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Weekly Tweetfest

February 17, 2011, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • Very cool – a writer's wall clock: http://ow.ly/3YuTK #
  • Revamped Readability browser tool makes web pages easier to read, also rewards the writers you read: http://ow.ly/3VJ8v #
  • This whole work thing has gotten way, way out of hand. #
  • The Fall of the Paper Curtain (USA Today's bestseller list includes self-published books for the first time: http://ow.ly/3UOTv #

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Weekly Tweetfest

February 10, 2011, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • Hilarious: The Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator http://ow.ly/3TfqQ Via @CharlesHGreen ? @WritersKitchen: #
  • Funny stuff: If Social Media Were a High School, this is what the yearbook would look like: http://ow.ly/3TmVU #
  • Screenwriter tells us why pitching stories is sometimes far more frustrating than writing them: http://ow.ly/3TisD #
  • (You could have gone fishing instead) All 61 Super Bowl Commercials condensed to a two-minute video: http://ow.ly/3ThUs #
  • ? @TurnerInk: RT @fullstopnewpara: Some really interesting thoughts about writing. Especially Gene Wolfe's: http://bit.ly/9y6YAY #
  • Why e-book sellers should stop playing by Apple's rules. – By Farhad Manjoo – Slate Magazine http://ow.ly/3QERk #
  • ? @CopywriterJen: If you're not going to pay your web designer, then you better disable their access. http://winonachiropractic.com/ #
  • Gorgeous pencil sketches combined with digital photographs: Pencil vs Camera by Belgian artist Ben Heine: http://ow.ly/3QxTW #

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Weekly Tweetfest

February 3, 2011, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • 'Old Farts' Take Over Social Media – Adrants http://ow.ly/3PNXK #
  • WordPress.com adds premium theme option to WordPress.com (free) blog users. Is WordPress.com finally ready for small biz? http://ow.ly/3PNSA #
  • Idle Doodles by Famous Authors: http://ow.ly/3PMjH #
  • A freelancer looks back at the last ten years – “Don’t quit your day job” http://ow.ly/3PJWL #
  • 100 best first lines from novels? http://ow.ly/3NzJk #
  • Fiction writing: Are online fiction magazines finally getting more respect? http://ow.ly/3Mh43 #
  • ? @CopywriterMaven: 14 bids for this?? NEED 300 ARTICLES OF 400 WORDS | No real $$, will pay AFTER 60 articles submitted http://goo.gl/yJYuJ #

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Weekly Tweetfest

January 27, 2011, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • Writer emerges from cave with new script | The Hollywood Roaster http://ow.ly/3K7RU #
  • ? @Linux4Business: Document Foundation Launches Breakaway Open Source LibreOffice 3.3 Suite http://bit.ly/gXODfG #
  • ? @TheAtlantic: Good news everyone! Alcohol doesn't actually kill brain cells: http://theatln.tc/e4bBlh #
  • Starving writer? Then eat your keyboard… (keyboard s'mores) http://is.gd/v5X8af #

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Weekly Tweetfest

January 20, 2011, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • How to beat Cognitive Overload (or why you forget what you were going to do seconds after deciding to do it): http://ow.ly/3GPns #
  • ManyBooks.net – Ad-free eBooks for your iPad, smartphone, or eBook reader http://ow.ly/3GepC #
  • Browser-based shoot-em up game for writers (well, fast typists): http://is.gd/AFRRmZ #

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Weekly Tweetfest

January 13, 2011, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • #Komodo IDE wins "Best Python IDE" in InfoWorld's Tech of the Year Award (I use free Komodo Edit to write online copy) http://ow.ly/3DivZ #
  • It's time for the Word Of The Year®™(the around-the-world-edition) http://ow.ly/3D0cE #
  • Funny tumblr site: "Things Real People Don't Say About Advertising" http://ow.ly/3CO6K #
  • ? @TheAtlantic: What went wrong at Borders Bookstores? http://theatln.tc/gS0sxm #
  • It's time for anyone calling themselves a "digital Ninja" to die of embarrassment: Best Media Writing of the Year http://ow.ly/3BVH1 #
  • A Facebook marketing cheat sheet: "How to Win at Facebook Without a Social Media 'Guru'" http://ow.ly/3BV5v #
  • The Lazy Journalist's Plane Near-Disaster Story Generator (the most useful tool for journalists since the group protest) http://ow.ly/3Ar7X #

