Television journalists try to write their scripts in the way that people talk, and headlines are moving in that direction. Social media editors know that conversational writing is paramount. Mobile editors know it now too. And of course, writing for chat and chatbots is not new either. However, it's primed to
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There's a potential counter argument to all of this, which is that AAA publishers are increasingly releasing games that feel buggy or incomplete in some way, with patches and new content drops coming after launch. It's not a totally unreasonable point of comparison, but the idea that a publisher's need to
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Here in the world of writing, of course, hot topics keep the blogosphere warm. This week, my selections from Times Union community bloggers range from an essay on a colonoscopy, to preserving a wooded oasis in a commercial district of Clifton Park. Of course, I also have selected the finest work from
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A top UK fashion institution has given 21 students who took a dramatic writing course a full £5,000 refund. Central Saint Martins, whose alumni include Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney, said the 2016-17 dramatic writing masters course had fallen “below our usual standards”. It said students
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For publishers, Syte opens up a new stream of revenue from shoppable images. Syte pays publishers based on a revenue share model. It also allows for publishers to feature sponsored posts using visual search, displaying results for targeted brands. Syte's VisualBot can be hosted on a brand's app,
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