I'd pretty much given up on the blog-o-sphere, or at least the aspect where I actively participated rather than passively perused. The gods of blog, however, had other plans. The land of blog, they reasoned, was in danger of entering an unruly state. Something had to be done. Someone had to act. Thus, I'm breaking my silence today to say: WHEN COMMUNICATING ELECTRONICALLY, IT IS EXTREMELY RUDE AND OBNOXIOUS TO USE ALL CAPS.
There are several reasons one should avoid any temptation to write in all caps. First, it's rude; using all caps is the equivalent of yelling at someone in a face-to-face conversation. Unless you have antisocial personality disorder, just don't do it. Secondly, employing all caps is an asthetic nightmare. In my book it ranks right up there with 14 pt. Times New Roman font. Unless your audience is the bridge club at the local retirement home, don't do it. Which leads to my last point, using all caps is unnecessary. There's a tried and true way to emphasize a word or group of words, italics. One small caveat for you Mac users out there. If you've opted to purchase a Mac, presumably you are design conscious, or at least pretending to be, so you must grasp the importance of using italics. Luckily, it's easy. Download Camino, the free web browser that arguably trumps Safari anyway. Camino allows you to edit the content of your blog in Html mode. Voila! Italics appear. No excuses, just do it.
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