Monthly Archives: February 2007

exciting news

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Michael

I woke up this morning to a wonderful email in my inbox: Hello, Just wanted to let you know I linked to your blog in my column on CBSNews.com today. Thanks! If you want to take a look, here’s the … Continue reading →

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linking trimbur and sirc

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Michael

I didn’t even think about this, but Jeff Ward does a great job of linking Trimbur’s article to the work of Geoffrey Sirc, writing: Geof’s mission, or at least my take on it based in direct conversation as well as … Continue reading →

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Citizendium!

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Michael

via Blogora, an article about a new wiki to rival Wikipedia (perhaps rival isn’t the right term, but the site hopes to have more accuracy and accountability than Wikipedia). An early version of Citizendium is up.

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my contribution to the carnival

Posted on February 25, 2007 by Michael

Here’s my carnival contribution on John Trimbur’s article “Changing the question: Should writing be studied?” (Composition Studies 31.1, Spring 2003): The discussion so far is pretty rich (see my previous post for a list of other contributors; Ten Minutes a … Continue reading →

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joining the trimbur carnival

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Michael

I just read the John Trimbur article “Changing the question: Should writing be studied?” for the carnival this month, which I’m a bit intimidated by. There’s already been a variety of responses: • Jan 27: Yellow Dog • Jan 27: … Continue reading →

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