January 13th, 2013

Pentametron Is A Twitter Poet That Gives Bots Some Literary Cred

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If you’re reading this post, chances are that you use Twitter as a place to chat about, link to, search, debate and debunk the big and little things going on in tech.

But as you know (and as Twitter likes to remind us again and again and again) Twitter is also home to a lot of other kinds of conversations. And bots. And spam (boo). And some creative types, too. → Read More

December 7th, 2011

Now On The iPhone: Opuss, An Instagram For Words

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Attention, hipsters: you can now take your poetry slams mobile. (Do hipsters still like poetry slams? I don’t know). Anyway, there’s a new iPhone app called Opuss, which describes itself as an “Instagram for words.” But to be clear, it doesn’t have to be just for poetry. It can also be used to save and share beloved quotes, jokes, recipes, reviews, stories or anything else you feel the need to… → Read More

November 20th, 2006

Death Looms Near

quotes Thomas’ famous villanelle “Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night.” The end of the intro has a blurry image and it’s rather difficult to make out what it is. Anyone care to speculate? (Thanks Stephen!) → Read More