oktober 2016 – Communicatechnology

Pronouncing English properly is impossible.

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Studying English pronunciation, DON’T READ THIS, IT WILL DRIVE YOU MAD!

“Pass the parcel” writing exercise

It has been a long time since I wrote something about writing. This will not do. Here is a lovely creative writing exercise I did with my technical report-writing group last week. Make groups of four or five; tell everyone to find a pen and a sheet of paper (no laptops or books or anything likeMeer lezen over ““Pass the parcel” writing exercise”

Bob’s law on group writing

If the whole group has been discussing one sentence for over fifteen minutes, someone is going to suggest to strike the entire paragraph.

Schrodinger’s Cheese?

Obviously, when cheese was first invented, it was young first and then it got older. This must mean that young cheese is older than old cheese. Equally obviously, at the same time young cheese is younger than old cheese. Is there a name for this kind of fallacy?

A cat, algae and a small snake

A few years ago I was asked to coach the contestants in a pitching contest for one of the big oil companies. The goal of the pitches was to present new, greener energy sources. For one of the participants I was able to come up with a shrewd plan involving a prop. A prop canMeer lezen over “A cat, algae and a small snake”