The Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness offers truly brilliant examples of how NOT to write user instructions.
“Sanyan Wield Ways and Means” is either the victim of machine translation or contains some obscure coded text:
With appertain rotor of screw setting pre ceiling on the under standing that screw no wield. May wield two-faced, pressboard securing, wield [...]
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Read moreIn A List Apart (16 Jan 06), Jeffrey Zeldman offers a different perspective on the “Web 2.0″ hype. His explanation of the phenomenon is particulary succinct:
Some small teams of sharp people—people who once, perhaps, worked for those with dimmer visions—are now following their own muses and designing smart web applications. Products like Flickr and Basecamp [...]