Developing Your Skills With Open Courseware
Image via Wikipedia Open courseware can be a great way to learn new skills and information from some of the best colleges and universities in the US for free—all you need to do is...
The Writer's Technology Companion
Congratulations NaNoWriMo Participants
Image via Wikipedia Congratulations to everyone who participated in National Novel Writing Month! With the end of November, you are either looking with glee at a 50000-word (or more) manuscript or sadly facing the...
NaNoWriMo Interview: Betty Punkert
Betty Punkert is the Municipal Liaison for NaNoWriMo in Winnipeg, Canada, and has won the NaNoWriMo challenge 5 times before this year (and looks set to get her sixth win this year). Although she...
Get the Most Out of Your XP-Based Netbook (UPDATED)
Image by lingolook via Flickr Inspired by Aaron Peter’s posts about the MSI Wind (here and here), I finally gave in and bought a netbook of my own. After much consideration, I decided on...
NaNoWriMo Interview: Amanda Kendle
Amanda Kendle is an Australian travel writer who dreams of becoming a published fiction writer. Perhaps that’s why she called her blog and exercise in creative procrastination Becoming a Fiction Writer – but then,...
NaNoWriMo Interview: Whitney Rhodes
Whitney Rhodes is the Asst. New Media Editor of the Courier-Post by day, and shares her thoughts on the latest news in the journalism world at the blog MoJo DoJo. She is also a...
Moving to Linux: Working with the Netbook
During my last post, I listed some of the virtues of the netbook. But due to the (comparatively) underpowered and compact hardware, it is almost a certainty that the netbook won’t be your only...
NaNoWriMo Interview: Jon Strother
Jon Strother (“jstro” on NaNoWriMo’s site) is a government employee who writes across several genres – science fiction, fantasy, romance, as well as non-fiction science papers and technical writing. He has participated in NaNoWriMo...
NaNoWriMo Interview: Carolyn Dekat
Carolyn Dekat is a four-time NaNoWriMo winner who has published numerous articles both online and off. She is an active member of the Skateboard online writer’s group, where she works with her online friends...
Moving to Linux: The Netbook is Your New Best Friend
As I dig a little deeper into Scribus, I’d like to take a detour to introduce all the writers on this site to your new best friend: the netbook. As many (if not most)...
