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A small practice for the unnamed download

A practical exercise: Write a label that names both the document and the file type.

Original practice · Optional exercise · Digital things that explain themselves

Choose a low-stakes example you can change without affecting another person’s private information or commitments.

  1. Describe the current situation in one sentence. The example here is: A download link does not identify the file or its format.
  2. Write a label that names both the document and the file type.
  3. Compare the result with the difficulty you named. Write one concrete observation.
  4. Keep, adapt, or stop the experiment. A note about why you stopped is a valid result.

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