Tools and Trade Secrets for Aspiring Writers
Now it’s PC Magazine’s turn to weigh in on the question of alternative office suites, with a series of new reviews rolling out on its website over the past month or so. The reviews are typically fairly thorough; each includes a slideshow of screenshots.
By and large, the reviewer gives decent grades to the major [...]
Occasionally I mention online writer’s tools at our local writer’s group. Whenever I do so, I can count on an acid attack from a fellow member: “Why would anyone need such a thing,” he says, in one variant or another, “especially since you own your own computer.” I always dismiss him with [...]
After reading lately a spate of articles heaping lavish praise on Facebook, I decided to join that social network. I’ve been intrigued, and that experience is leading me out to other social networking facilities, with some of the stops opening fascinating new doors.
This has taken me to a blog which may be of particular [...]
CNET this morning has put up on its website a particularly useful set of reviews of the major online and offline office suites. As readers of this blog may recall, I put a lot of stock in CNET software reviews, which are among the best available. The reviews this time are equally good [...]
Microsoft announced that it has created a new online service called Microsoft Office Live Workspace, which will complement its desktop program. The service goes into beta-testing this fall.
The Associated Press has just released a story about this development:
Office Live Workspace will give users about 250 megabytes of storage, or room to keep about 1,000 [...]
Readers here will know that we’ve been following developments with online word processors, predicting that soon Zoho and Google would provide offline versions which users can download onto their computers.
Zoho has beat Google to the punch, announcing this week the first steps offline of its own Zoho Writer. [This is in addition to its [...]
Of course, Microsoft Office reigns supreme. So why even consider alternatives?
The respected journal ComputerWorld recently ran a major review of alternatives for both Mac and PC’s, pointing out a number of reasons why these software choices may be important to users. Each alternative gets a close but succinct look, with a clear judgment [...]
Read/Write Web earlier this week carried a post that all writers should read: “Self-Publishing Tool Kit: How to Write and Publish A Novel” by Josh Catone. Josh has compiled a comprehensive list of online writer’s tools, quite a few of them new even to me [as I'm not as tuned in to [...]
Webware this week carried an article announcing the new “Blizzard” version of PageFlakes. I rushed right over to PageFlakes and discovered an online facility of such power that I put together my own page, which presents this blog and lots of other writerly material in one place [some blog readers may wish to access [...]
I’ve just uncovered the most comprehensive review of word processors, particularly those most likely to be used for business, technical and academic writing, that I’ve ever seen. It is very informative and even valuable to those already firmly settled into their word processor of choice.
However, I am surprised that there are significant omissions, those [...]