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3/02/2012 recommended reading for writers: McSweeney’s, About.com, the art of the link

By Michelle V. Rafter on March 2, 2012 | 2 Responses

To do good writing, read good writing. Here’s the good writing I’ve been reading this week: It’s been too long since I shared a Friday reading list. Blame it on an over-abundance of work, laziness or being out of town. Regardless, I’m back. And here’s my recommendations for good reads from this week: The Official [...]

Posted in Writing | Tagged About.com, hyperlink, McSweeney's, recommended reading for writers, tech tools for writers, Yahoo Media Networks | 2 Responses

Go Web, Young Man

By Michelle V. Rafter on January 25, 2008 | 1 Response

Newspapers see the future, and it’s digital. The latest evidence: earlier this week the New York Times Co. and three other investors sank $29.5 million into Automattic, the company that makes WordPress blogging software runs the WordPress.com free blogging Website. (Disclaimer: I use WordPress.com to create and host this blog.) According to a news report, [...]

Posted in Blogs, Freelancing, Media Business, Newspapers, Technology, Web 2.0, Writing | Tagged About.com, Akismet, Automattic, Blogger, Blogging, Blogs, E.W. Scripps, Google, Los Angeles Times, Movable Type, New York Times, newspaper business sections, Newspapers, Orange County Register, Publishing, Publishing 2.0, Russ Stanton, Six Apart, TypePad, Wall Street Journal, WordPress, WordPress.com, World Economic Forum | 1 Response