Help. I run a Yahoo group at work. I inherited it from the creator, who presumably set us up there because while the university offers Listserv, it doesn't provide us with the other goodies Yahoo offers—calendars, polls, file repositories, etc. However, one … [Read more...] about Yahoo groups alternative
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Another attempt to rehabilitate Jakob Nielsen
Design Eye for the Usability Guy is not the first attempt to redesign the Alertbox, but it's the funniest. … [Read more...] about Another attempt to rehabilitate Jakob Nielsen
Cover letters for asshats
Teresa Nielsen Hayden has found some really dreadful advice on writing cover letters: Tip Four: Still worried? Never published anything? Lie a little. Yes, lie. A cover letter is a persuasive document designed to do one thing: entice an editor or agent to read your … [Read more...] about Cover letters for asshats
Good for a giggle
Via Mariann, what happens when books use Six Apart's licensing scheme: And there will still be the free version, from libraries. Only anyone who reads the book from a library won't be able to make their own notes in it, and won't be able to ask me questions about it. Like if … [Read more...] about Good for a giggle
Blog stuff
Reading the 300-odd comments on Mena's MT 3.0 post has led me to a lot of new blogs. Among other things, I learned how to include TrackBacks inline with the comments on individual post archives. Step 1: Grab and install Adam Kalsey's SimpleComments plugin. Step 2: Follow Phil … [Read more...] about Blog stuff
“The other kids will never catch on that his initials are ASS…”
Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing: A Primer on Parent Cruelty Do not name your child—or your characters!—anything that appears on this site. … [Read more...] about “The other kids will never catch on that his initials are ASS…”
What to write about
Chelsea Polk has been reading Robert Sawyer, who's led her to some great observations on novel ideas: bq.. It's a good idea the write about things that excite you – the things that make you bounce in your chair and follow an idea through its long strange trip, the … [Read more...] about What to write about
MT 3.0
Movable Type 3 is out, and in order to maintain what most of us have built with it, we have to pay. There's really very little to say that others haven't already said "better":http://www.megacity.org/blog/archives/001733.php; already there are 91 annoyed Trackbacks to Mena's post … [Read more...] about MT 3.0
On manuscript submission
Bywater Books manuscript submission notes, found in Learn Writing with Uncle Jim. On proper formatting… If there is some really good reason, like you are using a typewriter, and not a computer and it's a royal pain to re-format, then you can be the exception. Note … [Read more...] about On manuscript submission
The Nyquil post
I'm getting over a nasty cold. While I regain coherence, check these out: Digital photo hacks Including the simple yet brilliant idea of using the camera strap and your foot for a makeshift tripod, and instructions on using Photoshop's well-hidden Extract function to crop out … [Read more...] about The Nyquil post
