19 hours ago

Submitted by Working Writer from Google Reader: You’re a photographer… you’ve got a special skill… wouldn’t it be nice to share those skill with people in need?Help-Portrait is a movement of photographers, coming together in every major city, to use their photography skills to give back to the community.On December 12th, 2009, photographers around the world will be grabb (Read More)

6 days ago

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21 hours ago

Submitted by Working Writer from Google Reader: Today, the Open Book Alliance released an extensive compilation of third party analysis of the revised Google Books Settlement. The wide-ranging consensus from a diverse chorus of voices is that the revised Settlement is barely distinguishable from the original Settlement and far from satisfying the major concerns of the D (Read More)

5 days ago

Delicious/workingwriter This looks like a fairly straightforward, intro tutorial on DITA. Hat tip: tc.eserver.org. (Read More)

7 days ago

Submitted by Working Writer from Google Reader: Today, Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers released their revised book settlement proposal in an attempt to fix the deeply flawed legal agreement.Open Book Alliance co-chair Peter Brantley said, “Our initial review of the new proposal tells us that Google and its partners are performing a s (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

Submitted by Working Writer from Google Reader: Is 2010 your year for re-inventing yourself? http://tinyurl.com/yjkj3mw via @JackMolisani/@stcsandiego #career #techcomm. (Read More)

Nov 10, 2009

Lifehack.org We are a nation awash in data smog. This is more than just information overload — it’s not just that there’s too much information out there for one person to adequately encompass, it’s that there’s too much data out there to even make out the information clearly, let alone to evaluate and act on that information.What’s wors (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

ReadWriteWeb It's been two years since ReadWriteWeb last published the Thunderbird 2 review. Since then Thunderbird has been restructured away from Firefox into Mozilla Messaging and the group is finally releasing its desktop email application, Thunderbird 3. While the launch has been widely anticipated, the fact that the entire project (Read More)

Nov 02, 2009

43 Folders - I honor any project to write something — especially to write a long piece of fiction. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do but, like most people, I have always been too scared to attempt it.So, kudos.But, here’s the thing: it’s hard to start writing, and it’s almost as hard to keep writing. Believe me, I know. And, there (Read More)

Nov 03, 2009

Submitted by Working Writer from Google Reader: Start: 2009-11-12 19:00 End: 2009-11-12 21:00November 2009 Web414 Meeting — Thursday, November 12th, 2009 — 7pmTopic: Running your business/freelance, etc.Tracy Apps and Ashe Dryden will lead a discussion about how you run your small business/freelance business. How do you handle invoices, taxes, liability, contracts (Read More)

Nov 06, 2009

Submitted by Working Writer from Google Reader: Like many others, the Open Book Alliance awaits the release on November 9 of a revised proposed settlement from Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers.  If repeated signals from Google and its partners over the last month are to be taken at face value, we don’t expect significant changes to the (Read More)

Nov 06, 2009

readwriteweb Some LinkedIn users will have noticed a change to the navigation and user interface of the LinkedIn.com website, announces a company blog post. The business-focused social network is in the process of rolling out an updated design that aims to improve and simplify site navigation while also offering a cleaner, less-cluttere (Read More)

Nov 01, 2009

mashable Confused about how to use Google Wave, the new Google product that combines messaging, wiki-like features and group collaboration into a single app? You’re not alone.To clear up the confusion, we recently published Google Wave: A Complete Guide, a feature-length article that explains Wave in plain English.Now Gina Trapani (Read More)

Oct 28, 2009

Submitted by Avi from Google Reader: We’ve just received word that WordPress for iPhone 2 is now available on the App Store. Woohoo!A quick note about installation: WordPress for iPhone 2 is a new app, and the previous version won’t automatically update to 2.0. Installing it won’t overwrite any previous version you have installed. When you launch the new app, (Read More)

Oct 29, 2009

Submitted by Working Writer from Google Reader: To keep the spirit of news innovation alive and burning brightly, it’s time for the second edition of GonzoCamp: Programming the future of news.It’s like a hack day, code sprint, barcamp, barn raising or many other tech-geek terms for unstructured events. This one-day event brings journalists, programmers, entrepreneurs, we (Read More)

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