Writing in English as your 2nd second language can be really hard, especially when you try to make your point and argument clear and precise in a stylistic and shortest way possible. Hello blogging versus rant versus academic writing. I know that Jerry Yang was (and is as uber Yodel and Chief Yahoo) writing his memos to Yahoo! employees in lowercase letters, only (but blogs on Yodel Anecdotal normal). So I tried that, to be able to pay more attention to the topic and not to lose touch while reviewing grammar and style on the go.

Time Constraints Versus Quality.

It saved me time writing the posts, as intended. But after some couple of days passed and re-reading it, I discovered that it reads terrible. So I wanted to let you know about the failed experiment. Not only might my readers having a hard time reading along the lines, but I can imagine that readers think I am lazy to use the shift key, or that I am not familiar the English grammar rules. Let me put it that way, I am not a professional.

The Economic Part. The Bright Side.

Thanks to technology, my effort (and failed experiment) wasn’t worthless, now that you know all. You don’t make the same mistake, as you have read and learned (and you even had not to leave your home to learn this), and saved lots of your resources.

Example; considered time as finite resource and everything else held constant. Because of advances in medical technology, an increase of life expectancy means your time is not finite anymore. With even more time into the future of medical discoveries, infinite life (a reversal or stopping of cell damage) is maybe possible. Not necessarily for my generation, but for my kids who take a tour to Mars every now and then.

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Further Readings:

• London School of Economics (LSE) has a style guide for its web presence.
• Associated Press (AP) has dedicated a whole book and web presence and Twitter account. You might want to have a look at scribd too.
• There is a GNU style checker.
• A little googling will give you some ideas, what to look for when you are writing, um, blogging.
  • Good Blog Writing Style.
  • Ten Tips for writing a blog post (ProBlogger.com).
  • The 4 Pillars of Writing Exceptional Blogs (ProBlogger.com).
  • Blogging Tips for Beginners (ProBlogger.com).
  • Writing Style to Keep in Mind for Blog Posts.
  • Blogging Techniques for Getting More Hits.
  • 20 Usability Tips For Your Blog (check out the follow-on resources).
  • George Orwell’s 5 Rules of Effective Writing (check this out too).