Category Archives: News
Doubt is Torture – Shawn Blanc’s Advice
Freelance publisher Shawn Blanc has an encouraging post about motivation for all writers: Doubt is Torture He draws on Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg, from 1986, and shows how her advice to poets applies to writing web posts … Continue reading
Twitter style guide coming
Style guides like this show up with every new mode of exchange, but they are often worth looking at – just to see how users view the mode. The Anatomy of a Tweet: Twitter Gets a Style Guide – Bits … Continue reading
are web sites sinking?
Keep an eye out for web sites going down as the recession spreads. I’ve read reports of two sites related to universities closing in two days. JuicyCampus, a much-hated campus gossip site, is shutting down because of lack of revenue; … Continue reading
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A Horse Racing News Link
So I just watched this news story and I found it pretty interesting. I don’t know if many people are interested in horse racing, but I bet you won’t believe the story about this horse.
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more on #uksnow and social media
Bloggers are checking in good and fast as #uksnow spreads. Here’s one of the more recent posts that looks at how blogging as a social media functions. From Lolly. Even more: Someone has just started a blog for the #snowballfight … Continue reading
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birth of a meme
While we were watching the Superbowl, it was snowing in the UK. Twitter micro-bloggers devised a tag that allowed others to track the spread of the snow in 140 character texts and linked images. #uksnow. Read about it here. Have … Continue reading
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a new blog in the house
ArsTechnica has some early observations about the redesign (visual and content) of the Whithouse.gov website – which also includes a blog. Of course the new adminstration is going to visually redesign the site to differentiate it from the outgoing admin. … Continue reading
Twitter at MLA II
Twitter at MLA II: Panel notes | HASTAC Anyone considering a hybrid project should have a look at these notes from a panel at the latest MLA. Jill Walker Retteberg was there. Things move quickly on this side of the … Continue reading
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One More Update
This perfectly poached egg might be a little hard-boiled, and as Easter eggs go, this might be a rotten egg, but the lights are still on at the LPRB. I may have stuffed the whole egg in my mouth or just … Continue reading
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reminder: meeting f2f monday
Time is moving on. We meet again face to face this coming Monday, 31 Mar and Wednesday. 10:00 am. Remember? HS 109? The assignment Easter Egg updates are looking good. If you haven’t posted yours yet, now’s the time. It … Continue reading
Writers vote to end 3-month strike – CNN.com
Hey if anyone is into writing I thought that this was a pretty interesting article. Does anyone know about the writers strike in Hollywood? I mean the script-writers. Well, it looks like it may be over. To find out more … Continue reading
Beat Procrastinating by Play?
If you get the time, go out and play before sitting down to work and you’ll do better. That’s what they’re suggesting over at Lifehackers in How Do You Beat Procrastination? Ok, I’m exaggerating. It’s not as simple as play-then-work, … Continue reading
Keeping up with the Times!
I am having trouble with a blog. No, not this one but I have this other class that I’m taking that I have to also post on the class blog. However, I can not get the log-in to log me … Continue reading
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is everyone added?
I think I have everyone currently in Weblogs and Wikis added to the Participants list and added to the Daybook. If you’re still not on the list, let me know. I noticed, too, that some of you are posting drafts. … Continue reading
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