What are the implications of Web 2.0 for the publishing sector?

In this presentation Brian Kelly describes how various Web 2.0 technologies can be exploited by the publishing sector.

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Playing with Words: Poetry that POPS!!! By Molly J. Anderson-Childers This kids-at-heart article presents a variety of ways to find poetic inspiration, tips to editing poetry, and prompts to creating a personal art and poetry book. Read it here Tags: poetry writing creativity

Writers' Digest names the Creativity Portal Web site one of the best web sites

The Creativity Portal Web site has been chosen by Writer's Digest magazine as one of the "101 Best Web Sites for Writers" in their creativity category for 2006. Creativity Portal has been included in the yearly guide published on the Writer's Digest Web site since 2002. Tags: writing communication

Push-button prompts - writing and blogging inspiration

Creativity Portal's Imagination Prompt Generator will inspire you by outputting one of many randomly generated "Imagination Prompts" at the press of a button. We call them Imagination Prompts because they can be used for writing, blogging, art projects, music, discussion, or anything else you need some inspirational prompting for!

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The Orange Prize for Fiction

The Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2006 The History of Love by Nicole KraussFind out more Beyond Black by Hilary MantelFind out more The Accidental by Ali SmithFind out more On Beauty by Zadie SmithFind out more Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie TiffanyFind out more The Night Watch by Sarah WatersFind out more Tags: communication fiction books

Why face-to-face still matters

We email. We wiki. We blog. We IM. We convince ourselves that as long as we can write well, these are all good forms of communication. Perhaps in some ways even better, since we're not distracted (blinded, biased, seduced) by the person's physical presence.And we are wrong. Read on ... Tag: communication

The dying art of conversation

Chit-chat and small talk have taken the place of proper conversation, according to a project to chart spoken English. So are we really losing the art of profound discussion - who better to ask than two expert conversationalists. Read on … Tags communication conversation