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Everyone uses punctuation -- but we don't often think about how we use it. This tool lets you see, by giving you a pretty, shareable view of what your writing looks like when you see *just* the punctuation. It can be quite revealing -- I realized I use far more parenthetical asides than I expected (I wrote about it here:...
Just The PunctuationYour Writing, With All The Words Removed
"Just The Punctuation" is a web tool that lets you input text -- and it creates a pretty visualization of all the punctuation you used.
It's a fascinating way to get x-ray vision into a hidden aspect of your writing style.
Just The PunctuationYour Writing, With All The Words Removed
Writers Who Don't Write Episode 04: Clive ThompsonClive Thompson and ambient awareness
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What if Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage had actually built the Difference Engine to fight crime? Insanely funny, yes, but the extensive footnotes are also super educational.
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and BaggageScientific collab turned into a funny series of adventures
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and BaggageScientific collab turned into a funny series of adventures
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A detailed, in-depth portrait of Anonymous. Really a terrific ton of research.
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, SpyThe many faces of anonymous
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The best book I've ever read dispelling myths about young people and the intertubes.
It's ComplicatedThe social lives of networked teens
It's ComplicatedThe social lives of networked teens
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Super fun! She has a new book coming out too..
Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock HolmesSharpen your perceptions & solve difficult problems
Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock HolmesSharpen your perceptions & solve difficult problems
Smarter Than You ThinkHow tech boosts our cognitive abilities