Writing for the WebThe blog of Writing for the Web 3.0Not quite getting it- January 30, 2008 Via The New York Review of Books, an attempt to explain Blogs. It's a long article, mentioning ten books about blogging, but this is the author's key misunderstanding: Bloggers assume that if you're reading them, you're one of their friends, or at least in on the gossip, the joke, or the names they drop. They often begin their posts mid-thought or mid-rantin medias craze. They don't care if they leave...http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/ckbetas/2008/01/not-quite-getti.html A new resource in French- January 28, 2008 I'm very happy to have received a copy of L'crit Web, by Joel Ronez. Even with my primitive reading ability in French, I can see it's a well-organized and well-designed book for webwriters. I'm putting Joel's site in the list of Web Writers and Editors.http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/ckbetas/2008/01/a-new-resource.html The 2007 List of Banished Words- January 2, 2008 It wouldn't be a new year without Lake Superior State University's list of banished words. I don't always agree with them, but they remind me to think carefully before using a popular new expression. It may already be a clich.http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/ckbetas/2008/01/the-2007-list-o.html |