Category Archives: Writing

Catching up on dumbing down

Posted on June 7, 2008 by cbd

Everyone else on the planet has probably read it already, but I’ve finished my first read of Steven Johnson’s Everything Bad is Good for You. I like Johnson’s stuff (I fancy this this comment about an update of Interface Culture … Continue reading →

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Odds and ends Thursday

Posted on June 5, 2008 by cbd

Catch-all: strawberries, cleaning, accessibility internship, writing a review Continue reading →

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Readymades at CCCC

Posted on May 8, 2008 by cbd

Crossposted with a few email lists… A colleague and I are putting together a panel on readymades, and we’re looking for a third presenter. Broadly speaking, we’re looking at the re-emergence of the readymade in a variety of forms: web-based … Continue reading →

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Twitchell disappoints

Posted on April 27, 2008 by cbd

James Twitchell gets busted for plagiarism. Continue reading →

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Updating our graduate program

Posted on April 8, 2008 by cbd

Our graduate committee recently finished the paperwork for a comprehensive revision of our graduate program. “Update” is an understatement. The old curriculum was state of the art around 1970. Maybe 1870. Coursework covered three areas: British Literature, British Literature, and … Continue reading →

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RIP NWE

Posted on April 7, 2008 by cbd

RIP Networked Writing Environment: 1995-2008 Continue reading →

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Thankfully, we ain’t scientists

Posted on March 19, 2008 by cbd

Beer leads to more publishing: clearly, Jeff’s secret! Continue reading →

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Braggin’

Posted on December 13, 2007 by cbd

Some very strong projects this year in both the Style course and Computers & Writing: Nascent standup comedian Ryan Budds created a site to promote himself, nicely integrating Flickr, Google Calendar, YouTube, and traditional web pages. Lora Carmichael wrote a … Continue reading →

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Crystal, The Fight for English

Posted on October 22, 2007 by cbd

Commentary on David Crystal’s The Fight for English (Oxford 2007), a history of and argument against prescriptive views of English. Continue reading →

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Tender benches

Posted on August 13, 2007 by cbd

Every now and then, a witty lede gets by the AP style police: English megastar David Beckham resumed his tour of American soccer benches on Sunday, sitting out the Los Angeles Galaxy’s game against the New England Revolution to rest … Continue reading →

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