Entries Tagged 'Writing'

TestyTim

iA Writer: A Quiet Place to Write

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 9:19 PM
My latest review:

Since I first traded WordPerfect for Microsoft Word in the 1990s, I’ve never been able to get away from it. Every once in a while I’ll find something else to try, but iA Writer might be the first one to stick.

OFB

Continuing on the Journey of the Business of Life

It's Our Twentieth Anniversary of Exploring Ideas, Culture and Technology

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 11:59 PM

Times certainly do change, whether time feels like it is going quickly or slowly. Twenty years ago today, Open for Business went live. It feels like yesterday and a lifetime ago. It’s been an interesting and wonderful journey.

OFB at 20 years old. I can’t get my head quite around it. Read on for some reminiscence about the magazine and its various longtime contributors.

Ain't Y'all Thinking Nothing Unlike This?

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 1:22 AM

This is an excellent article on the problems of sloppy English writing. I wouldn't suggest it says anything unique, but it does say it well. If nothing else, it was worth reading the whole thing just for this gem at the end:

Tony Long, copy chief at Wired News, believes that all business majors should be required to study Latin and minor in English lit.

Amen, Tony. I couldn't agree more.