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Last semester, when I initially decided to share my work, my students were working on the visual composition unit in which they could either make a comic or a photo essay, accompanied by an ...

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Novelist Richard Russo proved he is “Nobody’s Fool” on Saturday night when he addressed a crowd of about 100 writers, psychoanalysts, and fans who came to hear a writer who revels in exploring the ...

You'd think that after eight years of public blogging and writing books, I'd be completely free of fear when it comes to putting my writing out in public. You would, of course, be wrong. Hitting ...

This is a subscriber-exclusive edition of I Have Notes, a newsletter in which I share essays, interviews, advice, and writing discussions. I’ve been thinking about the often subtle shift that occurs ...

"The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. If you asked me ...

Editor's note: Gene Kan, who wrote this column for CNET News.com on June 21, was an entrepreneur who helped articulate the potential of peer-to-peer technology in various articles and appearances at ...