Encyclopedia Virginia is expanding

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Elizabeth McCullough

Encyclopedia Virginia is looking for an Assistant Editor. Knowledge of and interest in Virginia history a big plus. This will be a full time classified staff position at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. For more information, contact Brendan Wolfe at EV. And there’s more! According to Brendan: We’re entering into a partnership with the [...]

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Still time to sign up for The Online Writer this Saturday

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Elizabeth McCullough

SPACE STILL AVAILABLE IN “THE ONLINE WRITER” SEMINAR THIS SATURDAY But don’t wait—register now if you want to learn about blogging, social networks, websites and how to be a freelance writer on the web. This is a soup-to-nuts picture of what it means to be a writer in the digital world, led by copywriter and [...]

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The Online Writer: a Two-Part Seminar on Website Design coming to WriterHouse

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Elizabeth McCullough

The Online Writer: a Two-Part Seminar on Website Design, Blogging, and Web-based Work for Writers WriterHouse, 508 Dale Avenue, Charlottesville, 434-296-1922. 2 Saturdays, August 15, and September 12, 9 am – 4:30 pm In Part 1, copywriter and communications consultant Kristen King will give a soup-to-nuts picture of what it means to be a writer [...]

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Slowpoke Comics: Amazon Kindle in an Alternate Universe

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Elizabeth McCullough

Love it! Slowpoke Comics: Amazon Kindle in an Alternate Universe.

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The Online Writer

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Elizabeth McCullough

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TOUR DE NERDFIGHTING 2008 Comes to Cville

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

JOHN & HANK GREEN: THE GREAT AMERICAN TOUR DE NERDFIGHTING 2008 You’ve seen ‘em on YouTube. Now see ‘em in person! The original Nerdfighters are coming to town at the Northside Library on November 10 at 6pm. John Green is the award winning author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Towns. [...]

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Dan Doernberg tweaks critique with CriTweak

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Hey, I know this guy! And I think he’s got a terrific idea — a killer app for document critique: Cutting through the spin of political campaigns can make one’s head spin, but thanks to Albemarle resident Dan Doernberg, founder of Fairness.com, voters across the country will have a new tool just in time for [...]

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Who will you find? Tracing your family tree at J-MRL

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

From the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library: Learn to use HeritageQuest for your genealogical sleuthing. The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library will provide two training sessions on how to use HeritageQuest which is a collection of research materials for doing genealogy research. The sessions will be Friday Oct 31, 9:30 am at the Central Library and Saturday Nov 1, [...]

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LibraryThing strategy in an age of Amazon/Shelfari | LibraryThing

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Tim at LibraryThing contemplates the future, now that Amazon has acquired Shelfari: Any any case, once the Amazon/Shelfari deal goes through, we are competing against Amazon. The second element, as many also know, is that Amazon recently announced its intention to acquire Abebooks, the Canadian used-books aggregator that owns 40% of LibraryThing. The acquisiton will [...]

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Help a worthy site: Duotrope

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Some news from Duotrope: Greetings from Duotrope’s Digest, Notes for this week: We were 8% short of our contributions goal for the month of June. We thank everyone who donated! What the heck is going on at duotrope.com? If you’ve been on our site lately, you’ve probably noticed that it’s running very slowly and that [...]

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Change the ride

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

From Charlie’s Diary: Either way, the direct costs of the Iraq war exceed the maximum cost estimate for a manned Mars expedition, infrastructure and all, by 20%. If we take $20Bn as the cost per mission and $450Bn as the cost to develop the technology to go there, the direct cost of the Iraq war [...]

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Book Festival sessions live on line

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Where have I been all my life? Barely conscious, I guess, because I didn’t know the Book Festival sessions that take place in the City Council Chamber are being streamed live over the Internet! Click on “Streamed Live” and wait for the player to load.

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Dr. Francis Collins at UVa

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

The podcast of Dr. Francis Collins‘ lecture to the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society on March 14, 2008, has been posted at Charlottesville Podcasting Network. Dr. Collins is a native of Virginia and an alumnus of the University of Virginia. His talk was titled, “Genomics, Medicine, and Society.” :: :: :: :: :: :: :: [...]

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Browse inside!

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Call me geeky, but I think this is just swell — HarperCollins has made a little widget that allows you to “browse inside” selected books. Here are a few of my favorites. G’head, browse inside! Browse Inside this book Get this for your site Browse Inside this book Get this for your site Browse Inside [...]

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Titlepage.tv is coming

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough

Titlepage.tv will feature online shows about books and authors. From their web site: Dear Reader, I’m writing to thank you for your interest in Titlepage, and to let you know what to expect when the first episode goes up on our site on 3.3.08.   Our guests on that initial show will include Richard Price, [...]

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