by danielbpatton | Nov 5, 2003 | #TechComm
The ‘Paramedic Method’ involves bringing writing that lacks vitality back to life. Offers an 8-step process for achieving all this. Richard Lanham, a professor of English at UCLA, invented an easy-to-use method for making your writing clearer and more...
by danielbpatton | Nov 5, 2003 | #hacks
Get it and retrieve headlines and summaries from over 5,700 news sources in 25 languages. Related articles Were You a Google Reader Power User? Try Newsdesk. (moreover.com) Newsdesk Feature Spotlight: Companies and People in Newsletters (moreover.com) Guardian’s...
by danielbpatton | Nov 5, 2003 | #TechComm
Now featuring coverage of electronic publishing as well as a grammar and usage chapter all its own, the Chicago Manual of Style is in its 15th edition. Buy it. Read it. Mind the gaps. Perhaps most importantly, remember to (as Linda Halvorson, chief editor, puts it)...
by danielbpatton | Nov 5, 2003 | #techculture
Edward Wasserman, of The Miami Herald, adds a chapter to the Big Blur saga. What’s news? What’s entertainment? Who’s being paid and how? I wonder increasingly: who’ll nod to the business realities driving this trend to murkiness? During Friends...