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People tend to also underestimate the value of humor and pacing in writing. Injecting a little bit of comedy into everything you write (including technical spec
by lfciv 4y ago
People tend to also underestimate the value of humor and pacing in writing. Injecting a little bit of comedy into everything you write (including technical specs) can be incredibly valuable.
That being said – it's really hard.
- xena 4y agoGod yes. Good humor is so hard to do when writing about technical things. I try to get a good balance by judicious application of surrealism, but a lot of the time your jokes won't land, and your references are both too old and too young for your coworkers simultaneously. I try regardless, but it's very hard to avoid accidentally irking coworkers.
- ryanlpeterman 4y agoAgreed. The more I write for a public audience, the more I realize that keeping people's attention is hard Humor sounds like a great tool to keep people reading