY · #4 12-01-2006, 03:30 AM

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First I have a format suggestion/request: is there some way for you to identify the author in the RSS feed? As you continue adding authors to the same blog, it becomes something of a guessing game.

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Yeah, I've been reading his blog for a while and I didn't even realize that DD wasn't the only one posting things until a day or two ago, I thought that he had the attention span of a fruit fly from jumping between dozens of different limits and games. I guess now that I know there's more than 1 person posting stuff I'm fine, but it was super confusing for a while.

DeathDonkey · #5 12-01-2006, 05:47 AM

I think I fixed it. Let me know.

-DeathDonkey

spooky shadows · #6 12-01-2006, 07:26 AM

article 1 - clear well written presentation for newbies

article 2 - sorta messy and too personally involved i think, would appreciate less explanation of why certain approaches don't work and more thoughts on theory, numbers and concepts

blumpkin · #7 12-01-2006, 07:46 AM

Article 2 is outstanding. I agreed with everything there, the writing was clear, and it illustrates your aptitude for 2-7.