Most writers develop patterns in their prose. Experts can use these patterns to calculate the likelihood that a given text was written by a particular…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Category: Software
Posts about software and apps.
The surest way to get into an argument might not be a discussion of religion or politics. No, the real heated debates, at least online,…
For the last couple of days I have been reformatting and revising a Word document I created and then passed along to colleagues. Unfortunately the…
On March 1, 2011, I wrote about the difficult state of the academic job market in fields such as mine: “digital rhetoric” and “new media”…
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?…
I have outlined two projects with Mariner Software’s Contour 1.2 and remain uncertain about the product for several reasons. The program is marred by sloppy…
I am a believer in outlining and planning before, during, and after the drafting process for most long forms of creative writing. Generally, I’m always…
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…
I love Scrivener, a writing application from Literature & Latte. How much do I love Scrivener? I wrote the following in Scrivener: My doctoral dissertation…
In college, I wrote software documentation for mainframe users, which meant I had the opportunity to use text editors and word processors on a variety…