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   Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 09:49:27 JST Anil Dash

   I regularly see very smart people making totally avoidable mistakes in the documents they make for their jobs, whether it’s resumes or reports or whatever. I’ve gathered some of the most common kinds of feedback that can help into one simple guide: Make Better Documents. https://anildash.com/2024/03/10/make-better-documents/

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     Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 12:35:44 JST Waldo Jaquith

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     @anildash Relatedly, the filename is part of the file content, and should also be crated with empathy. My favorite example of this is resumes: a bad filename is “resume.pdf”, a better filename is “Dash Resume.pdf.”

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 12:36:04 JST Anil Dash

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     • Waldo Jaquith

     @waldoj @anildash yes! Huge and important point I forgot, I’ll edit later to add it.

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 12:36:27 JST Anil Dash

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     • Waldo Jaquith

     @waldoj @anildash (and applies to document titles and meeting invites also)

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     Nanoraptor (nanoraptor@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 13:19:22 JST Nanoraptor

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     • Waldo Jaquith

     @anildash @waldoj Paranoia about never finding files in my 40-year collection of Stuff has pushed me in the opposite direction.

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     Eaton (eaton@phire.place)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 13:19:22 JST Eaton

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     • Waldo Jaquith

     @NanoRaptor @anildash @waldoj be careful, this is how i ended up building a custom DAM

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 23:46:32 JST Anil Dash

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     • Sue Smith

     @sue @anildash ironic use of clip art is master-class-level usage, not the intended audience for this piece! 😭

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     Sue Smith (sue@glasgow.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 23:46:33 JST Sue Smith

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     @anildash Have to push back on the disparaging of clip art 🤣

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 00:03:32 JST Anil Dash

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     • John Hume

     @duelinmarkers not as badly as you missed “know your audience when communicating”.

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     John Hume (duelinmarkers@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 00:03:33 JST John Hume

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     @anildash missed "keep it brief," in two ways.

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 12:17:53 JST Anil Dash

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     • Uwe Küchler

     @oraculix @anildash sorry! I broke it while messing around earlier

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     Uwe Küchler (oraculix@ieji.de)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 12:17:56 JST Uwe Küchler

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     @anildash I just get a:

     > Oops! This project isn't running.

     😑