Create Consume - tagged with language http://www.createconsume.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron abramwell@gmail.com 14 Punctuation Marks That You Never Knew Existed http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/6055/14-punctuation-marks-that-you-never-knew-existed ]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:28:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/6055/14-punctuation-marks-that-you-never-knew-existed The Elements of Fucking Style http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/5489/the-elements-of-fucking-style

Use strong, definitive language in your writing. Make that sentence your bitch. 

]]> Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:48:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/5489/the-elements-of-fucking-style The Words of the Year - NYTimes.com http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/4397/the-words-of-the-year-nytimescom ]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:36:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/4397/the-words-of-the-year-nytimescom Yahoo! Style Guide http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/3312/yahoo-style-guide

"It's different from writing for print"

]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:52:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/3312/yahoo-style-guide Your Friend, the Comma http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/2859/your-friend-the-comma

I've been doing it, wrong.

]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:20:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/2859/your-friend-the-comma Wordnik API documentation http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/2252/wordnik-api-documentation ]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:02:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/2252/wordnik-api-documentation Insights from Google's auto-suggest feature http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/2031/insights-from-googles-auto-suggest-feature

Google Suggest is a helpful feature. It's a little sliver of the collective mind. It's also a lot of fun to mess with.

]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:18:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/2031/insights-from-googles-auto-suggest-feature How to talk to complete idiots http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1865/how-to-talk-to-complete-idiots

To the educated mind, it seems inconceivable that millions of people will choose rabid ignorance and childish fantasy over, say, a polar bear.

]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:17:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1865/how-to-talk-to-complete-idiots jquery-translate http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1851/jquery-translate

jQuery interface to the Google Language API

]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:45:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1851/jquery-translate Sam Winston : 'a dictionary story' book http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1490/sam-winston-a-dictionary-story-book

Lavatory and Lavender can never be friends

]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:33:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1490/sam-winston-a-dictionary-story-book Twitrratr http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1453/twitrratr

aka Twitter Rater. Trying to make sense of sentiments through natural language processing

]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:37:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1453/twitrratr Why I Write http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1021/why-i-write

There are two ways that I’m aware of to get known as a developer. The first is to build something so cool that everyone has heard of it and the second is to write about things.

]]> Fri, 15 May 2009 01:22:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1021/why-i-write McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview. http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/876/mcsweeneys-internet-tendency-internet-age-writing-syllabus-and-course-overview

Students will practice using emoticons to create powerful dialogue and to establish dramatic irony. They'll learn to gracefully integrate complex expressions into their IM writing

]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:35:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/876/mcsweeneys-internet-tendency-internet-age-writing-syllabus-and-course-overview Translating "The Economist" Behind China's Great Firewall http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/613/translating-quotthe-economistquot-behind-chinas-great-firewall

The list of sensitive subjects includes China-Taiwan's political relationship, Tibet, Falun Gong, the Tiananmen Square protests, the Cultural Revolution, discussions of freedom of the press or freedom of religion, and any discussion of the establishment of a new Chinese political party.

]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:07:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/613/translating-quotthe-economistquot-behind-chinas-great-firewall ‘Wherefore’ does not mean where http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/451/wherefore-does-not-mean-where

Putting a whole new spin on balcony lamentation

]]> Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:48:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/451/wherefore-does-not-mean-where Copy Paste Character http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/229/copy-paste-character

click on a character and its in your clipboard.

]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:19:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/229/copy-paste-character Ubiquity for Firefox http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/182/ubiquity-for-firefox

Introducing Ubiquity for Firefox, and experiment in connecting the Web with language. labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/

Ubiquity's goals are to:

Empower users to control the web browser with language-based instructions. (With search, users type what they want to find. With Ubiquity, they type what they want to do.)

Enable on-demand, user-generated mashups with existing open Web APIs. (In other words, allowing everyone (not just Web developers) to remix the Web so it fits their needs, no matter what page they are on, or what they are doing.)

Use Trust networks and social constructs to balance security with ease of extensibility.

Extend the browser functionality easily. Cast: Aza Raskin

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