Save the Semicolon

I just want to know about eyeballs. I mean, if you have 600 followers, and you post a link, how many actual people click that link…

Lots of people seem really wrong-headed about technology. In short, Facebook and iPods really really really aren’t ruining society or creating people who can’t communicate. So I guess it’s obvious where I stand. There’s a new book out, A Better Pencil, which explains that the shrill sky-is-falling noises about communications technology are as old as [...]

I recently wondered how to properly cite a tweet, and I’m not sure of the answer. Today I read, on The Chicago Manual of Style’s excellent Q &A page, a question about: How to cite a Kindle reference Q. Are there any conventions yet for citing a text on Kindle? That is, because the type [...]

“A person shooting a moose should make sure that their gun has more than one round in it.” “A person” is singular, but “their” is plural. Honestly? I don’t mind. English speakers have been doing the “they” trick for a long time, and complaining about it is actually the more recent development. But it is [...]