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Twitter is having a bit of a spring clean, and purging millions of accounts. The good news is this will clear out some of the deadwood from Twitter. The bad news is this could have a significant impact on your follower count, especially if you're popular. Twitter currently has around 330 million active users. This is a solid number, but it pales in comparison to Facebook's billions of users. And beyond the active users there are millions of inactive users who gave up on Twitter a long time ago.
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TechCrunch
Facebook is giving advertisers new ways to show off their products, including with augmented reality.
At its F8 developer conference earlier this year, Facebook announced that it was working with businesses to use AR to show off products in Messenger. Now a similar experience will start appearing in the News Feed, with a select group of advertisers testing out AR ads.
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The Writing Cooperative
You need to edit your work even if you're working with the world's best editor. Especially if you're working with the world's best editor. Submit your best version — — proofed and polished — and watch as the world's best editor tears it apart.
Cry softly and tell yourself it's for love of the craft.
Your editorial process can be simple and quick, but have one. And stick to it. No more naked babies, okay?
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Anne R. Allen's Blog
I'm a big believer in making the most of the time we have to write and getting the best possible output from it.
After all, for most writers, time is the ultimate luxury. We can always experience ebbs and flows in sales or followers, but time is truly a finite resource. Once it's gone, it's never coming back.
As a result, I've dedicated a lot of my writing life to finding the best ways to use writing time as efficiently and effectively as possible.
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The Millions
Kurt Vonnegut's caution against the use of semicolons is one of the most famous and canonical pieces of writing advice, an admonition that has become, so to speak, one of The Rules. More on these rules later, but first the infamous quote in question: "Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college."
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Booklife
With more and more authors taking the production of their books into their own hands, more and more of those books look .. strange. That's not a good thing for either authors or their readers.
Book design used to be a pretty arcane branch of graphic design, pursued by a handful of practitioners, many of whom were employed by typesetters and publishing houses.
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Digital Content Next
It is official: We are finally "mobile-first." At the conclusion of Q2, we reached the much-anticipated pivot point when all mobile traffic (direct and referred) caught up with desktop. But while we waited, the mobile ecosystem and what we thought we knew about mobile has evolved. Is your media company prepared?
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The New York Times
Chris Stanford likes to think of himself as a "news concierge."
Every day, around 6 a.m. Eastern, he sends the U.S. Morning Briefing, one of The New York Times' most popular newsletters, to 1.6 million subscribers. Like a version of the front page, it curates the day's most important stories, but it also leaves room for lighthearted features and is written in a conversational voice.
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Digiday
YouTube announced it would spend $25 million on news, part of the Google News Initiative that pledged $300 million in March to help the news industry. The money is being used to hire more specialists to support publishers; help publishers build their own video operations; and create a working group with news organizations to come up with new video product features and improve news on YouTube.
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Bangor Daily News
With Japanese beetles attacking the beans, worms infiltrating the corn and aphids sapping the life from the tomato plants, a garden can sometimes feel like a battlefield. Instead of spraying plants with synthetic pesticides, organic gardeners are finding creative ways to defend their crops. In many cases these solutions are simple, eco-friendly and effective.
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The New York Times
We began six years ago with a modest garden. A tornado had ripped through our Texas house and backyard, yanking out the 50-year-old oak trees that had created a canopy over the yard, tossing them aside like toothpicks. The cleared trees gave way to sunlight, and a garden seemed the perfect way to commemorate a loss and mark a new beginning.
What started as a tiny garden with squash vines, a few tomato plants and okra has grown every year.
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CNET
Adding pops of flavor to your food is all about using fresh herbs. And what better way to add fresh flavor to dishes (and save money) than with your own herb garden?
It's not as hard as it sounds. All you need are the right pots, materials and a plan. So whether you're a home cook or a serious foodie — if you're doubting your green thumbs, take heart. Growing flavorful herbs at home is within your reach.
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