Hacking Instagram Stories in the name of classic literature … By embracing the changing times, we were able to get hundreds of thousands of readers to crack open a timeless novel. Proving the best stories will always stay with us. No matter how many gym selfies people are posting. Source: Insta Novels These are pretty…
What is an error in English? The concept of language errors is a fuzzy one. I’ll leave to linguists the technical definitions. Here we’re concerned only with deviations from the standard use of English as judged by sophisticated users such as professional writers, editors, teachers, and literate executives and personnel officers. The aim of this…
A FEW WEEKS AGO, CJR WROTE about a disturbance in the force caused by what was perceived as sudden and inexplicable changes in the Associated Press Stylebook’s hyphenation guidelines. Even though the guidelines were not sudden, and even though AP explained them thoroughly, people were upset. Source: AP hyphen outrage continues with guidance update –…
The breathless coverage around AR says it will revolutionize healthcare, warfare, education, gaming and, of course, the enterprise generally. As the prices come down, the dam will burst and AR will become a runaway platform just like smartphones were 10 years ago. In the enterprise, we’re told, AR will enhance training, in-store marketing, experiential marketing,…
The scourge of open offices is not a new subject for ranting. Open offices were sold to workers as a boon to collaboration — liberated from barriers, stuffed in like sardines, people would chat more and, supposedly, come up with lots of brilliant new ideas. Yet study after study has shown open offices to foster…
Draftback – Chrome Web Store I learned about this Google Docs addon from Reddit, but I haven’t had much luck in getting it to work correctly. I’m sharing it so maybe you’ll have better luck and can share with me what you did. Draftback gives you a visual playback of a document’s version history. It…
Source: Troll Factory I’m pretty apprehensive on sharing this site. It was designed to teach people on how social media can be used to enrage others, but the language and themes are very inappropriate for 10 graders and below. Juniors and Seniors may see value in the site, but I would get parental permission first….
