Jeff Macharyas is the Director of Marketing at Corning Community College in New York. He is a writer, graphic designer and communications director who has worked in publishing, higher education and project management for many years. He has been the art director for Quick Printing, The American Spectator, the USO's OnPatrol, Today's Campus, and other publications as well as a telephone pole design engineer contractor. Jeff is certified in Google Analytics and Adobe Visual Design and holds Amateur Radio license: K2JPM. He is also a certified fencing instructor.
Jeff earned his AS from Indian River Community College (Ft. Pierce, Florida), his BS in Communications from Florida State University, a miniMBA in Social Media Marketing from Rutgers University and a Masters in Cybersecurity and Computer Forensics from Utica College.
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Also, keep in mind, that no matter how simple or routine something is, it may be new to someone else.
Even people who have been working with computers and software a long time will encounter something, obvious to most, that they have somehow overlooked.
I was working with an IT guy at a publishing company years ago and he saw me undo something with my keyboard. He asked how I did that. I said, naturally, control-Z. Somehow this simple function evaded him.
I find that myself with graphic design software instructions (Adobe, in particular), that the function is hidden within an obscure menu somewhere, but the instructions just assume that I know where to find the menu in the first place.
To give someone proper instructions requires detailing every step, from beginning to end, no matter how obvious or routine it may seem.
Thank you.
I like this format a lot.
I think the narrow line length makes reading much easier. I find that if I am reading something online that stretches across the screen I'll get about a third of the way across and start the next line.
That's my version of speed reading.
The narrow format is like a Teleprompter: I can keep my eyes fixed in one place without going back and forth. Scrolling is no problem, and being somewhat chronologically challenged with less-than-perfect vision, I find this very readable.
Even on my mammoth 27" iMac screen, the extra space on the sides does not bother me.
Just one note: in the "improving readability" section you have an unnecessary apostrophe::: and sub-headline's :::
Thank you.