Writing for the WebThe blog of Writing for the Web 3.050 Open Source Resources for Online Writers- April 30, 2008 Via Job Profiles.com, a list of 50 Awesome Open Source Resources for Online Writers. They include various free word processors and reference tools. I can't vouch for any of them, but it might be worth the time it takes to download some and experiment a bit.http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/ckbetas/2008/04/50-open-source.html The Politics of Cyberspace- April 29, 2008 The Tyee has published my article Winning Cyberspace in '08. Excerpt: ... the sudden advent of interactive media has changed propaganda into a two-way street, a conversation, a screaming match -- and a rock concert. One-way media and interactive media are themselves interacting, creating a political environment unlike any before it. The campaign of Barack Obama is not just thriving in this environment -- it's defining 21st-century campaign politics.http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/ckbetas/2008/04/the-politics-of.html More spring cleaning- April 28, 2008 In Webwriting Resources, over on the left, I've removed some sites that hadn't been updated in several months. Other old sites are still there. Even though inactive, they offer some useful materials. It's striking to see that most of the sites are lively and very up to date. If you're running a site of interest to webwriters, and you're not on the list, drop me a line.http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/ckbetas/2008/04/more-spring-cle.html US Democrats waging web war- April 28, 2008 Via Netcraft: Clinton and Obama XSS battle develops. Excerpt: Following the recent cross-site scripting attacks against Barack Obama's website, Finnish security researcher Harry Sintonen has published an example of a cross-site scripting vulnerability on votehillary.org. Sintonen's example submits a POST request to the Vote Hillary website and injects an iframe, causing the site to display the contents of Barack Obama's website. Unlike the Obama incident, which redirected the user's web...http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/ckbetas/2008/04/us-democrats-wa.html A US newspaper abandons print- April 28, 2008 Via IsthmusThe Daily Page: The end of an era in Madison, Wisconsin. Excerpt: Good luck, Cap Times. You'll need it. Converting from a six-day-a-week paid paper to an online news site is like jumping from a very high cliff into a very deep and mysterious pool. The paper might be killed. Or it might be transformed. One thing's for sure: The Capital Times that Madison has known for 90 years...http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/ckbetas/2008/04/a-us-newspaper.html Spring Cleaning- April 24, 2008 I've just finished grading the last assignments of the semester...and of my 41-year teaching career. With a little more free time, I hope to spend more time learning about webwriting, and overhauling this site, which is about four years old. As a first step, I've gone through the Web Writers and Editors list, updating a few links and dropping those that don't seem active. If you're an online writer or...http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/ckbetas/2008/04/spring-cleaning.html A Forecast from 1994- April 20, 2008 Long ago, I published a piece in a magazine called Infobahn about how politics and the internet might evolve together. Judge for yourself how accurate I was: NET PROPAGANDA: COMING SOON TO A MONITOR NEAR YOU One fine fall day in 1948, I joined the American political process: I walked down Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood carrying fore-and-aft posters urging the election of Harry S Truman. As a seven-year-old sandwich...http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/ckbetas/2008/04/a-forecast-from.html |