Ras on New Media
Rush Limbaugh’s Very Bad Week in Social Media
It’s been an exciting week in Limbaugh Land. There’s no need to recount the tragic story of Rush Limbaugh’s hubris in calling a Georgetown U law student a slut and a prostitute, and then how all his attempts to apologize … Read more
Much Ado About Web Privacy
Today is the day Google implements its new privacy policy. I’ve been reading a lot about this complex issue, and, as far as I can see, it boils down to the fact that now Google will share your data across … Read more
Blog of the Week: 24 Frames
It’s Oscars week and those of us who really care about movies are pondering such matters as whether the seven-minute animated British film A Morning Stroll has a shot in the Best Short Film category.
The Promise of eBooks
Author’s Note: Glenn Galen, the friend of a friend on Facebook, wrote today’s Ras-curated guest post. Glenn is a songwriter, recording artist, and head of a small technology company.
The Blog-to-Book Fantasy
When I teach introductory courses on blogging, sooner or later a student will always raise a version of this question: what about a book? Can’t you put together a bunch of your blog posts and make a book that publishers … Read more
Ras’s Web Gems: Small Demons
Small Demons is one of the more intriguing ideas for a Web site I’ve seen in the new-media era. Valla Vakili, CEO and founder of the LA-based start-up, calls the site, which is still very much a work-in-progress, “a concordance … Read more
TED THE CAT
Ted the Cat (1994-present) is a domestic shorthair blogger and vers libre poet. He also enjoys sleeping, eating, and lurking. Ted the Cat co-habits with Kaze,
also a blogger at 317am.net.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kaze
Kaze is Washington DC area writing guru Steve Altman. The nickname is Japanese for “the wind.” Read more »
RasoirJ
Ras at Texas BBQ in DC, site of lunchtime chats with Kaze on the art and agony of writing. Ras is also known in some publishing circles as George Clack. Read more »