Tagged: tip

Writing tip – avoid promoting particular booksellers… - Code for life

Grant Jacobs • Oct 31, 2010 •

• blogging,
• books,
• tip

… by linking to a neutral intermediary, such as OpenLibrary or GoodReads, rather than a bookseller. I often write about books. Something to do with enjoying reading! Some readers might have noticed that when I link to a book, I almost always the link to OpenLibrary. Read More

Quick e-journalism tip: to copy the text not the spam link… - Code for life

Grant Jacobs • Oct 16, 2010 •

• browser,
• journalism,
• media,
• Safari,
• science communication,
• tip

… copy the text from an article reader, not directly from the web page. You want to quote a news website for your article or blog, but when you paste what you have copied from the news website you discover you’ve inserted a spam link to their website. Annoying, right? If … Read More