Archive for the ‘writing’ Category
Jul
Jul
Content and Discontent
Melissa Lion went on a rampage recently about the continued struggle that writers face when they try to get paid to write stuff online. “Content” remains one of my least favorite words because of a variety of connotations, but most specifically because it relegates the value of the “stuff on a web page” to mere [...]
Feb
Feb
Two Performers Needed for Legal Nonsense Night
Luke Lefler kindly provided me with a night to enable my dream of legal mumbo-jumbo read aloud. It’s going to be April 13, at 3 Friends Coffee House, starting at 7:00 pm, with an open mic to follow.
The format follows the name of the coffee shop – 3 readers/performers. We’re each going to have (roughly) [...]
Jan
Jan
Drafting as Coding
I’m in the middle of the transition back to straight legal work, signified by a functioning desktop computer and a fetching new lunch sack. Thus far my assignments have been fairly simple, primarily document review, but my ongoing engagement with the tech world here in Portland has irrevocably changed the way I view such documents. [...]
Nov
Nov
Third and Long
I have a little under 12,000 words to go, a turkey to cook, and family in town from Wednesday to Sunday. That’s the bad news, in handy compact form. The good news is that I really feel like I’m hitting a stride. It’s not unthinkable to consider two 3,000+ word nights tonight and tomorrow, and [...]
Nov
Nov
Purple Power
Agregado, a WordPress theme created by a team led by Darren Hoyt and posted for free on Smashing Magazine a while back, is the new look and feel of JPV PDX. It goes without saying that I’ve also migrated from Blogger to WordPress, with minimal fuss. There were a couple of little permission jitters to [...]
Aug
Aug
Where to begin
So, the puzzle questing has been taking up a fair amount of time, not to mention job hunting and other silliness. So there’s a great deal to talk about.
I’m in the process of completing my application for Write Around Portland (see website here) so that I can do facilitator training the next [...]