tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198581514056172349.post2352466628001503331..comments2023-04-06T04:37:39.726-04:00Comments on Wicked Writers: From One Medium to AnotherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198581514056172349.post-56279376268621900942010-06-29T03:04:20.000-04:002010-06-29T03:04:20.000-04:00I agree with you - the dictionary/thesaurus you ha...I agree with you - the dictionary/thesaurus you have is one of my favorites. <br><br>I had to laugh - I come from the generation that knew what a 'card-catalog' was in a library.<br><br>Well, I recently moved, from the BIG METRO, Detroit area, to a small 'Hicksville', surrounded by other small Hicksvilles just like it. (One might remember my recent rant about the evils of dial-up, after years of high speed internet...)<br><br>The other day, I decided to introduce myself to our local librarian (who is the daughter in law of my landlord, oldest daughter of the widow who lives three houses down and the wife of the town's only plumber.)<br><br>I walked into a library that was nice, clean, had a number of recent best sellers and four computers (all operating on Visa.) It was also no bigger than my studio apartment, had books that hasn't been checked out since 1973, had NO writing section or no GLBT section, and...<br><br>The only way to look up books was on the card catalog - a tall, slender, blonde wood cabinet, looking 50's modern and proudly displayed by the librarians desk.<br><br>And you know what?<br><br>I swear to you, on all that is sacred and holy in my life, I stood before the thing, blinked several times, blushing a lovely shade of flamingo pink, trying to remember how to used the d@mn thing!<br><br>Nothing like a good wake up call in the middle of a Hicksville library, with the birarian staring at you over her half rimmed glasses like your zipper port was undone, to remind you that your mind isn't what it used to be, the world is changing faster than you do your underwear,<br><br>And soon to be as obsolete as the card catalog.George Allwynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198581514056172349.post-90088770706906178522010-06-29T04:26:08.000-04:002010-06-29T04:26:08.000-04:00Good post, Greg! I was going to mention other site...Good post, Greg! I was going to mention other sites, but they wouldn't nearly be as helpful as the ones you mentioned.<br><br>Oh - and to clarify - I was born and partly raised in VA, then moved to NJ where I lived until college. I eventually came back to VA, dated my husband long distance in NJ, then moved back there when we got hitched. But, I'm proud to say we've been in VA for six years and it was my hubby's advice to move here - he was sick of NJ and glad to leave!<br><br>And incase there was any doubt - I have not submitted an article to Wikipedia - but I'll certainly think on it now ;-) Ah, I love how you keep me on my toes!C.J. Ellissonhttp://www.cjellisson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198581514056172349.post-34110056665560600652010-06-29T07:39:57.000-04:002010-06-29T07:39:57.000-04:00Great Article. I too use wikipedia to get a lead a...Great Article. I too use wikipedia to get a lead and then verify. However I was shocked when the university that I taught at last year sent an email out from Wikipedia encouraging us to allow our students to use it as a cited reference because there are academics who verify information. Well I balked and questioned and from past experience knew that some things were inaccurate.<br><br>They then proceeded to give us a lesson on how to look at history to see where it had been editted and we tried it by putting false information in and the next day it was gone and edited. Of course I was not sold but I did tell my students who had heard this news from several other professor to use it as a sounding board...to get an idea of maybe what your topic is about but not to trust in the information. for example if you are doing a topic on a serial killer ( I taught sociology and criminology) use it for the name and possible acts of violence but only as a trail leading to the real facts not use it as gospel.<br><br>Also I was wondering why of all the online new media sources you picked Examiner.com to mention..? I write for them and was just wondering of your honest experience.<br><br>thank you and great articleBertena- Lexington Vampire Examinerhttp://www.examiner.com/x-12968-Lexington-Vampire-Examinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198581514056172349.post-6449169759826028432010-06-30T04:07:29.000-04:002010-06-30T04:07:29.000-04:00[...] In the Wicked Writer’s blog, From One Medium...[...] In the Wicked Writer’s blog, From One Medium to Another [...]Writer Wednesday Blog Hop #23 « By W. J. Howardhttp://wjhoward.com/2010/06/30/writer-wednesday-blog-hop-23/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198581514056172349.post-1126887546125593292010-07-01T12:15:59.000-04:002010-07-01T12:15:59.000-04:00Anther fine mess you leave me in, Greg!! :) R...Anther fine mess you leave me in, Greg!! :) Really... great post!<br><br>And there was I getting ready to write about google and wikipedia! Back to the drawing board... oops, writing tablet! <br><br>I'm a wiki fan myself and (Bertena may choke at this point!) I even got away with wikipedia citations in my (now published) PhD research!<br><br>Now where is that thinking cap? I have a blog post to write! :)David Sartofhttp://www.davidsartof.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198581514056172349.post-24372050880575570872010-07-01T16:58:50.000-04:002010-07-01T16:58:50.000-04:00Whoops, sorry about that.Whoops, sorry about that.Gregory Marshall Smithhttp://devereauxmarshallfox.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com