Greening businesses, one step at a time - somehow I got dragged into writing an article for my campus paper this week about an event (Environment and Business conference) I was attending.
Anyhow, writing for a newspaper just felt really wierd, almost like going back in time 
. I’m much more accustomed to my blogging style (obviously). The article was supposed to be a fixed length, of course, which just feels funny. Writing from a semi-neutral tone was the hardest part, I’m so used to using “I”… it just seems so drab otherwise.
Then I submit the article to the editor. “So, I guess you edit it and send it back to me?” I asked naïvely. Of course not, they just make their changes, then publish it, with my name on it of course. Naturally I’m not hugely in favour of the changes, as what person likes their writing modified? My biggest complaint? They took away one of my exclaimation marks.
Oh, one last point… I wasn’t responsible for the headline, subheading, photograph, or photo caption.
Mattt
April 18 2007, 5:51 pmYou wrote for Imprint? You disgust me.
mfagan
April 18 2007, 5:52 pmyou disgust me all the time, matt
Mattt
April 18 2007, 5:55 pmYeah, if awesomeness disgusts you, I guess that explains the HIDEOUS appearance of your blog.
mfagan
April 18 2007, 6:00 pmsays the guy who isn’t even using mod_rewrite on his URLs
Mattt
April 21 2007, 11:49 pmOh, I better add that. And while I’m at it, I’ll throw in Ajax and gradients.