Kate Wood

We are sad to announce the painful decision to lay off two hundred employees across Canada. We find ourselves in a highly competitive market which is forcing us to restructure the company. We are looking to the future and are hopeful for new markets. #NWC #restructuring #widgets We are so excited to bring back our Canadian employees who were laid off last December. New markets in #China have us working harder than ever. We are looking forward to having the family back together again. Many thanks to the team for their dedication! #comeback #NWC #widgets Sending a warm welcome to our new team members! Our success in #China has been so great we need to #expand. We are so excited to be opening our Regina facility, digging roots in new Canadian soil. We can’t wait to see where we go next! #NWC #expansion #widgets #family #Canadian What a journey.

In his blog post “Because Reading is Fundamental”, Jeff Atwood presents problems with encouraging online bloggers or writers to increase their number of posts by displaying that number next to their name. The article is directed at high school educated, working-class audiences of any gender, between the ages of 18 and 40. Evident by the simple language and the way it is broken up into smaller paragraphs, as well as point form lists. Important text is accented with italics, bold, or different colours, all of which makes it easier to read through with minimal effort or focus. The audience is expected to have experience with blogging and online culture in order to relate to the content. The intention of the piece is to present the idea that it should be more strongly encouraged to read other people’s work than it is to have published many posts. His argument is that the quality of content would increase if users spent more time reading than they did writing. The introduction is not as ...