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Weekly Tweetfest

January 6, 2011, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • MyFonts lists its "Top Fonts of 2010" (I love fonts, and dammit, you should too): http://ow.ly/3zrA1 #
  • I nominate @BorowitzReport for a Shorty Award in #humor because he packs a lot of funny shit in damn few words http://bit.ly/shorty #
  • Soylent: A Word Processor with a Crowd Inside (One of the odder, writing related stories of the day): http://ow.ly/3z1qY #
  • Thinking of bucking the tablet trend and buying a #System76 Starling netbook; any real-world examples of battery life (extended battery)? #
  • More "Top Books of 2010" – this one a Goodreads.com Reader's Choice awards: 2010 http://ow.ly/3yKAW #
  • Powells Books staffers pick their "Top 5s of 2010" (gotta love indie bookstores): http://ow.ly/3yn3y #
  • As online writer, love Emacs "Toggle Tag Visibility" command in HTML mode (hides html tags, makes heavily tagged text readable) #
  • Borders books announces it's delaying payments to vendors (including publishers): http://ow.ly/3xnGh #
  • Random House says E-book Sales up 250% from 2009: http://ow.ly/3xnDX #

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Weekly Tweetfest

December 30, 2010, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • The Hashtag/Octothorpe: "One of the great comeback stories in the history of competitive punctuation" http://ow.ly/3vKbd #

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Weekly Tweetfest

December 23, 2010, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • ? @TheAtlantic: The software that could – but probably won't – change the face of writing (time-lapse editor) http://theatln.tc/eNmtKa #
  • Really Odd 2011 Calendars (Nuns Having Fun, zombie babes, outhouses, Coffins…) http://ow.ly/3qZO1 #

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Weekly Tweetfest

December 16, 2010, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • Twitter Crushes Facebook for Marketers? (Biz gets more clicks with Twitter says Social Twist): http://ow.ly/3qoEj #
  • Will 2011 be the Year of the Linux Desktop (and how much longer will desktops matter)? http://is.gd/iR6mn #
  • ? @CopywriterMaven: Begging for Your Pay – http://nyti.ms/eJULVN #
  • ? @crindalyn: People Spend As Much Time On Mobile As Reading Newspapers & Magazines" http://tcrn.ch/hRZRJ5 #
  • ? @MargaretAtwood: Have to see this Bad Writing film! http://tinyurl.com/25bw3cq #
  • Designer turns corporate logos into anti-spam CAPTCHAs: http://ow.ly/3pXZL #
  • The Big Picture blog's "2010 in Pictures" post (it's brilliant stuff): http://ow.ly/3pWBC #
  • ? @whatanicepost: 40 Creative 404 Pages: http://bit.ly/gLDtGU | #webdesign #inspiration #
  • Wakeboarding, flare-holding Santa? Many Santa ejected by Chinese police? The Big Picture takes a look at Christmas http://ow.ly/3oq1L #

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Weekly Tweetfest

December 9, 2010, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • Looking for color schemes for the #Komodo text editor? Kolormodo… http://ow.ly/3mkpQ #
  • Transparent attacks on proposed "Do Not Track" program leaves marketers looking like greedy fools: http://ow.ly/3lwIe #
  • RT @smashingmag: Free Font: JeanLuc, a typeface inspired by the title for films – http://bit.ly/i3PS2B #
  • Google eBooks is live: just in case Amazon, B&N, and Apple aren't enough — Engadget http://ow.ly/3kSC6 #
  • Just wrote an article for an e-zine in #Emacs (.txt file complete with html). They wrote back and asked for it in… MS Word format? Really? #
  • 20 (good) reasons you should switch to Linux | (TechRadar UK) http://ow.ly/3k02S #
  • 10 Excellent Plugins you can use to extend WordPress as a CMS: http://ow.ly/3k006 #
  • Is it Friday afternoon already? I'm the only name on my sizable GTalk chat list that's online… #
  • New York Times best-seller list ready to rank ebook sales: http://ow.ly/3jKvi #
  • The Unabomber’s Montana Property For Sale (the perfect Xmas gift for that crazy loner in your life!) http://ow.ly/3jz7z #

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Weekly Tweetfest

December 2, 2010, by Tom Chandler No comments yet
  • Fun, simple desktops for your PC from Simple Desktops http://ow.ly/3iqjx #
  • Unusual online writing career: Interview with the writer of Call Of Duty: Black Ops game (Telegraph): http://ow.ly/3ipQg #
  • Marketing tech trickle down: "Text to Subscribe" now available for @MailChimp (consumer level email host): http://ow.ly/3iok4 #
  • Engrossing interview with Steve Martin about his new book and work as a writer: (Powells.com) http://ow.ly/3hPhZ #
  • The Seven Basics of Multimedia Storytelling (via Idea Grove) http://ow.ly/3hIhf #
  • A little more love for Komodo Edit 6, a cross-platform IDE and text editor: http://is.gd/i0qAJ #
  • Dell ships new, ultra-thin laptop (Vostro V130) with #Ubuntu #Linux installed: http://ow.ly/3hGVR #
  • Scrivener (word processor longer written documents like novels, etc) now available in beta form for Ubuntu Linux [.deb] http://ow.ly/3hgVX #
  • RT @drwicked: Dear virus writers, do something for humanity: write one that removes Comic Sans. #
  • Some killer Black Friday deals on WordPress themes (including #Genesis and #Headway frameworks) – up to 50% off: http://ow.ly/3fGvJ #

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