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Readability
By David Pogue
Published: November 6, 2009,New York Times
A new Web tool strips away all the flashing and the blinking and leaves you with clean, readable prose. Article Link
I've been using the free Readability tool (Link). It's great for reading news… Continue
Posted by Nancy Mulvany on November 9, 2009 at 7:00am — 1 Comment
The new permatemp issue
Posted by Jan Wright on November 7, 2009 at 9:41am — 2 Comments
A Simple Question
Sarah Glassmeyer is not even talking about thorough, content indexing. Most of the legal book publishers have arcane, non-intuitive, indexing style guides. Several years ago a major (not-to-be-named) legal publisher called me to talk about why users of the indexes in their books compl… Continue
Posted by Nancy Mulvany on November 6, 2009 at 11:20am
Ning Gifts
I notice that Ning has added a new feature, the "send a gift" feature. A brief warning: this is NOT FREE. The first few gifts you send are free, and then you wind up in a system of Ning credits. Please avoid using this feature if you are concerned about costs. I have looked in the management panel for a way to turn it off system wide, but no such control is there for me. You can see how many credits you have on the bottom of your profile page. I would suggest that no one u… Continue
Posted by Jan Wright on November 6, 2009 at 11:03am
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Independent Contractor Status Documentation 34 Replies
Ugh. Today I got a message from a publisher that was bought by another publishing company. I've been indexing for company A for a long time -- at least 10 years. It's clearly company B that now wan...
Tagged: independent-contractors, freelance-status, indexer-publisher-relations
Started by Deborah Patton in Freewheeling. Last reply by Nancy Mulvany Oct 26.
Editorial Freelancers Association
I'm wondering how many indexers are members of the EFA. If you do belong, do you find the Job Post service helpful?
Started by Amy Hall in Freewheeling Oct 26.
Do you listen to music while indexing and what do you listen to? 22 Replies
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Depends on my mood. The last one that I listened to was the "Romantic" compilation album by David Lanz. I just got three CDs by George Winston from the library to...
Tagged: music
Started by Ever A. Olano in Freewheeling. Last reply by Aaron Wicklund Oct 22.
Group Project Ideas 9 Replies
Over in Newbies we did a group project on the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin over the summer. This fall we were to try embedding the same material, but the project hasn't really caught on. I'm ...
Started by Rose Ippolito in Freewheeling. Last reply by Jennifer Spanier Oct 20.
XML Indexing 2 Replies
Hi All, I'm a new member and I was wondering if anyone would care to chat about XML indexing? Am interested in talking to others on the subject, as I began 'XML' indexing last year and it's fascina...
Started by Julie King in Freewheeling. Last reply by Julie King Oct 19.
recommended reading 9 Replies
So far I've read Mulvany, Stauber and pored over the CMS chapter. Anyone got any suggestions for what to read next? I am looking to develop as an all round indexer but probably will be better at ar...
Started by Linda Lefler in Freewheeling. Last reply by Carolyn Weaver Oct 17.
Looking for work 27 Replies
If you are currently looking for a piece to work on, post your info here.
Tagged: contracting, want ads, projects, openings, referrals
Started by Jan Wright in Alist. Last reply by Amit Prasad Oct 8.
Peer review sessions 5 Replies
If you are hosting peer reviews or interested in participating in peer reviews, post about it here.
Tagged: peer reviews
Started by Jan Wright in Alist. Last reply by Donna Drialo Oct 7.
What are you reading? 121 Replies
What's everyone reading when they AREN'T indexing? I'm now reading The Big Rock Candy Mountain, for about the third time. My book club chose it, and it's a great choice.
Tagged: books, reading, non-fiction, pleasure reading, literature
Started by Jan Wright in Freewheeling. Last reply by Mary Mortensen Oct 5.
Got Twitter? 17 Replies
What's your Twitter name? mine is: bookindexer
Tagged: twitter
Started by Ariel Tuplano in Freewheeling. Last reply by Rachel Horner Oct 5.
What's your website? - members' website central 34 Replies
Started by Ariel Tuplano in Freewheeling. Last reply by Jennifer Spanier Sep 25.
Social Networking by Indexers, for The Indexer 4 Replies
I'm collecting thoughts for the Around the World section of 'The Indexer' about social networking for indexers. Let me know if you use Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn, Ning etc and what you have found ...
Started by Glenda Browne in Freewheeling. Last reply by Paula Unger Sep 15.
Our colleague, Elspeth Pope 9 Replies
Please send get-well greetings to Elpeth at the address below. She had a small stroke on Friday, went to the hospital and stayed overnight. Sunday afternoon she had another small stroke. Mike Holly...
Started by Colleen Dunham in Freewheeling. Last reply by Nancy Mulvany Sep 4.
Personal Information Management 10 Replies
What do you use? I need to keep track of snippets of info I come across, recipes, articles started and scans of information for those articles, homeschooling information, car maintenance informatio...
Started by Dawney in Freewheeling. Last reply by Dawney Aug 26.
NYTimes says demise of textbooks 3 Replies
Textbooks have not gone the way of the scroll yet, but many educators say that it will not be long before they are replaced by digital versions — or supplanted altogether by lessons assembled from ...
Started by Galen Schroeder in Freewheeling. Last reply by Mary Wendt Aug 17.
marketing and indexer etiquette 2 Replies
I have a question about marketing and indexer etiquette: What if you find out that your indexer colleague, Wiley Kai Otie, is doing a nice bit of business working for the Acme Publishing Company, a...
Started by Donna Drialo in Freewheeling. Last reply by Donna Drialo Jul 23.
Membership in the Network 1 Reply
You plus 598 others are members of Indexer's Network. Our membership has grown to 599!! The next person who joins this list will be #600! Awesome!!!
Tagged: members
Started by Janet Perlman in Freewheeling. Last reply by Seth Maislin Jul 23.
Jan Wright's Wilson Award! 27 Replies
Congratulations to Jan Wright on receiving the Wilson Award! And also for breaking the "glass ceiling" by winning the award with a technical book. Not only is Jan an accomplished indexer but she is...
Started by Sylvia Coates in Freewheeling. Last reply by Maha Kumaran Jul 22.
Video file indexing charges 1 Reply
Hello Fellow Members, I hope you and your family are in good health and doing well. I have received offer to create Table of content and index of video files/tutorials. It appears straightforward ...
Started by Chandan Kumar Singh in Freewheeling. Last reply by Debbie Olson Jul 21.
Job referrals 6 Replies
If you want to farm out a job, post it here. Recent job announcements are also included.
Tagged: contracting, want ads, projects, openings, referrals
Started by Jan Wright in Alist. Last reply by Sue Gaines Jul 19.
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