Monthly Archives: December 2009

Quellipsis sighting: webcomics.com

By question | Published: December 22, 2009
Webcomics.com has an article about various uses of punctuation in writing comics and how punctuation usage might differ in comics compared to traditional prose.  The author mentions how an ellipsis combined with a question mark “indicates a delayed surprise/excitement or delayed confusion”.  Indeed. Mixed Punctuation?!
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Punctuation debate during UN climate talks

By question | Published: December 18, 2009
A comma inserted into a UN climate pact is causing debate: “The Bali paragraph says treaty talks should yield ‘nationally appropriate’ actions by developing countries to curb emissions ‘in the context of sustainable development, supported and enabled by technology, financing and capacity-building, in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner.’  The comma after ‘building’ was dropped and [...]
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Bank robbery note punctuation fail

By question | Published: December 14, 2009
“This is a Robery! Don’t panic — stay calm I am prepared to react at any deception. Place as much money, without bringing attention to yourself out of the banking structure, I want out of hear as soon as possible. No tricks, no Dye packs, and things will go smooth! And it will be over [...]
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iPhone dictation app

By question | Published: December 11, 2009
New Iphone iPhone app that takes dictation for you, from a well-known company in the speech recognition field.  I have seen their dictation program that is specific to the medical field, and it works well. What’s interesting about the new iPhone app with regard to punctuation is that you can say the names of the punctuation [...]
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San Francisco Panorama

By question | Published: December 9, 2009
McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern is a literary journal that usually focuses on short fiction.  They make a point of not sticking too closely to the formula though: one poetry-focused issue included a poem, whose author picked a poem by another poet, whose author picked a poem by another poet, etc.  Another issue featured 8 individually bound [...]
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Punctuating Corporate Identity

By question | Published: December 7, 2009
Article in The New York Times about the new Aol.  It also touches on logos that include punctuation, and CamelCase. Punctuating Corporate Identity
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