Should we teach our digital composition students the tricks of the trade for bloggers and other new media publishers? The ancient texts on rhetoric discuss…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Category: Technology
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley December 5, 2011 Deadline January 2012 Issue The Desktop Computer is Dead. Long Live the Desktop! Prognosticators keep telling us the…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley January 24, 2011 Deadline March 2011 Issue Archives Aren’t Backups: Storing Data for the Future Do you remember WordStar? Lotus 1-2-3?…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley December 27, 2010 Deadline February 2011 Issue Science at Home: DIY Labs and More Model rockets, a microscope, a telescope, motorized…
Two months ago I introduced the idea of using Contour or Dramatica to outline a novel or screenplay. These applications are marketed primarily for screenwriting,…
Before I offer my views on Dramatica 4.1, especially in light of my Contour review, I want to express an important frustration sure to vex…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley December 6, 2010 Deadline January 2011 Issue Virtual Valley Predictions for 2011 Prognostication is a year-round sport in the technology industry,…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley October 25, 2010 Deadline December 2010 Issue Scrapbooking Made Easy Scrapbooking is a serious hobby for some people. Two of my…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley September 2, 2010 Deadline October Issue Nurturing the Valley’s Tech Economy “What can we do to improve, or even create, Tulare…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley August 2, 2010 Deadline September Issue Learning to Program, Learning to Think Several times a month I create or modify computer…