The best part is I usually end up saying "I do it this way, but I will gladly change and do it your way, as long as you tell me that that is going to be the rule" and then the woman in charges spends 20 minutes going back and forth with herself and then says "okay, let's do it [Perkin]'s way".
Zoe: So you two were kissin'? Book: Well. Isn't that... special?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.
Lee - Oct 11, 2009 8:53:42 am PDT #962 of 3094
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
P.M. Marc - Oct 11, 2009 8:54:24 am PDT #963 of 3094
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Which is why most publishers stick with the Chicago Manual of Style.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Tech, where even within a company, different orgs (and hell, different groups within an org) will find a need to roll their own. (A legit one, with both usability concerns and legal reasoning behind it.)
CMoS informs a lot of it, of course, but once you get into the granular, the style guides leave a body in a constant state of headache from sorting them out.
DavidS - Oct 11, 2009 8:55:47 am PDT #964 of 3094
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(A legit one, with both usability concerns and legal reasoning behind it.)
A more nuanced approach?
beth b - Oct 11, 2009 8:56:22 am PDT #965 of 3094
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I vote for coffee.
P.M. Marc - Oct 11, 2009 8:58:55 am PDT #966 of 3094
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
A more nuanced approach?
Consistent within each docset, though. In theory, all documents belonging to Org X of Type Y will follow the same rules for grammar, word use, and formatting.
Atropa - Oct 11, 2009 9:02:11 am PDT #967 of 3094
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Consistent within each docset, though. In theory, all documents belonging to Org X of Type Y will follow the same rules for grammar, word use, and formatting.
Ahaahahaha. Except when some of the style rules for Org X have never been officially documented, and are only learned through word-of-mouth tribal knowledge.
Steph L. - Oct 11, 2009 9:04:19 am PDT #968 of 3094
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Except when some of the style rules for Org X have never been officially documented, and are only learned through word-of-mouth tribal knowledge.
You work with my crazy!boss? She's the one who will, after YEARS of following one style point, suddenly stop doing it without telling us, berate us for still doing it even though we didn't know she stopped doing it, and then when asked why she stopped, will give the answer, "I just don't like it that way."
Crazy!boss trumps any legitimate style guide any day.
P.M. Marc - Oct 11, 2009 9:07:19 am PDT #969 of 3094
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Ahaahahaha. Except when some of the style rules for Org X have never been officially documented, and are only learned through word-of-mouth tribal knowledge.
That's why I said "In Theory!"
Though I think we still have a Style Council that exists to vote things off the formatting island. I'll ask everyone's heterosexual gay best friend editor on Monday.
javachik - Oct 11, 2009 9:08:13 am PDT #970 of 3094
Our wings are not tired.
It is so Buffista-ish to take over a delurking thread with punctuation debates.
Steph L. - Oct 11, 2009 9:09:28 am PDT #971 of 3094
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Argggh.
Sorry, lurkers.
Please to continue delurking.