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Monthly Archives May 2007

Let’s See, Now… What Else Can We Outsource?

It was probably arrogant and short-sighted of me to think journalism would ever be spared from the outsourcing wave. I’m all for emerging economies, but this is beyond bullshit.
A publisher in Pasadena hired two journalists in India to cover city council meetings via the web. It’s only costing him about $20k. I don’t like [...]

Posted 11 May 2007 † gordon § Links § Rants § Work § Writing ‡ Comments (2)

Re-visioning

Writing, as the saying goes, is revising. The truism has been going around in my head so much that it’s starting to make me take another look at this web site. I’m pulling out the red pen and considering how to improve and refine the site… I’d like to extend this notion outward.
Anything that bugs [...]

Posted 08 May 2007 † gordon § Blogging § Polls ‡ Comments (7)

Links: Students Under Arrest and Writers Offline

Threat Level, a Wired magazine blog, has been following a story wherein a Chicago-area high school student was arrested for the content of a free-writing exercise. They knew it would happen sooner or later, so did I. So did we all. (Threat Level - Wired Blogs)
Writer Stephen Elliott went a month without the Internet (the [...]

Posted 01 May 2007 † gordon § Links § Teaching § Writing § Writing process ‡ Comments (1)