An online notebook
I am going to ignore my own advice and move this blog’s URL next week. The new address will be http://theclosedcircle.com. Obviously I will keep the two running side by side for a day or two to ensure everything has switched smoothly enough. davebriggs.net will just end up being a holding page, which I can … Keep reading
Here is an article I have written and submitted to the now active-again Living Without Microsoft website, run by John Naughton and Quentin Stafford-Fraser. You would have thought that working without desktop applications would be pretty tricky. But there are now a growing number of online tools which can help you get things done online … Keep reading
The Palimpsest Authors Directory is up and running, and the slog is now to get some content in there. Most of it is being cut and pasted from Wikipedia, which is released under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. This means that we can copy the material, and amend it, as long as we credit the … Keep reading
Wasn’t aware of this, but when browsing through the Writely blog, I found this snippet of a press release: Since its beta launch in August 2005, Writely has enjoyed enthusiastic adoption from users all over the world including businesses, bloggers, editors, students, teachers, poets and playwrights. … Case#3: NaNoWriMo Collective Novel Creation By midnight on … Keep reading
A slightly more wordy list than usual today: I don’t think I will have time for any lengthy articles but will keep returning to this throughout the day. HipCal is the new name of MyPimp. Apparently the developers had originally thought the service would be used mainly by students, hence the vaguely amusing name. The … Keep reading