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Weekly Tweetfest

May 20, 2012, by TC No comments yet
  • Tumblr blog of the New York Times photo morgue: The Lively Morgue http://t.co/AhCdAAEs #
  • Is innovation fading, or just changing? Nicholas Carr's Blog: The hierarchy of innovation http://t.co/bbe3uCJC #
  • Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s commencement address at Syracuse University: http://t.co/KyUGnrhA #
  • GM Cuts Facebook Ad Spending, But Ford Steps on the Gas | Digital – Advertising Age http://t.co/fIATEU0S #
  • Aaron Sorkin to write movie about Steve Jobs based On Walter Isaacson bio: http://t.co/jucWtbjQ #
  • The greeting cards that should be sent, but probably never will be: http://t.co/ykWtQNmj #
  • More pre-IPO Facebook hilarity, this time from Borowitz: A Letter from Mark Zuckerberg « Borowitz Report http://t.co/bKluVEsh #
  • More on Facebook IPO frenzy from someone who probably won't be investing: http://t.co/CkxqnvAN #
  • Would you have rewritten Death of a Salesman? On Receiving “Notes” http://t.co/rMUjVxfb #
  • Shoot 'em up game for type freaks: I shot the Serif! (but I did not shoot the sans-serif) http://t.co/KItrV52l #
  • Wow — give $99 to Microsoft to make Windows work the way it's supposed to? http://t.co/XbH8Rdjg #
  • Screenwriting is still the most spectator friendly of the writing sports: "Community" TV writer fired, blogs about it: http://t.co/Y8go1zhQ #

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May 13, 2012, by TC 2 comments
  • ‘I hated every moment of our experiment with apps,’ publisher says | Poynter. http://t.co/syQalSZw #
  • Young women are (still) the best internet bait and 5 other lessons from ESPN’s blogger scandal: http://t.co/bpshdVz2 #
  • MailChimp publishes their admittedly unscientific survey: Email on Mobile Devices: http://t.co/60UB2vC0 #
  • Freelancers gaining ground fast in ad agencies: http://t.co/xnMBmXLn #
  • Mozilla calls Windows RT a return to the 'digital dark ages' for limiting browsers, Google nods via @engadget http://t.co/Ees0vFJs #
  • Essential SEO tip for writers: How to configure Google Authorship to get your byline in search results: http://t.co/1VVNAT62 #
  • What if bands were sandwiches? Bandwiches (hilarious from McSweeney's) http://t.co/7WOf51Nt #

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Weekly Tweetfest

May 6, 2012, by TC 2 comments
  • Congratulations to the 2nd Crop of Celtx Seeds video storytellers, who share $25,000 in funding: http://t.co/dNmsJ9jM #
  • Script Frenzy ends in 13 hours — have you made your 100 pages? http://t.co/tQxkwyU5 #
  • Really? A freelance blog says freelancers should work for free?! (Food fight in the comments!) http://t.co/PxnGtp65 via @thejohnsoares #
  • Worst commercial of the decade? Ashton Kutcher's Popchips flop (Update: Popchips apologizes) http://t.co/K6LWRGVt #
  • The economics of digital sharecropping — a look at Facebook's IPO through the lens of the aggregator: http://t.co/gnrpynH1 #
  • RT @socialmedia411: Money Manager on Facebook IPO: "Zuckerberg IS the board, and I wont entrust my clients $$ to a paranoid 27 year-old." #
  • After yearlong seizure of music site, US Government gives it back, sans apology (or due process). Glad we fought SOPA? http://t.co/wZNaOsD5 #

