Re: GNU groff in articles

[Ingo Schwarze]

Hi Jim,

Jim Hall wrote on Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 11:36:04AM -0500:

> I don't know if you're interested in hearing about articles that
> mention groff, but I wanted to share that I recently hosted a panel
> discussion about technical writing, and GNU groff came up briefly
> in the discussion.

Don't worry, i think what you posted is well on topic on this list.

> We ran this panel as an embedded video inside
> articles on both Technically We Write and Opensource.net:
> 
> https://opensource.net/get-started-with-technical-writing/
> https://technicallywewrite.com/2023/10/20/roundtable

As a quick feedback from my personal point of view:

I would be interested in some of the topics introduced in the two
ledes that you posted as links, but not in all the topics.  However,
while i often use videos for recreational purposes, i generally avoid
using videos to access information in professional contexts because
that's extremely inefficient, a tremendous waste of time.

The same text can be read at several times the speed as being
listened to, and when you are only interested in parts,
skim-reading most of it and studying only the parts you really
care about can be orders of magnitude faster than listening
to a video or podcast.

I find it rather ironic to post a video to celebrate "Writing Day":
It isn't really called "Talking Day", or is it?

Consequently, for lack of accessibility for readers, i cannot comment
on your content in more detail.

Yours,
  Ingo

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