Links for 23-05-2008
Webzine business models; trimming copy; semantic tagging redux; flocking behaviour in quitting smokers …
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If you read, write, edit or publish genre fiction, READ THIS. NOW.
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“… I always recommend lean copy. And it’s twice as important online. Whipping copy into shape is an important skill for any writer, because all of us start with flabby first drafts.” Just as valid for fiction, BTW.
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“It’s up to us to help organize data in a format that is machine readable so the machines can share, but in return it allows us to perform incredible searches likes never before.”
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“Sunderland emerges as the UK’s digital capital [...] Although the city council said this was down to local education projects, others said it could be linked to consistently poor weather.” LOL
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“Whole groups of smokers are quitting at once, it’s not just isolated individuals blinking out,” Christakis says. “It’s whole interconnected groups simultaneously dropping out.” Intriguing.
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Pretty simple, pretty handy.
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