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April 29, 2012, by TC No comments yet
  • Social networks as recreational drugs (Nicholas Carr) http://t.co/kxCdqIy0 #
  • It's Roy Orbison's birthday! http://t.co/Xb5auL8V #
  • Eliminating Words from the English Language, the #tnyquestion Winner : The New Yorker http://t.co/7HmFLmOV (I wanted "awesome" gone) #
  • RT @scalzi: Also, for those of you wondering: Yes, Tor/Forge going DRM-free is a really big deal. #
  • Writing prompts based on real (and often funny) SoCal crime stories: http://t.co/58lFwL9G #
  • The Marketing Apocalypse: Hasbro tricks fan-blogger into revealing address, sends legal threats, lawyers to his door: http://t.co/vnpMR28C #
  • How Hollywood is cutting back on writing costs and cutting its own throat in the process: http://t.co/CK61NaOP #
  • Passive Voice Day is to be held on April 27: http://t.co/ytfCy0xW #
  • "the problem is one of illiteracy, not Marxism" – Harper Lee letter to school board which banned To Kill A Mockingbird: http://t.co/SxfoOSRE #
  • The World's Longest Invoice: Freelancers taking aim at deadbeat clients: http://t.co/jOw1SgND #
  • Finally, a social media that tells the truth: Klouchebag | The Standard for Asshattery http://t.co/M1mPAdQn #

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April 22, 2012, by TC No comments yet
  • Halfway through #scriptfrenzy this seems appropriate: Screenwriters on writer’s block: http://t.co/FEK9suyC #
  • London Book Fair 2012: Publishing CEOs debate sustainability of the book business http://t.co/puMGfqmt #
  • E. B. White on the Role and Responsibility of the Writer http://t.co/47LbbByM #
  • (I'm not nuts!) It doesn’t mean you’re crazy — talking to yourself has cognitive benefits: http://t.co/F7hBJQTl RT @thejohnsoares: #
  • Three Cups of Tea and the Danger of For-Prophet Non-Profits (or, when a founder becomes the mission): http://t.co/Y3nwcI0L #
  • Humor me: Ever met an unfunny copywriter (a good one)? Breaking Copy has a theory… http://t.co/3JZBRxRa #
  • Reality TV show about advertising creatives available online: A review of "The Pitch" on AMC http://t.co/gn0V4M6D #
  • RT @borowitzreport: BREAKING: US to Merge Wars on Obesity and Drugs into War on Fat Potheads #
  • Copywriter pitches "Revolutionary" food account with hilarious letter: http://t.co/w7cbYS3H #
  • You've got to love a writer who obsesses over his keyboard: The case for a better keyboard http://t.co/yIFxFu2v #
  • RT @bnbuzz: At last! We've uncovered the full story behind the #PulitzerPrize controversy! http://t.co/sjq69ZI0 #

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April 15, 2012, by TC No comments yet
  • Short, useful video about how to give a great presentation (hint: focus on the audience): http://t.co/cwqJv45Q #
  • Amazon Studios — now a path for novice screenwriters? (BTW – August's screenwriter's podcast is fun): http://t.co/F0FoHJn5 #

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April 8, 2012, by TC No comments yet
  • One writer's experience with self publishing free short stories (interesting numbers) | Rebecca K. O'Connor http://t.co/SK78x1ln #
  • Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Tips on How to Write a Great Story http://t.co/A9IpRiHd #
  • The web expands to fill all boredom (Nicholas Carr) http://t.co/9HSjwVV3 #
  • "Therblig" the basic "work unit" for the Science Fiction Writer (who knew?) | Channel 37 http://t.co/TlpAMIOG #

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April 1, 2012, by TC No comments yet
  • Screenwriter Ken Levine's pretty damned funny travel ebook free until Thursday night (Kindle): http://t.co/FSSw96Tp #
  • Word Geek-o-rama Extreme: first World Palindrome Champion crowned, and he's… a standup comedian: http://t.co/nAaOnkKu #
  • Perhaps the worst (yet best) ad for bottled water EVER (not entirely safe for work): http://t.co/zvCYUPTI #
  • Kurt Vonnegut's letter to a school board prez that burned his books: http://t.co/lWqlG2aN #
  • Sci-fi author gets ripped in "You kids get off my lawn" rant by older write, responds by selling t-shirts: http://t.co/Os335GDE #
  • want to stalk young women? There's an app for that: http://t.co/e2wJKKXP #

