Posts tagged Characters
Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 Characters or Less [Bargain Price] (Paperback)
Jul 6th
Review
“A whimsical collection of the best tweets so far, pithy posts that say a lot in 140 characters or less. ” (Associated Press )“Douglas has collected 158 pages of proof that some of the millions of typists on Twitter are laugh-out-loud funny. A few are masters of compression, able to illuminate our common humanity in a couple of lines of text. String enough of them together in the right order, as Douglas has done, and you’ve got a crowdsourced replacement for David (more…)
140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form (Paperback)
Feb 18th
Make the most of your messages on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites The advent of Twitter and other social networking sites, as well as the popularity of text messaging, have made short-form communication an everyday reality. But expressing yourself clearly in short bursts-particularly in the 140-character limit of Twitter-takes special writing skill. In 140 Characters, Twitter co-creator Dom Sagolla covers all the basics of great short-form writ (more…)