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| bio | website | gener8.be |
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| location | Belgium | |
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| visits | member for | 2 years, 2 months |
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I'm a freelance software engineer, living and working in Belgium (Antwerp-Brussels area). My expertise is in C++, and in Tcl scripting. I have experience in many other technologies, and consider myself a generalist rather than a specialist. Besides programming, I am also interested in science, music, writing, and playing with my kids.
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May 11 |
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How can you write less to say more? +1 for suggesting "refactoring" of technical documentation. |
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Apr 15 |
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Tips for describing features of unusual place that I often visit Another tip: Use all your senses. Not just visuals, but also smells, sounds, a taste in the air, a chill on the skin, etc. You already do this to some extent ("unusually quiet", "sound of second can"). Descriptions need not be all visual. |
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Apr 14 |
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APA Formatting - Changing Adjectives in a quote I agree. Keep the quote as it is. Inside the quotes, you're in a separate world where "our" already means "their". |
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Apr 19 |
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What methods can I use to revise my writing? @David No I haven't used this method, which is why I'd be interested in hearing how it goes ;-) However, we did use the colored markers idea to pull a high-level software design from an existing requirements document once. It went pretty well given the context (tight deadline, management in panic mode, etc). |
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Mar 24 |
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Taking notes while reading If you need even more area after filling the bookmark, you can always add a second one. |
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Mar 24 |
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Taking notes while reading +1 for never letting an idea go to waste ;-) |
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Mar 13 |
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How to make travel scenes interesting without adding needless plot diversions? I couldn't agree more. Anything unimportant to the story can often simply be skipped entirely. Just insert a blank line! E.g. "Bye now, and bring back some good pictures!" <blank line> "He arrived in Istanbul only two days before the festival." |
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Mar 7 |
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How to describe the point-of-view character without using mirrors Thanks for the tip! |
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Mar 7 |
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How to describe the point-of-view character without using mirrors Great tips, thanks. To completely omit any details on the character's looks might be possible in some fiction genres. It would e.g. be harder in fantasy or scifi, because characters often look very different from the usual. |
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Mar 7 |
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How to describe the point-of-view character without using mirrors Many good tips here, thank you! |
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Mar 7 |
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How to describe the point-of-view character without using mirrors Thanks for the great tips. The first one is most widely applicable; the second works only for introspective fiction, I guess. It would be harder to pull off in third person writing, for instance. Thanks! |
