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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

ACTA: Who’s afraid of the big bad treaty?

Blair Hanley Frank February 25, 2010
Why you should be very worried about ACTA's regulation of file-sharing on the internet.

Electronic contracts: Why don’t we pay attention to them?

Blair Hanley Frank February 18, 2010
Why you should think about reading all of those annoying electronic contracts you impulsively click "Agree" to.

Everything you need to know about Google Voice

Blair Hanley Frank February 11, 2010
Google Voice is a brand new internet-based service that has a lot of great features. It's definitely worth a look.

Why people need to shut up about the iPad

Blair Hanley Frank February 4, 2010
Tech writers need to stop speculating about the iPad before they have seen it and to stop whining about how the iPad has failed to live up to their messianic expectations.

iPad may enable new education breakthroughs

Blair Hanley Frank January 28, 2010

Apple yesterday announced the iPad, a new tablet computer that blends e-reader, office software and a general computing device.  Its screen measures 9.1 inches on the diagonal, is half an inch thick and...

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Everything I ever needed to know I learned from video games

Blair Hanley Frank January 25, 2010

Over winter break, I spent a lot of time playing video games, which led me to think about all the important life lessons I've acquired from my time spent in front of a screen. So, I compiled a list...

‘NaNoWriMo’ encourages almost everyone’s inner novelist

Blair Hanley Frank November 11, 2009
Focus of National Novel Writing Month should be on the writing. Leave the editing for National Novel Editing Month in March.

U2’s “Free” Concert: You’re Doing it Wrong

Blair Hanley Frank November 10, 2009

To celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago today, world-famous rock group U2 held a free concert at the Brandenburg Gate. Free, in this case, means that the tickets were free of charge, not...

Windows 7’s claim to fame: better than Vista

Blair Hanley Frank November 3, 2009
Window's 7 doesn't have much going for it, but hey, at least it's better than Vista.
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Future of publishing materializes online

Blair Hanley Frank October 29, 2009
In 2005, author J.C. Hutchins was at an impasse. “I started looking for an agent in 2005, and that went nowhere," he said in an interview with me regarding “7th Son," his trilogy of novels. His original 1300-page manuscript was turned down by every agent he met. With the advent of the Web, authors like Hutchins have many options when it comes to getting their content out to potential readers. For Hutchins, his rejections changed his perspective on getting “7th Son" out to the masses.

Descend into “Descent”

Blair Hanley Frank October 27, 2009

With the release of J.C. Hutchins's novel "7th Son: Descent," the Pio is partnering with several other blogs and content authors to release a 100-page, Special Edition PDF excerpt of the book, but we're...

Experiment: student life exclusively on Firefox for week

Blair Hanley Frank October 22, 2009

Earlier this year, Google hired several student interns to work with the team behind Google Docs, its free internet collaboration suite, with features similar to Microsoft's Office and Apple's iWork. ...

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