Day 47 GET YOUR POINT ACROSS WITH ALL CAPS

Bad Advice

IT’S HOW YOU LEARNED THE ALPHABET

JUST THINK BACK TO WHEN YOU WERE A WEE ONE, JUST LEARNING HOW TO WALK AND SCRAWL RANDOM SHAPES ON THE WALLS. SOME OF THOSE SHAPES WERE LIKELY LETTERS…IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

PRESS THE ALL CAPS OR CAPS LOCK
PERSONALLY I LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE GREEN LED HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT I HAVE THIS AWESOMELY POWERFUL KEY ENGAGED. HOW MANY SIMILARLY AWESOME KEYS OVERRIDE OVER HALF THE USUAL OUTPUT OF THE KEYBOARD?

YOU DIDN’T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BACK THEN. NOWADAYS YOU KNOW THAT READING HEADLINES IN ALL CAPS IS RIVETING. SOME PEOPLE, PRUDISH CAVE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT PREFER A LITTLE PEACE AND QUIET, FIGURE TYPING OUT A FRIENDLY NOTE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF SCREAMING IN A PERSON’S EAR. WE DO A LOT OF TYPING, AND EVEN MORE READING. WHY CAN’T ALL CAPS SIMPLY BE A WAY OF MAKING AN ARTICLE MORE READABLE?

I SAY GET BACK TO THE BASICS. EVEN I GET A LITTLE WORDY ON THESE DAILY PIECES OF BAD ADVICE WHEN REALLY A SINGLE SENTENCE WOULD SUFFICE. DO YOU REALLY NEED TO READ THIS ENTIRE PIECE TO GET THE POINT?

MAKE YOUR MESSAGES EASY TO READ. IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS WITH CLARITY, TRIGGER THAT CAPS LOCK KEY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR KEYBOARD.

CHRIS

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