“A style guide helps you quickly and cost-effectively publish content that is of a consistent quality. It is particularly important when there are lots of editors and authors involved in the publishing process. A good style guide takes a lot of time and effort to create. Unless its implementation is policed, it will not achieve its objectives.” (Gerry McGovern)

“Content still is king of the Web and the designers, developers and producers of the Web should be the king’s loyal subjects. Trust me, it’s in our best interests.” (D. Keith Robinson – Asterisk)

“High quality web content impresses people and search engines.” (Quality Web Content) – courtesy of craig marion

“Computer users have become accustomed to the writing of documents being regarded as a separate activity from the reading of documents. We believe that this division is unnecessary and limits the effectiveness of virtually every computer user. It is time for a rethink of underlying concepts. A key concept for integrating reading with writing is a general mechanism for annotation. This general mechanism can be combined with hyperlinking to create a single unifying super-concept that provides a base for integrating reading and writing. The paper explains the underlying ideas, and describes the results of a small experiment that supported the viability of the super-concept. We believe that the super-concept might possibly provide the foundations for a revolution in thinking about documents, which would benefit everyone.” (P. J. Brown and Heather Brown – Journal of Digital Information)

“Advertising agencies tend to design awful websites because they are obsessed with getting attention. When people come to your website, you have already got their attention. They want to do something. They want detail. They want facts. The thing they value most is their time. So don’t waste it.” (Gerry McGovern)

“To help you figure out what will work for you and your audiences when you start tapping out electronic text, we bring together the results of research on usability, readability, reading comprehension, and writing methods.” (About HT) – courtesy of elearning

“Publishing your website in another language is like managing a brand new website. It demands people who are expert in writing and editing in that language. The standard of English on the Web, for example, is often poor, even for those whose native language it is. It can be embarrassingly bad for websites publishing English as a foreign language.” (Gerry McGovern)

“The technology of the Information Age depends on programming languages for functionality. Because programming languages ultimately affect the production of language digitally, programming languages will inevitably demonstrate a lasting effect on the process of writing. Hence it is important to recognize the impact of programming languages on the production of language. It may well be the necessary first step in understanding technologyís reverberating presence in the classroom.” (Claudia Herbst – First Monday 8.11)

“This site was developed as an educational supplement for anthropology students (…)” (Utah State University) – courtesy of reloade

“Roundtable panelists discuss the value of blogs, business strategies for pricing content and what professionals and consumers alike should look forward to.” (Mark Glaser – USC Annenberg: Online Journalism Review) – courtesy of glenn fleish

“Photographs are rarely self-sufficient. They need captions. A caption tells us something about the person or thing photographed, also something about the photographer. In this article, we discuss how to write photo captions for the Web. We provide examples from adultsí and childrenís work.” (Ruth Garner, Mark Gillingham, and Yong Zhao – First Monday 8.9)

“(…) copy can address some of the most pressing challenges facing your business online.” (Nick Usborne)

“(…) the Living Web, the part of the web that is always changing. Writing for the Living Web is a tremendous challenge. Here are ten tips that can help.” (Mark Bernstein – A List Apart)

“(…) the primary goal of communication design: to make vital, engaging work intended above all to be read.” (Dean Allen – A List Apart)

“Clear, usable content is easily created by deliberating writing for many different levels of reader interest” (Nathan Wallace – e-gineer)

Modelling the First Generation of News Media on the World Wide Web (Mark Deuze – FirstMonday 6.10)

“(…) a must-have for any student and conscientious writer” (William Struck, Jr)

“(…) reading is the means by which the world does a large part of its work” (Paul Muter – University of Toronto)