Writer To Go

Thinking it’s okay that we don’t really know the...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:00:05 -0500

Thinking it’s okay that we don’t really know the origin of “okay” — but that it’s fun to try.

@MiguelZeKelt

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:03:27 -0500

@MiguelZeKelt:

In the very early, strictly experimental stages of telling a story on Twitter. #Tweeterature! Also on Facebook.

"I wouldn’t talk in my sleep if I couldn’t talk better than that."

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:00:05 -0500

“I wouldn’t talk in my sleep if I couldn’t talk better than that.”

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Whale by Owen Gatley

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:00:05 -0500

Whale by Owen Gatley

In times of crisis, do not confuse Etymology-Man...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:11:00 -0500

In times of crisis, do not confuse Etymology-Man with Entomology-Man.

…and I stare at a single page for days, its strange marks, its wild white silence. - David Young

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:34:04 -0500

…and I stare at a single page for days,
its strange marks, its wild white silence.

- David Young

Decadence: a forgetting of how privilege is gained — that precipitates its loss. - Alain De Botton

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:09:33 -0500

Decadence:

a forgetting of how privilege is gained — that precipitates its loss.

- Alain De Botton

dreaming in circles, my sleeping eyes achieved nothing.

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:00:05 -0500

dreaming in circles,
my sleeping eyes
achieved nothing.

"…there is a much smaller market for telling the truth than for shading it."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:00:05 -0500

“…there is a much smaller market for telling the truth than for shading it.”

- Doc Searls

"If the desktop-publishing revolution had required every newspaper, magazine, and book publisher to..."

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:30:43 -0500

“If the desktop-publishing revolution had required every newspaper, magazine, and book publisher to write their own computer software in order to lay out pages, that revolution wouldn’t have happened.”

- Jason Snell

(explaining “why iBooks Author is a big deal for publishers”)

For those who crave an old-fashioned clackety keyboard: Das Keyboard. Available keyed for Windows,...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:00:05 -0500

For those who crave an old-fashioned clackety keyboard: Das Keyboard.

Available keyed for Windows, blank, and soon the Mac.

"The solution to piracy must be a market solution, not a government intervention, especially not one..."

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:27:45 -0500

“The solution to piracy must be a market solution, not a government intervention, especially not one as ill-targeted as SOPA.”

- Tim O’Reilly, publisher

Just as New York Times public editor Arthur S. Brisbane is concerned whether his newspaper is...

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:00:29 -0500

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?

Out of silence, a squall drives down the valley. With one stroke, the firmament’s fury ...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:23:53 -0500

Out of silence, a squall
drives down the valley.
With one stroke,
the firmament’s fury
paints a downpour.

"This is new territory for mainstream papers, who have always had head count rather than engagement..."

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:44:17 -0500

“This is new territory for mainstream papers, who have always had head count rather than engagement as their principal business metric.”

- Clay Shirky

Main Hall of the old Public Library of Cincinnati

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:00:06 -0500

Main Hall of the old Public Library of Cincinnati

Byword

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:11:05 -0500

Byword:

“A simple text editor for Mac … to write Markdown and rich text with as little friction as possible.”

Elements

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:06:06 -0500

Elements:

“Dropbox powered text editor for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.”

"My blog is one place on the web, the place where I write. It’s one leaf on a tree. It doesn’t have..."

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:58:00 -0500

“My blog is one place on the web, the place where I write. It’s one leaf on a tree. It doesn’t have to contain everything.”

- Brent Simmons

wishing you a creative #xmas.

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:00:05 -0500

wishing you a creative #xmas.