May 01

A few people have asked me, after I’ve read their books and pointed out issues that their editors missed, whether I…

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A few people have asked me, after I’ve read their books and pointed out issues that their editors missed, whether I take editing clients myself. 

Up until now, the answer has been “no”, but that’s just changed. At least for the month of May, my wife and I are taking on a few select clients. If you’re interested in being one of them, take a look at what we offer.

(Signal boost appreciated, especially if you can personally attest to my skill at spotting punctuation errors, homonym issues and the like.)

http://csidemedia.com/editing/
Apr 30

Scientists are making some progress in learning how to manipulate the microbiome, a realm that I predict will bring…

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Originally shared by David Brin

Scientists are making some progress in learning how to manipulate the microbiome, a realm that I predict will bring the 21st Century’s first truly major medical transformations – because the array of bacteria living within us, while large and complex, is inherently linear and ought to be well-corelated, soon, with genes, body types, diet and lifestyle. Already there are pushes to alter many longstanding practices, as described in Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues.

 

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/findings-from-the-gut-new-insights-into-the-human-microbiome1

Apr 29

There are some things you need to understand about yourself and about how community works, before you approach a…

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Originally shared by Mary Robinette Kowal

There are some things you need to understand about yourself and about how community works, before you approach a reader and truly, before you even start the project in which you plan to represent a marginalized community. It’s good, and important, to want…

http://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/sensitivity-readers/
Apr 26

Serious question: Do organizations tend to evolve in the direction of bureaucracy because that’s inherent to how…

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Serious question: Do organizations tend to evolve in the direction of bureaucracy because that’s inherent to how people work, or just because we’re used to working that way? And how might we stop that from happening, in either case?

Originally shared by Jennifer Ouellette

Wikipedia Is Basically a Corporate Bureaucracy, According to a New Study http://gizmodo.com/wikipedia-is-basically-a-corporate-bureaucracy-accordi-1746955234 …

http://gizmodo.com/wikipedia-is-basically-a-corporate-bureaucracy-accordi-1746955234