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media maniac: 8 правил Курта Воннегута для написания рассказов

sver40k:


Именно так, повернувшись к нам спиной и выглядывая из-за плеча.

  1. Используйте время человека, о котором вы ничего не знаете, таким образом, чтобы он не чувствовал, что его время тратится зря.
  2. Пусть у читателя будет хотя бы один персонаж, за которого он сможет крепко зацепиться.
  3. Каждый…

If you can’t write clearly, you probably don’t think nearly as well as you think you do.

theatlantic: Is Wikipedia a World Cultural Repository? Boasting more than 18 million entries in 279 languages, Wikipedia is arguably the largest store of human knowledge in the history of mankind. In its first decade, the digital encyclopedia has done more to challenge the way we think about the relationship between knowledge and the Internet than virtually any other website. But is this ubiquitous tree of knowledge as culturally sacred as the pyramids of Giza, the archaeological site of Troy, or the Native American mound cities of Cahokia? Jimmy Wales, president of Wikipedia, thinks so. The digital encyclopedia will launch a petition this week to have the website listed on the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s world heritage lists. If accepted, Wikipedia would be afforded the international protection and preservation afforded to man made monuments and natural wonders. Read more at The Atlantic

theatlantic:

Is Wikipedia a World Cultural Repository?

Boasting more than 18 million entries in 279 languages, Wikipedia is arguably the largest store of human knowledge in the history of mankind. In its first decade, the digital encyclopedia has done more to challenge the way we think about the relationship between knowledge and the Internet than virtually any other website. But is this ubiquitous tree of knowledge as culturally sacred as the pyramids of Giza, the archaeological site of Troy, or the Native American mound cities of Cahokia?
Jimmy Wales, president of Wikipedia, thinks so. The digital encyclopedia will launch a petition this week to have the website listed on the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s world heritage lists. If accepted, Wikipedia would be afforded the international protection and preservation afforded to man made monuments and natural wonders.

Read more at The Atlantic