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communicating across barriers…
The world wide web sure is a strange communication-channel. Everybody is talking, but who is listening? The information-flow is huge, but do we find the information we need?
Proper writing is important, but what about reading-skills and language-barriers? What role do cultural differences play in all this?
What about keyword-surfers vs. Search Engine Optimisation. How much value should be given to the numbers of hits seen in relation to value of content?
Let's spread everything out in front of us, and see what a finished puzzle may look like. Probably some pieces missing, but that's part of the fun since the perfect communication-channel isn't invented yet.
Proper writing…
What's that? Well don't ask me because English isn't my language, so I'm probably not a very good writer. Someone told me that I seemed to have cracked the English-bug, but I guess that statement can only be takes so far. Nice to hear though.
I'm writing nearly perfect NorwEnglish, but I'm far from sure that this is anywere near proper English—no matter the flavor. All I know is that it's fluid, and that it definitely is my style of writing.
I've found that a large percentage of comments and responces are in extremely poor writing-quality, showing clear signs of illiteracy, and worst if the writer has English as first language. My readers won't have to read any of those, since I only allow e-mail comments on this site.
Literacy is important. Perfecting my grammer and writing-skills in general, without loosing any of my personal style, is an ongoing process. I may get it right one day, but I don't know if that is helping those who can not read properly. Proper writing shouldn't hurt anyone though.
value of content…
Oh boy, that's a tough one. I may have to leave any and all judgments on that to you, my visitors, since you all are in much better positions than I am.
I choose subject based on interest, and any value comes from my knowledge about the subject. Sometimes I don't know much about a particular subject, and will say so. Other times I may know a lot more about a subject than I'm able to put in writing, or maybe I'm just influenced by the shallow and popularized writings I see around on the web.
Most subjects can be described more in depth if I include more details. That's logical, but too many details may also make content pretty inaccessible to many visitors. I'm trying to balance it to a degree, but I often feel that content is loosing value in the process.
I often miss details in other people's writing, so I may try to include some more in my own writings if and when I'm able to get it right. Too many opinions around, so I'll just have to decide what's right for me.
personal views…
My writing will always reflect my own views—no matter the subject. If I don't have a view on something, then I can't see the point in writing about it. I may write some anyway, as part of a process leading up to a personal view on a subject.
Words may have more than one meaning, and some of these variations may contradict each other. I have no problems with contradictions since life is full of those, so my conclusions may also be affected at times.
Keyword-surfers and Search Engine Optimisation are not important issues in my writings. Tuning content for Search Engines is often the same as lying about its value, and that's not part of my communication-style. The content either fill the bill all by itself, or it doesn't.
Any complications caused by the above are unintentional and mostly unavoidable, and the end result is most definitely a product of ongoing evolution inside a human mind—my own.
sincerely 
Hageland 28.apr.2005
last rev: 15.nov.2007
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