Posts Tagged ‘content providers’

Facebook, Eh? 3 Canadian Businesses Doing Social Media Right

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In general, Canadian businesses are slow to adapt social media, but these three companies are doing social media right.

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How Twitter Can Make You a Better Writer

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You’ve heard it before, I’m sure, and it’s likely you’ll hear it again: “less is more.” As so-called modernists, we accept this maxim for architecture, design, and just about any art form —so why can’t it be true for writing?

Why do so many lament the “demise of the English language” and curse Twitter as a propagator of obscurity?

I’ve argued earlier that tweeting itself is not a new art form, and that expressive fragments have existed  for as long as writing has existed. But speaking of Twitter as an internet exchange, I have a theory that Twitter—if used correctly—can actually make you a better writer.

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