Blogger Video Editing App

[Heidi Hall]

Editingis the backbone of Stack Overflow, and probably (along with the reputation system) one of the single most important distinctions between Stack Overflow and "just another forum".

In The Great Edit Wars, we discussed some general guidelines for good editing. Please do read those. But I realized that I could have been clearer, and more specific. So here's some additional guidance.

(Except when you happen to be editing that rare "perfect except for this one misspelled word" post. This is obviously OK to edit. In my experience, the type of posts that really cry out for editing need a lot of editing to be whipped into shape.)

To be very specific, I would discourage editing a post solely to remove salutations like "hi" and "thanks". That's just adding an unnecessary edit on top of an unnecessary set of salutations. I completely agree that salutations add little to a question or answer, but if you're going to take the time to go in and remove salutations, fix the whole post while you're at it! If there's nothing else to edit, then don't bother.

We know editing is a net good, but not everyone does... yet. Forcing the issue does nobody any favors, generating active hostility and ill will. Unless the edit is of critical importance (which seems implausible, except in cases of vandalism or evil, which is a wholly different thing) you have to just let them learn the system at their own pace. As they say, you'll get more flies with honey than vinegar.

The vast majority of edits I see, I am fine with. But in the case where the original poster is unwilling to accept the edits and actively rejects them -- please do not force the issue. It just leads to heartache. When in doubt, move on. There's no shortage of editing opportunities, in fact, more are being written every minute. There are thousands of users who would appreciate reasonable edits that improve their post. Do not fight an edit war over a crumb of bread -- there's nothing there worth fighting for! It's easier to just move on and get work done than create pain all out of proportion to the importance of the individual edit.

Bloggers have to stick to a strict posting schedule if they want to keep their followers happy and attract new regular visitors at their blogs. However, they cannot publish content just for the sake of offering a new post. Each article has to be perfect; otherwise the comments of the readers will be ruthless.

Byword 2 is a simple, but effective text editing app available for Mac, iPad and iPhone. Thanks to its useful features and keyboard shortcuts, you will be able to write and edit your blog posts more effectively. The documents will be synced on all your devices. The Markdown support enables you to preview your content in the app and then export it in rich text, HTML or PDF or publish it directly to your blog.

This tool relies on artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology to improve different aspects of your text. After the Deadline will recommend alternative options for misused words and explain why you need to make such change.

This book is published by the Editorial Freelancers Association, who are based in America, and I ordered it direct from them. My attention had been drawn to it by a couple of fellow-editors and I thought it would be useful to read and then share about here.

A couple of my regular editing clients use voice-to-text software to create documents which they send to me for me to edit. I have also worked with a number of students who, because they live with a visual impairment or a physical issue (for example, RSI that makes typing painful and difficult), have used this method to generate sometimes very long documents.

In this article, I have discussed voice-to-text software that is sometimes used to generate documents, what the client/speaker can do to make sure the text they generate is as accurate as possible and what the editor of such documents can look out for.

I firmly believe this is not all out of laziness and trying to buy your way through university. Of course, some examples may be that, but in my decade and more of dealing with students, especially overseas students who are not fluent writers in English, I have seen the huge pressure to perform that can sometimes overwhelm. Overseas students in particular pay huge fees to attend British universities, even higher than national students, and this money has been paid by families or sponsors. I am not sure that English language support is even across institutes of higher education and I have come across many students who clearly understand their topic but lack the skills to present it in English that is deemed acceptable by their authorities.

This article was triggered by the announcement that essay farms are going to be made illegal in the UK. I have explained what they are and why students might used them, pleaded for understanding and discussed how else students can find support, with a mention of how they might choose that support. There are some resources below on plagiarism which you might also find useful.

Recently, I was commissioned to write an article about visually impaired runners. Being inexperienced, I blithely accepted the challenge to interview five runners without realising the effort that is needed in getting all of their interesting stories into text.

Aware of the fact that there are people who transcribe interviews for a living (like my lovely friend Liz), the fact was that my fee was a free copy of the periodical and so the budget did not cover the expense of paying a transcriber. The instructor for the writing course I was taking recommended the transcription app Otter so I put it on iPad and used it while interviewing.

Luckily I had written notes so I knew roughly the quotes I wanted and could then listen to the sections I wanted to quote from. However, this was labour-intensive as I then had to hand write the correct words and then re-type the corrected quotes. Worse still, I was writing the article on the iPad I had recorded the interviews on and so had to hand write the correct words before I typed them. This was frustrating, since I knew if the app had transcribed the words correctly this was a step I could have avoided.

First off, As long as you know HTML, you are able to write a blogger template and you will learn most if you read through templates and find out what things do. Base your code on others first and then you can build from there.If you want to know what every data tag means maybe check out this documentation

There are also a few other posts on there that specify the specific stuff like writing variables for the template designer etc, but most of it will be easy to understand, once you read through the code of an actual template.

That's why I usually start off with Five (an empty, clutterfree blogger template) and build my template around it. I find myself using some data and conditional tags, but can honestly not be bothered to much about things like data:post.title etc because it basically just tells Blogger to add the link within my h1-tag.

Contrary to the fact that no one can grow up your child better than you; everyone can edit your contents better than you. This is the key rule of all the editing jobs; if you write well you can edit well but not your own stuff.

And so, after a sun-kissed seven days in Sicily, it was time to head home. A nightmare return journey saw us almost miss our coach ride back to Portsmouth. I was grateful to get home, even if it was not until 2 am when I got there!

However, I am glad that I had done some prep work, renaming all the files on the day I shot them. This meant I could come into the editing cold, but get back into the process without too much difficulty.

My prior knowledge of H5P in this particular setting proved to be really useful. I was even able to add another feature as a bonus (see Fig 3.) because I managed to find some 360-degree views on Google Maps.

The idea was that the student would look at measures taken to manage certain rock formations and its impact on the local population, and come up with a recommendation for future action. But because of the nature of where we had to park the vans, it was impossible to get close enough to this particular site to get some close-up shots of the measures that had been taken. So, in the end, I created an animation from Google Earth.

The implication was that my use of the word ?except? could be read as elitist ? i.e., the poetry readings would seem like a fringe benefit, ?except? that I have to mingle with the public at large.? Of course, while I can see how that might be inferred, that thought was the farthest thing from my mind. I?m sure my mom would have a good laugh at the thought that I could even feign ?elitism.?

I labor over every word I write ? within my time constraints, of course. Inevitably, I will sometimes fail in how I articulate myself.? In general, though, I want to let my words stand on their own even when they?re imperfect.

If I make a minor edit such as a capital letter or a punctuation mark, I will almost always do so without notification. But if I make a substantive change like the one discussed above, I will ?shine a spotlight? on it, usually in an addendum to the original post. In my mind, it cuts against the open and honest nature of the blogosphere not to do so.

It takes me a terribly long time when writing up reviews of various websites and weblogs. I am always afraid that I will come across in a way that I did not intend. It is good to know that I am not the only one who feels this way, even if the fear is unfounded.

I think this days blogging has become some kind of an art and like everything else there will always be two opposing groups. I personally like -some kind of personal touch into every post and it reflects the character of that blogger. I am a net journeyman and likes to visit lots of blogs and get the feel of each blog.

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