Posts in publishing

Facebook responds

Just saw this response from Facebook regarding the rights brou-ha-ha. We are not claiming and have never claimed ownership of material that users upload.  The[…]

Interesting take on changing terms of service w/out notification

The courts have said that it’s not acceptable. The Ninth Circuit disagreed heavily with the original ruling, saying that it was not reasonable to expect[…]

More on ToS at Facebook

Mashable has a post that says it a lot more succinctly than the concerns I was trying to express yesterday. It compares specific quotes from[…]

Concerns about Facebook’s terms of service rights claims

Facebook’s terms of service changed over a week ago, without them notifying anyone. (It’s like they think they’re a credit card company or something.) Now,[…]

Testing, testing

This is my first post from my new website. Pay no attention to it. *This is not the website you’re looking for.* (No, really–it’s not.[…]

After weeks of radio silence…

...I am practically spamming the friends boards today. I forgot to mention that next week is Life, the Universe, and Everything, a local[…]

Thoughts on starting a business

I never really thought I’d ever be in a position to start my own business. I never really liked to think about money–growing up, we[…]

Allowing myself to be zen about the clutter

I’m sitting down in my office for the first time in weeks. I’ve been working all sorts of other places for the last few weeks[…]

Manuscript critique discount

We’re all dealing with tough times right now. Getting your manuscript critiqued by an experienced editor is definitely a luxury, and an expensive one at[…]

Happy inauguration day!

I have to run down to UPS to send a package, then I will be spending the day in the library working with no internet[…]