Many years ago I worked with an editor who insisted I remove all my links from the stories I wrote. Put them at the bottom of the story, she said, or in a sidebar next to it. Stories with no links? I did it, but I thought she was crazy not to take full advantage […]
Joining the debate on the effect the iPad will have on reading and writing, New York University student and Kommons-founder Cody Brown says it won’t kill books but that it could, and probably should, transform the way we think about and create them. He says authors shouldn’t think of the iPad just as a place […]
If you love your gadgets and love talking with people who love gadgets, you’ve probably already heard about gdgt.com, a technology site that lets you “engage with your devices and hang out with people who are as passionate about their gear as you are,” according to the gdgt.com About page. Investors are loving gdgt.com as […]
CenterNetworks’ Allen Stern last year moved his blogs from Drupal to WordPress “because writing was frustrating in Drupal and is a pleasure in WordPress.”
“White has everything he needs: a writing implement, a piece of paper, and a receptacle for all the sentences that didn’t come out the way he wanted them to,” Zinsser says. Keeping it simple, avoiding clutter, and picking your words carefully are among the many important lessons in this book.
How to gather information, assess it, and present it in a way readers will understand and appreciate