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NaNoWriMo Now Underway

By Andrew Savikas
November 1, 2009

One of my favorite keynotes from TOC 2009 was National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) founder Chris Baty. It's November, which means the annual event is now underway. Check out...

Writing Technical Documentation with Sphinx, Paver, and Cog

By Doug Hellmann
February 2, 2009

An open source tool chain for producing technical articles.

Now Do As You've Been Told!

By Darwin Grosse
January 8, 2009

This article is about my new collection of Korg Nano devices - or it was going to be until my hard drive died.

A Creativity Interview with Novelist Dana Reinhardt

By Dan Brodnitz
December 16, 2008

For the last year or two I've been interviewing artists about their creative process. A new interview went up this week, with young-adult novelist Dana Reinhardt, and I thought I'd post an abridged version here, including questions about her writing routine, how she pushes through when she isn't not feeling particularly inspired, and why she doesn't use notebooks to capture her thoughts. If you'd like to read a little more, you can find the full interview right here.

News Roundup: Digging Around Amazon's Topaz Format, Twitter Novels, June Ebook Sales Up 87% Over '07

By Mac Slocum
September 4, 2008

Digging Around Amazon's Topaz File Format Late Night Code is popping the hood on Topaz, that mysterious "other" file format used on the Kindle: Mobipocket files purchased from Amazon...