Category Archives: Writing for the Web

Blogging as Conversation

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Lisa Spangenberg

Tor, my favorite fantasy/sf publisher, has just gone public with their new Web site, one that has been re-designed with community engagement with content as a core principle. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, an editor at Tor, and one of the founding … Continue reading →

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How do we find excellent online teachers?

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Lisa Spangenberg

I’ve copied the following, with permission, from a post on an online forum. The original poster is a professional educator and adminstrator in a graduate program which relies on online instruction. I think the post asks some good questions. It … Continue reading →

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Hello World . . . Again

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Lisa Spangenberg

Yes, I’ve changed blogging tools. Again. I began this blog in January of 2002, using Radio Userland; I eventually moved to MovableType, and now, I’m using WordPress. I’ve also changed the location; I was over here, at digitalmedievalist.com, but I’m … Continue reading →

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Google Pages

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Lisa Spangenberg

Google has a beta version of their new Web page creation tool, Google Pages. I gave it a look last Thursday and Friday. By Friday Google turned off new accounts temporarily; nonetheless, here are my general impressions. You need to … Continue reading →

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On "Serious" Blogging

Posted on February 23, 2006 by Lisa Spangenberg

New Kid on the Hallway drew my attention to this article in Inside Higher Ed by Jeff Rice. Rice has two central points, I think, in his initial article. I say “I think” because the argument is less than coherent. … Continue reading →

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