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Because your blog postings will be incorporated into other content, it is important that you represent your thoughts professionally, using these guidelines:
* '''Provide context''' so that someone happening across your blog post will understand what you are talking about.
* '''Write professionally.''' Blog postings are less formal than other types of writing, but they are still a reflection of your communications skills.
* '''Remember that the internet has a long memory.''' The Planet page is generated periodically, and even if you delete or change your posting, it may be indexed, cached, or reposted until the planet is re-generated. Avoid saying something that might come back to haunt you later -- and remember that future employers may read your old postings (as well as future in-laws, office mates, and so forth).
* '''Write in English.''' English is the language of instruction at Seneca and the main language of communication in many open source communities.
* '''Define appreviations and acronyms''' the first time each one is used.
* '''Do not use profane, obscene, or rude content, or content that belittles other people.'''
* '''Do not link to profane, obscene, rude, or illegal material or to sites that knowingly violate intellectual property rights''' (warez).
* '''Ensure that each posting makes sense when taken out of the context of your blog and viewed on its own.''' If you are referring to one of your previous posts, link to it rather than refer to it as being "below" or "above".
* '''Link extensively'''. If you're referring to a blog post, article, video, event, command, software package, person, project -- link to all of them so that your readers can find out more information.
* '''Use text instead of screenshots whenever possible''' so that your pages are searchable, resizable, and accessible.
* '''Ensure that each posting conforms to the [http://www.senecac.on.ca/policies/itau.html Seneca AUP]'''
* '''Keep the postings relevant to your open source work'''.
