Tag: Writing
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Butch Dalisay’s Anti-Rant Rant
“Poetry, after all, is the opposite of suicide.†– Anne Sexton Butch Dalisay, better known as penmanila to the writing community in the Philippines has written a magnificent piece on the ranting culture on the Internet. A professed geek as most of us are at PhilMUG, he raises salient points on the rant culture we…
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Shedding Some Light on Disclosures
Before we start to get “disclosure happy,” here is a very good piece written by Read Write Web on when bloggers should disclose information. This was pointed out by Darren Rowse of ProBlogger. The article actually illustrates journalism ethics as well as the ethics behind the business models of traditional publishers (it is sometimes tricky…
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The Ease of Writing Resources
With a number of bloggers wanting to become more like journalists, and a number of journalists venturing into new media, the one great thing about the venturing forth into the web is how a ton of resources are now available on tips for writing better. Back in the day when the Internet consisted of a…
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“If a network problogger left the blogosphere, would anyone care?”
The answer would most likely be a yes, especially if you’re a blog manager. Bloggers come and bloggers go. Just like in the traditional print industry, a painful transition can be brought about when the editor in chief of a magazine leaves to pursue other things. This can lead to a discombobulating series of events,…
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Why Magazines are still out there
It is no secret that new media is not so slowly taking a bigger role in viral marketing efforts as well as being included in the business models of publishing companies. There is usually the “online version” of a publication that contains stuff that magazines cannot achieve such as running commentaries, reader to editorial conversations,…
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On posting press releases on your blog
Nope. You aren’t required to write about the media events you go to. There was no obligation to in the first place, but of course it would be nice if you did. I guess in traditional publishing, writing an article or including a press release would have more to do with having real estate space…
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Stock poetry and a few words about Poetry.com
I used to submit poems to Poetry.com several years ago. Since then, the site has sort of redesigned itself into something more Web 2.0-ish but retained its slow loading speeds and hard to use navibar. They even used to invite me to buy a “Best of Poetry.com” book with my poems included inside, and then…
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When was the last time you updated your ABOUT Page?
For me it was about ten days ago and boy does it change. I guess when I first “formally” entered the blogosphere in 2003 I didn’t really care much to write an “about me” page as my readers, who were mostly from school + my then girlfriend already knew who I was and what I…
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Book Recommendations May 5 2007
I’ve been scouring the bookstores for this particular title. All of the Fully Booked and Powerbooks branches in the metro either have never heard of the book or have it on order basis. Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers by Henry Jenkins takes a look at how media influences the geek culture with focus on the digital…
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