Posts Tagged ‘geek-speak’
Are you a Geek?
When people call me a geek I take it as a term of endearment, as a badge of honour! In my case it’s generally related to computers, but there’s a wide range of meaning with which I identify. As I’ve suggested, it’s often considered as a pejorative, but the term is also used self-referentially as a source of pride!
My friend Chris Hinton runs a site called Geek-Speak which is devoted to all things geek! He says about it: Why isn’t there a “geeks anonymous” group around here? You know, something to help people with an unnatural interest in technology, cables, and sci-fi manage their habit? The kind of people who would buy a soldering iron just because they didn’t have one and might need to solder something one day…
If you recognise yourself in this description, now would be a good time to check out his site!
Writing without Distraction
I love writing and communicating! Choosing my words carefully and crafting sentences, paragraphs and completed works. Both writing and public speaking play a major part in my work as a Salvation Army Officer, but I also like to write for leisure. This website is one opportunity for me to do just that!
Recently I came across QuietWrite which provides a writing space without distraction. The website says about itself: Focus is necessary for good writing. And, in order to focus, you need a quiet place to think, to ponder, and to dream. Finding a peaceful place to write online is challenging. Most interfaces are too cluttered and too crammed full of the unnecessary. QuietWrite is different. It’s your peaceful online editor: a place where you can be alone with your words and thoughts. Think of QuietWrite as your online writing workspace. A place where you can do your best writing.
You can publish on QuietWrite itself, but can also export to your WordPress site, and this post is testing out this option. If you are looking for a software alternative to this web-based service you could try FocusWriter, a minimalist multi-platform word processor.
Note: Because QuietWrite is a minimalist word-processor (it’s great strength), it does mean that you have to work on the text later, but the creative work can be done distraction-free. In the case of exporting to WordPress, you have to edit the text in WordPress to categorise, tag and link etc. You can view my original post on QuietWrite by clicking here!
If you just want to make simple notes in your browser, you might like to check out this post!
My friend Chris Hinton has also written about QuietWrite here on Geek-Speak!