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March 25, 2012, by TC No comments yet
  • Too lazy to write that sentence you're being paid for? Let "The Virtual Academic" sentence generator do it for you: http://t.co/sp6G2hgC #
  • Happiness is a set of steadily improving numbers for a client's enewsletter program… #
  • Another Harry Potter novel needed to resurrect the British economy (humor): The Resurrection Of Harry Potter http://t.co/usdbewBP #
  • Funny blog — the Internet's least helpful book reviews: http://t.co/uafv1vMH #
  • Another reason freelancing beats that cubicle existence: Job applicants being asked for their Facebook *passwords*: http://t.co/fjGlbeIb #
  • Trout Unlimited says we really can end the threat to Bristol Bay: Save Bristol Bay http://t.co/ZC2bHxDc #
  • RT @thewritersden: Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing. Basic. Simple. Cool. Like the man himself. http://t.co/HBLc4L9m #
  • When to take advice and when to ignore it from literary greats (Steinbeck, King, Kerouac, etc): http://t.co/4hBnEzlN #
  • The movie production of sci-classic Ender's Game launches its own blog: http://t.co/ESzCjH9H #
  • Is Windows 8 the new Vista? (And will it drive some users to to Linux?) http://t.co/MdluH28c #
  • Kickstarter project open sources sci-fi book rescue: You can prevent old science fiction books from being forgotten! http://t.co/L6ZS3ews #

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March 18, 2012, by TC No comments yet
  • RT @chadschomber: Content is king. But great storytelling wins. Stick that up your content mill/farm. #
  • RT @drwicked: They should cover all external hard drives in whiteboard material so you can use wet-erase markers to indicate what's… #
  • http://t.co/yAJUZvnK » After 244 Years In Print, Encyclopaedia Britannica Goes All-Digital http://t.co/RNzKULCD #
  • A copywriter who wants to be a screenwriter writes an intriguing letter: I like words http://t.co/IFXqLfIm #
  • I've written for two clothing companies, but never thought to write clothing tags this funny | http://t.co/NsfuLo32 http://t.co/Pepeos0K #
  • Clients From Hell: "I think you need a business lesson" (translation: we want it half price): http://t.co/rDXo2jZh #

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March 11, 2012, by TC No comments yet
  • RT @therealprmoment: How not to lose your head when technology goes wrong, from Hacked Off Flack – http://t.co/AuXWTmEU #
  • A stunning photographic trip around the solar system: http://t.co/r3y2OL9a #
  • Writer reviews Dragon, Naturally Speaking Software — You Speak, the Dragon Listens (Sometimes): http://t.co/wLlI7uEJ #

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March 4, 2012, by TC No comments yet
  • Second take on a wonderful article; For writers, the hard work is never over: http://t.co/zTSs5fGa #
  • In case you ever wondered: Getting Hired as a Game Writer | http://t.co/fDz8YDBt http://t.co/IMSlWxUx #
  • Thoughtful interview about #writing with Steve Martin at The Believer (excuuuuse me): http://t.co/IrIHTRtO #
  • Ad Contrarian: "Peer-to-peer" social media recommendations are not the equivalent of word-of-mouth recommendations" http://t.co/BHvLa5Ku #
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America removes Amazon links, supports IPG in dispute with Amazon: http://t.co/0Qkj9Zhk #
  • The free piece of software that makes my professional writing life easier (a copywriter talks corporate video) #celtx : http://t.co/AT86LnlK #
  • China bans Buddhist monks in Tibet from Reincarnation (booo, China): http://t.co/76UYqqhM #
  • Ack! Polone: Four Star Screenwriters Talk About Rewrite Hell: http://t.co/KBCRn5aE #
  • Nice post: On Tenacity and The Positive Side of Doubt « Sarah E. Olson http://t.co/yQdVChIY #

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