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January 12, 2007
Pls Wtch the TLAs
I had an e-mail from a reader who's having trouble following all the acronyms we drop into our conversations.
He has to Google some of the terms we use.
I'm afraid I'm probably as bad as anyone else.
So if you're talking about TPAC, a CAC or some ROW, try to spell it out the first time you use it.
Posted by Chris Smith at 12:00 AM
Comments
January 12, 2007 10:05 AM
Adron Says:
It's kinda funny becuase we're not using a "single industry's" three letter acronyms. We're using "Government" acronyms along with "Transportation Technology" acronyms. It's like 2x the acronym soup.
Speaking of that, you should start a FAQ!!! :D Or maybe I will and you can link to it eh? Let me know what ya think of that idea.
January 12, 2007 10:21 AM
Chris Smith Says:
I would be happy to set it up so you can maintain a FAQ on Portland Transport!
January 13, 2007 4:31 PM
Daniel Ronan Says:
Thank you very much! This way, more people can know what is going on.
January 14, 2007 4:36 PM
Thomas Ngo Says:
It'd be cool if there could be some sort of automatic linking (like how the NY Times creates links out of certain words for ad revenue) of keywords to a pop-up definition. Anyone up to that task?
January 14, 2007 6:41 PM
Bill Says:
You can do this site-wide with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
http://diveintoaccessibility.org/day_17_defining_acronyms.html
January 14, 2007 6:59 PM
Chris Smith Says:
That's pretty intesting, but is there a way to recognize them automatically without posters or commenters having to tag them?
