What a fine, fun, succinct read! I’m going to have my Advanced Comp students read this when I ask them to compose websites that are supposed to be re-visions of previous traditional papers they have written. I find that they get so excited about being able to play with color and image that they often gloss over the writing – both in terms of volume and quality. This article seems like a fun little reminder to attend to quality, without being all alarmist about it (i.e. the-web-is-ruining-reading-and-writing-and-the sky-is-falling).

I’m also teaching technical and professional writing next semester—which I have not taught for a long while—maybe this will find its way onto that syllabus too.

My reaction to this article is completely teacherly right now. I wish I had a brilliant philosophical reaction in my head at the moment . . .maybe something tying together Powazek’s claim that “text is interface” with Steven Johnson’s claim about how electronic interfaces shape and are shaped by culture (from Interface Culture) . . .but, alas, brilliance escapes me.

Thanks for the link.