Linux And Friends

RedNotebook is an open source diary & journal which is truly cross-platform – runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Keeping a journal is a good habit because it helps you to collect your thoughts and look back at the events that shaped your life. I was on the look out for a decent [...]

If you want to create documents in LaTeX, it will be useful if you have a full fledged editor which is designed for creating documents using LaTeX. There are a couple of choices before you. The following are 5 very popular LaTeX editors available for Windows. Some of these free LaTeX editors are cross platform [...]

Journalism – especially the modern kind is not what it seems to be on the surface. There are a number of ugly facts about journalism especially how it is practised. Here are 10 ugly facts about journalism which will keep you wondering …

Good writing skills will always help you in connecting with your  website visitors.  Here are a few good online writing tips from Amit Varma, an accomplished blogger and journalist. The synopsis of the tips for creating a good online copy are as follows.

Do you have sloppy handwriting ? If so, would you like to improve upon them? Here you will find tips on how to improve your handwriting. The following handwriting tips will help you improve your handwriting techniques and make your writing more legible.

Artha is a free GPLed English dictionary and thesaurus for Linux based on WordNet. What is unique about Artha is that it completely works off-line. My search for a Linux based English dictionary similar in features to the proprietary, albeit free WordWeb led me to Artha. If you have used a dictionary on your computer [...]

Transition to a good web writer requires imbibing some rules in writing. If you are involved in writing content for the web, the following 20 tips on becoming a better website writer will hold you in good stead.

Coolidge Effect is a phenomenon whereby males show continuously high sexual performance given the introduction of new receptive females. This phenomenon is seen in nearly all species that has been put to test. I have seen the term “Coolidge Effect”  being used by journalists in describing similar situations which they cover in their news beat. [...]

Here is a collection of over 50 useful and practical tools and resources that will help you to improve your writing skills. In this list, you will find copywriting blogs, dictionaries, references, teaching classes, articles, tools as well as related articles from other blogs. The links are divided into 7 seperate sections namely: Grammar & [...]