How to write a joke: Jerry Seinfeld explained it to the New York Times.
Related:
“Jerry Seinfeld Intends to Die Standing Up,” Jonah Weiner, New York Times Magazine
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This is about Deborah Blum‘s best advice on writing.
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“Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling,” Emma Coates via Aerogramme Writers’ Studio
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Strunk n’ White: Elementz o’ Stylin’ Out.
Like the video? You’ll love the book. All your fav celebrities do!
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Laura Helmuth, on advice from Molly Ivins.
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At the BBC News Magazine, Gerry Holt identifies five reasons to still use a typewriter.
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“Can I let you in on a secret? Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong.
And yet people who use two spaces are everywhere, their ugly error crossing every social boundary of class, education, and taste.”
“Space Invaders: Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period,” Farhad Manjoo, Slate
Hat tip: Maria Popova
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59 percent of Japanese homes have fax machines.
“One reason is that computers, at the outset, never worked well for the Japanese. The country’s language — a mix of three syllabaries, with thousands of complex ‘kanji’ ideograms — bedeviled early-age word-processing software. Until the early 1990s, Japanese was nearly impossible to type. Even today, particularly for older Japanese people, it’s easier to write a letter by hand than with a standard keyboard. Japan also relies on seals, called ‘hanko,’ that are required for most official documents.”
“The government’s long-standing monopoly on phone lines kept high-speed digital Internet rates relatively high — particularly compared with South Korea, where the government promoted cheap broadband use.”
— From “In Japan, fax machines remain important because of language and culture,” by Chico Harlan, Washington Post
Related:
“The Idea for the Fax Machine Has Been Around for 170 Years,” Matt Soniak, Mental Flosss
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iParadigms LLC is known for its anti-plagiarism software, but it has cribbed its business model from arms dealers. In the war against classroom plagiarism, iParadigms sells ammunition to both sides, teachers and students.
The firm sells educational institutions TurnItIn plagiarism-detection software, a product which checks college and high school essays and term papers against a vast database of student papers to find suspicious duplication. iParadigms also sells college students WriteCheck software to help them disguise their plagiarised pages. WriteCheck keeps the names of its student customers confidential. Profits, perfected.
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“Plagiarism Betrayal?” Elizabeth Murphy, InsideHigherEd.com
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The typewriter is dead:
“Last Typewriter Factory in the World Shuts Its Doors,” Nicholas Jackson, The Atlantic
“The end of the line: Last typewriter factory left in the world closes its doors,” Daily Mail
…or is it?
“Contrary to Reports, Typewriter Industry ‘Far From Dead,'” Justin Rohrlich, Minyanville
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The respected AP Stylebook announced (via Twitter) that “Web site” should now be written as “website.” This would cause newspaper copy editors great excitement, if there were any newspaper copy editors anymore.
“Now what about ‘Web log?'” asks the Chicago Trib’s Eric Zorn. Mr. Zorn also wants to “lower-case the Internet.”
Hat-Tip: Mashable. Yes, we know about the American Copy Editors Society (ACES).
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