Comments on: Docs & Spreadsheets as a blogging tool

By: Gardener.se » Blogga med hjälp av Google Docs.

Gardener.se » Blogga med hjälp av Google Docs. — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:05:16 +0000

[...] Svensken Thord Hedengren skriver om lite anledningar till att använda Google Docs för att blogga på Blogherald.com. [...]

By: Gardener.se

Gardener.se — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:04:12 +0000

[...] Svensken Thord Hedengren skriver om lite anledningar till att använda Google Docs för att blogga på http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/24/docs-spreadsheets-as-a-blogging-tool/”>Blogherald.com. [...]

By: Thord Hedengren

Thord Hedengren — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:16:18 +0000

Content can sure be interesting to read even when it isn’t following English grammar, sure. However, there are quite a few readers out there who find that annoying and hard to read, and by not writing valid English you are alienating them.

Then again, there are quite a few who enjoy a relaxed language and doesn’t care at all if it’s correct grammar or not – as long as they understand they are happy.

As always you need to look at your readership and your target audience. Then decide how much treatment you should give your language.

By: HART (1-800-HART)

HART (1-800-HART) — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:23:09 +0000

WordPress 2.0.5 will have a spell check? That’s cool. Back in 1.5.2 days I tried one of those plugins that practically swamped my server with its caching plus I can’t recall all the details but I think it was linking to a site on the www and it was down in the first month from popularity of the plugin? (I could be mistaken).

I just hope WordPress doesn’t make it a default for use under the Rich Text Editor mode only – because that (in my opinion) is the worst thing about the new wordpress … I always remove that option when I create new blogs. I like to see the code and type it actually, instead of hiliting and push a button. Then again, I also use my Tab button to tab over to the Preposting Timestamp section when I’m block posting in advance on the weekends. HART = Dos-Guy

Back to the article though .. I do not think it is right for some readers to boycott blogs just because there are spelling errors. (unless of course it’s like .. I h8 u 4 NoT deweeng it rite .. then perhaps because it’s annoying!) I mean – I type like I speak and I don’t carry a dictionary so, sometimes I might type phonetically. I might go back and fix any obvious grammar mistakes or times when I think I’ve said something but typed something entirely different.

I mean – there is NO spelling check that will correct me when I type that I have ten tows on my feat.

By: Thord Hedengren

Thord Hedengren — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:39:59 +0000

Josh,
There might be another one of those in there. ;)

Liz,
I tend to do the same thing: fret about if or if not I’m going to try this kind of service or not, then read something about it that pushes me over the edge. Del.icio.us got this treatment and now I don’t know how I lived without it!

By: Liz Strauss

Liz Strauss — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:07:41 +0000

Thanks for this, Thord. It was just was I needed to give it a try and I’m switching over. :)

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:19:17 +0000

You also misspelled the word misspell. I love irony.

By: Thord Hedengren

Thord Hedengren — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:47:17 +0000

You’re an angel, Jessica! :)

Aaron,
I haven’t had the opportunity to really push Firefox 2′s spell check yet, do you find it good? WordPress 2.0.5 isn’t out yet but I’m curious to see how it fares agains Gmail, for instance.

By: Aaron B. Hockley

Aaron B. Hockley — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:55:55 +0000

Firefox 2 includes spell check… and WordPress 2.0.5 will as well.

By: Blog Herald spell check angel

Blog Herald spell check angel — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:03:02 +0000

Yep, looks like Gmail. Iâ€™m baffled that Google hasnâ€™t added blogging, blog, plugins or even Gmail (*gasp*) to their dictonaries, but hey, I know I got those right.

dictonaries – dictionaries

You spelled it right though, Thord on the following line.

Because Iâ€™m tired to read really interesting content with bad spelling, itâ€™s boring and makes me rely on the meaning of the words less.

Should be –
Because Iâ€™m too tired to read really interesting content containing bad spelling. Itâ€™s boring and makes me rely on the meaning of the words less.

Because Iâ€™m tired of reading really interesting content with bad spelling. Itâ€™s boring. The words simply have less meaning when inproperly spelled.

Cheers dude! I believe you do very well for having English as your second language. Much better than I do with my french which is my second language to English.