Adium "Book" - Opinions on Writing Style

Evan Schoenberg, M.D. evan at adium.im
Tue Jun 1 23:39:14 UTC 2010


On May 15, 2010, at 7:19 AM, Michael Crilly wrote:

> Greetings.
> 
> I would like to present a very (VERY) small section from an Adium "book" (more of a polished, refined guide) I'm working on with Rob-to86. We only started the idea for the book a few hours before this e-mail has been sent, so this is quite literally the first draft of the first chapter.
> 
> I'm looking for opinions on the writing style employed in the text. Mainly the tone and the use of "jokes".
> 
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2664389/PDFs/Adium/Documentation%20Project/About%20Adium.pdf
> 

I love the tone. Professionally playful is a good balance.  Our mascot is a friendly duck; acting all 'corporate' would be missing the point.  Thanks for working on this. :)

Cheers,
Evan

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