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The History of Barcamps

December 3, 2009
By David Sasaki

The first BarCamp was held in Palo Alto in late 2005, and was organized in friendly retaliation against Foo Camp, an exclusive by-invitation-only gathering of Silicon Valley movers and shakers who are one way or another connected to Web 2.0 superstar Tim O’Reilly. According to Tantek Çelik, the first BarCamp was organized in less...
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Tips for Text: A Strong Opening Paragraph

December 1, 2009
By David Sasaki
Tips for Text: A Strong Opening Paragraph

If you can’t grab your reader’s interest with this first sentence, then you might as well give up on the rest of the article. OK, so maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it is hard to overstate the importance of a strong opening paragraph to immediately capture a reader’s attention. Even when reading...
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Scripts and Storyboards

November 30, 2009
By David Sasaki
Scripts and Storyboards

No matter what type of media you choose to use to tell your story, the heart of every story is the script. The essence of a script is text, but importantly, it is text that evokes an image. When we read a book we picture the settings of each scene and the expressions on...
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Colophon

November 30, 2009
By David Sasaki
Colophon

“Colophon” is a historical word from the world of book printing. It refers to a statement printed at the end of the book which gives information about its authorship, typography, and printing. Bloggers use this word to describe a page which lists the tools they use to produce their blog. This can refer both...
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