EMBRACE THE CAPS LOCK

I joined the Internet during the age of AOL chat rooms.

There were a lot of rules, but probably none more important than THOU MUST NOT TYPE IN ALL CAPS. It’s considered yelling.

And it’s not just an IM thing, nor even an Internet thing. Just don’t do it. IT LOOKS TACKY.

One person has me rethinking this: the glorious Mr. John Hodgman. He uses it appropriately in his amazing books – The Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require. And then he brought it to Twitter land.

@hodgman FOR ALL YOUR ALL CAPS NEEDS.