Boing Boing published a long blog entry all about Apple, myths about Apple, and the true genesis of Sosume: Early Apple sound designer Jim Reekes corrects Sosumi myth. Great reading for anyone interested in the history of Macs or computers in general.
Copyediting is serious business.
CNN.com ran a story on March 11 about how a typo caused an international incident: What a blast!
Free Advice:
if you win a million bucks on a TV show that 20 million people watched, live, it’s a good idea to report the winnings to the IRS!
Missed last month:
Shut Up Already. A PDF you can download, print, and then give to all those loud-cellphone-talkers who try and take up as much space as possible with their inane conversations. From Aaron Draplin and Jim and Heidi Coudal.
Professional ethics:
Ed Bilodeau has posted an excerpt from a 1928 Professional Ethics article. As he says, “how things have changed.”