I’m not quite sure why people make and then give away fonts for free. But for those of us who like typography, there’s thankfully a whole bunch…
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Category: Writing about Writing
Lessons, tips, and reflections on being writers; especially discussing the process of composing words, different genres and their related techniques, and meaningful glimpses into their growth as authors, tutors, and readers.
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Open Learning on the Web
If you find yourself sitting on the couch during winter break, twiddling your thumbs and wishing you were back in the classroom, you don’t have to wait…
An article in today’s New York Times discusses what might be the next big thing in the humanities. With texts being digitally scanned and uploaded every day…
According to N.P.R., Wikipedia’s Public Policy Initiative has recruited professors from eight different universities (including Harvard and U.C. Berkeley) to incorporate Wikipedia into their courses on public…
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Do you know about Zotero?
As November rolls onward, DePaul University’s finals week approaches. Those research paper due dates that were once safely tucked away on a calendar page far far away…
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Get Out and Vote
Election Day is here! Because the UCWbL values democratic processes, I’m posting some online resources that the undecided voter may find useful before heading out to the…
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Academic Writing Resources
Harvard University’s Writing Center has some useful resources for writers working on academic papers. Their “Brief Guides to Writing Papers in the Disciplines” covers the fields of…
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Common Folk
During class the other night (English 431, Invention of the Novel), Professor John Shanahan pointed out a great online resource for writers who are interested in conducting original, historiographic research.…
Tutors from UCWbL are staffing a “Digication Lab” Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:20 pm to 6:00 pm, in McGaw Hall (room 202) this autumn quarter. Drop in if…
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Rap Metrics. Wow.
I just discovered a fellow WordPress blog called RapMETRICS. It’s an amazing site. The site’s sole credited writer, rapmetrics, who I’m fairly sure is Liban Ali Yusuf,…