January 2012
12 posts
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dreaming in circles, my sleeping eyes achieved nothing.
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“…there is a much smaller market for telling the truth than for shading it.”
– Doc Searls
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“If the desktop-publishing revolution had required every newspaper, magazine, and...”
– Jason Snell
(explaining “why iBooks Author is a big deal for publishers”)
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For those who crave an old-fashioned clackety keyboard: Das Keyboard.
Available keyed for Windows, blank, and soon the Mac.
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“The solution to piracy must be a market solution, not a government intervention,...”
– Tim O’Reilly, publisher
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Just as New York Times public editor Arthur S. Brisbane is concerned whether his newspaper is printing lies or the truth, we here at V.F. are looking for reader input on whether and when Vanity Fair should spell “words” correctly in the stories we publish.
- Should Vanity Fair Be a Spelling Vigilante?
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Out of silence, a squall drives down the valley. With one stroke, the firmament’s fury paints a downpour.
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“This is new territory for mainstream papers, who have always had head count...”
– Clay Shirky
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Byword →
“A simple text editor for Mac … to write Markdown and rich text with as little friction as possible.”
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Elements →
“Dropbox powered text editor for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.”
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“My blog is one place on the web, the place where I write. It’s one leaf on a...”
– Brent Simmons
December 2011
15 posts
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News.me →
“Get the News that Matters from the Tweets you Missed The News.me Daily Email finds the best stories from your Twitter stream — so you don’t have to.”
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Winter shuffles its boots on the mat, as day barely winks at the night.
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Even if I didn’t give a shit about the people or the politics, I’d want North Korea to open up, just so we could hear the peoples’ stories — while some old timers are yet around to tell them.
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Simple English Wikipedia →
When the normal Wikipedia article is longer or more technical than I want, I search the Simple English version hoping for a succinct layman’s explanation.
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I’m a prose writer, not a poet. This becomes obvious, when you read my haiku.
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There are no inches →
“Sometimes we are hobbled by our notion of what is real….”
Mykl.biz - 23 January 2009
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Please Let This Not Be The Future Of Reading On... →
“As advertising clickthrough rates continue to drop, the ads become more desperate and invasive, and readers are starting to notice and do something about it. I’m doing the majority of my reading in RSS and Instapaper where I can read in peace without being pummeled by distractions…. It’s time for publishers to think different.”
- Rian van der Merwe
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Typerighter →
“recreates the simplicity and unbiased opportunity of a blank sheet of paper” — on the web.
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You must reach out, to stay informed; do not expect the deteriorating mainstream media to educate you.
#news
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“X” is for “Christ”.
#vocabulary
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“The future of media is not about geographical restrictions.”
– John Gruber
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a passing #lullaby, the freight #train repeats itself, echoing #childhood.
#midnight #haiku
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It doesn't take a genius to throw up a smokescreen... →
November 2011
12 posts
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“I’m a freelance writer. That means I attend fewer meetings, but pay more...”
– Kevin Purdy #bio
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“The challenge belongs in one place: the quality of the writing. And that’s it....”
– Brent Simmons
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nothing encourages respect for simple rain, like living in a floodplain.
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pied-à-terre
|pēˌyād ə ˈter| noun
a small apartment, house, or room kept for occasional use.
ORIGIN early 19th century French, literally ‘foot to earth.’
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“a lack of clear, concise, plainspoken communication is as sure a sign as any of...”
– John Gruber
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“Words are food and exercise, silence is air and water.”
– Olivia Dresher
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“Some commas are load-bearing walls. Others merely separate kitchen, dining room,...”
– Lester Smith
#punctuation
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like a sun shower, Winter’s fingers on the roof, last night’s frost drips.
#autumn #haiku
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"sugar-wild giggles" →
-Francesca Lia Block
(via Renga.Mykl.org)
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bran, brown blanketing green grass, yet lingering leaves, seen from afar
#autumn #haiku
October 2011
1 post
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“Fortune” is a word for having a lot of money and for having a lot of luck, but that does not mean the word has two definitions.
- Lemony Snicket
September 2011
2 posts
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walnuts crashing (bam!), autumn’s courier (bang!)ing on the Well House roof.
Hearth Hill #haiku
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Writing and Formatting Poetry →
“Writing and formatting poems in WordPress.com can be a challenge. This guide includes some tips and shortcuts to help you make the most out of WordPress.com and ensure your poems end up just the way you want them.”
(thanks, Dave Bonta!)
August 2011
5 posts
My favorite feature of Google+ is that you can edit a post, after you publish it.
#editor
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“You don’t know anything about Shakespeare.”
– Bill Bryson
(via Paul Karl Lukacs)
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poetry is one letter & a transposition away from poverty.
- @Boiarski
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“Some business and news magazines are doing much better than others at figuring...”
– Dan Frommer
July 2011
17 posts
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It’s not about your subject matter, it’s about the quality.
Write what you will, just write it well.
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"If it’s important today, it will be important... →
- Seth Godin
(via @FitToTweet)
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“The value of breaking news* is dramatically overrated, and the cost of keeping...”
– Seth Godin
(* news = whatever is new to you)