It’s funny how social media can work so well sometimes. I happened to be playing with a new Twitter client (Choqok for KDE, if you must know) over the weekend and TweetOpenSource had a link to 100 Awesome Open Source Tools for Writers, Journalists,.
Topics: writing

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In but 90 minutes I’ll be on a bus to The Second City for WordCamp Chicago. I’m really looking forward to having my first contact with the WordPress blogging community, and learning more about how this platform works.Power and bandwidth...
Topics: Chicago, Conferences and such, WordPress

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It’s always good news when a major desktop Linux project hits a milestone release, and so it is with KOffice 2.0.0 being released this week. The KOffice team realized the tremendous opportunity for reinvention offered by its KDE 4 parent community,.
Topics: KDE, Linux, openSUSE

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I’ve been busy working on a summary of my WritersUA Conference experience, but while I’m doing that, the first week in June is shaping up to be a great time for writers in the Midwest (and elsewhere) to get together and talk in the next few...
Topics: Conferences and such, Technical Communication, writing

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Yesterday was Ada Lovelace Day, a day to honor women in technology. When I first heard about the event, I knew instantly who I wanted to honor. Though we never met, this woman helped inspire me to participate in the community that is the Internet....
Topics: AdaLovelaceDay09, working, writing

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