So because of the Facebook debacle and after reading a blog post comparing* various Terms of Service (TOS), I checked out the TOSes of the social media websites I belong to. I left the Indigo Chapters community to last — in fact I didn’t even think about it, being Canadian and aimed at serving authors,…
Category: Internet and Computers
I like computers. I like the Internet. I design my own website and blog. I write on them all, from time to time.
Copyright, Moral Rights, and The Facebook Face-Off
As a writer, you gotta navigate the copyright minefield when contracting with journals, newspapers, magazines, publishers. Before my injury, when I was trying to get my work published, I discovered some magazines were better than others in working with writers and not trying to take their copyright for free. And one magazine was really bad…
Book Published in US First? Register it!
Us Canadians have it easy. We write a work; it’s copyrighted. It’s not only copyrighted here but also in all the countries with which Canada has copyright relations, by being a member of the Berne Convention, including the United States. However, many of us Canuck authors can’t get attention from Canadian publishers if we streaked…
Google Book Settlement: Not Perfect, Lots of Work, But Better than Theft
It’s hard enough trying to earn a living as an author when people so excited over your book loan out their copy to all and sundry rather than suggesting all and sundry buy it, but when Google comes along and posts that book online for all and sundry plus your one buyer to read it…
Updated Bio on Dr. KN Jeejeebhoy
I updated my biographical sketch on my father Dr. Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy. I added in some new info, as I try to keep up with his changing projects and work, and, as well, I updated the list of recent news articles he’s appeared in. Check it out!
The Jeejeebhoy Website Revamp is Complete!
OK, I think I’m done. For now. My website revamp, that is. I’ve personalized sidebars for posts and pages. I’ve learnt the banner at the top is as wide as it’s allowed to be. (I still haven’t figured out header customization for the blank part.) I’ve streamlined the navigation via the top menu and the…
Connecting to Community
I spread my presence across the bookstore Net and then realised I was overextended. I signed up for Amazon Connect awhile ago. It’s similar to chapters.indigo.ca Community; in fact the Community is probably a take-off of Connect. I tried to stay current with both, but in the end, especially after all of Amazon’s shenanigans, I’ve…
I Have A Facebook Page!
It’s taken me awhile, but I figured it’s about time I created a Facebook Page, a feature Facebook created for artists, including writers about a year ago. I’ve finally realised that Pages are a good idea. They’re compact, easy to read, and good to look at. A FB Page allows me to have the latest…
Featurific (Temporarily) Off; How To Use it on a Static Front Page
I really like the Featurific for WordPress plugin, so much so that I spent hours on my own and working with its designer to get it to run on a static front page (see instructions below), and now Rich Christiansen refers to my solution in his FAQ section. When I installed the new theme a…