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Comment on My Advice: Don’t Take Any Advice At All by Pass that Hater-ade! - UCWbLing

Pass that Hater-ade! - UCWbLing — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:43:14 +0000

[...] realize I’m really late to the party on this one, but just as Sam discussed last week, it’s healthy to knock your idols down a few pegs, if only for preserving your own sanity as [...]

Comment on Farewell, Writing–Hello, Content! by Are we living through an online renaissance? - UCWbLing

Are we living through an online renaissance? - UCWbLing — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:36 +0000

[...] moment, but calling the 2010′s a golden age got me thinking, especially in light of my recent posts expressing my fears of “content creep,” that perhaps I, and many others, have been too [...]

Comment on Content and Its Discontents by Are we living through an online renaissance? - UCWbLing

Are we living through an online renaissance? - UCWbLing — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:30:30 +0000

[...] in a moment, but calling the 2010′s a golden age got me thinking, especially in light of my recent posts expressing my fears of “content creep,” that perhaps I, and many others, have [...]

Comment on My Advice: Don’t Take Any Advice At All by Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:32:27 +0000

I would offer one adjustment: The key is not to beat the masters, but instead to beat those who crowned the masters and locked the throne room doors. Do your own thing and make them realize that they forgot to leave the door open for you.

Comment on Don’t Write Off Pre-Literate Cultures by Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:26:19 +0000

Here’s another thought to add to fuel to the fire:

Some people today argue that the internet makes us dumber because we rely so heavily on it for concrete information (historical events / dates, grammatical rules, etc.) that people used to take the time to memorize. Now we don’t memorize as much information; we Google it.

In regard to that argument, pre-literate cultures memorized EVERYTHING that they thought was important WITHOUT the use of writing.

So maybe pre-literate cultures could view a dependence on books and writing the same way that some people view a dependence on the Internet.

Food for thought.

Comment on The 6 best hip-hop songs about writing by Mark Jacobs

Mark Jacobs — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:45:47 +0000

Yeah, you’re right. On second thought it definitely deserves a spot up there. If not for the sick David Axelrod sample alone.

Comment on The 6 best hip-hop songs about writing by matthewdavidpearson

matthewdavidpearson — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:19:55 +0000

Lil Wayne, Dr. Carter. Kinda writing center-ish even!

Comment on My Advice: Don’t Take Any Advice At All by magchia

magchia — Sat, 11 May 2013 20:01:54 +0000

Word.
http://uwbwritingcenter.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/beguiled-by-big-words/

Comment on Boosting Your Writing Center’s Social Media Presence by The Social Center: Why Writing Centers Need Twitter

The Social Center: Why Writing Centers Need Twitter — Tue, 07 May 2013 04:50:26 +0000

[...] you are just starting with Twitter, a recent UWCbLing post by Mark Jacobs, Social Media Coordinator at the University Center for Writing-Based Learning at DePaul [...]

Comment on Don’t Write Off Pre-Literate Cultures by matthewdavidpearson

matthewdavidpearson — Fri, 03 May 2013 00:04:55 +0000

Nice work, Sam!