French author brings out book -- written in mobile text message slang (AFP)

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Street Slang Proves Big Hit with Book
Lovers (Reuters)

Street Slang Proves Big Hit with Book
Lovers (Reuters) 05/05/2004 09:50 AM
Reuters - Persian is famed as the melodic, courtly language of medieval poets such as Omar Khayyam and Hafez, but it is a dictionary of vulgar street slang that is taking Iranian literary circles by storm. At Tehran's annual book fair, the woman running the stall of the dictionary's publisher Nashr-e Markaz had to explain to a disappointed stream of book buyers that the sixth edition had already sold out.

Book Written In Txt

Book Written In Txt 01/28/2004 03:38 PM
Last year there were a few stories about teacher s freaking out when their students were handing in papers written in "txt" shorthand. I imagine those same teachers won't be all that pleased to find out that someone has now come out with an entire book written in texting slang. The book (written in French SMS slang) is aimed at kids to try to get them to stop smoking - but I wonder if it will be used to get them to show their teachers a "legitimate" use of txt slang. Of course, my guess is that any book written by an adult, trying to use the shorthand that kids use and trying to get them not to smoke is only going to get mocked. However, not being a kid, not knowing French and not knowing "txt" speak, I'm not really in a position to judge the quality of the book. Still, if we thought English teachers were sticklers for students not using texting shorthand, I can't imagine how angry the French language keepers are going to be. The French, of course, are notorious for trying to micromanage their language to keep impurities out. These are the same folks who had to come up with their own French words for internet related terms, because they couldn't have their language pollute d by English.

RText - A Text Editor written in Java

RText - A Text Editor written in Java 12/05/2003 06:42 PM
New Release v0.8 Available

In Case You're a Book Author

In Case You're a Book Author 10/30/2002 09:56 AM
In Case You're a Book Author or Thanks Lisa Mann! Although I'm not a huge O'Reilly fan at times, I have to say that O'Reilly definitely has wonderful, wonderful people in places. Lisa Mann from O'Reilly puts together an author's newsletter that lets authors know about speaking and writing engagements. This is how I found out about the David Coursey interview among other things. Here's a tidbit from the latest newsletter: When you have a speaking engagement, please remember to include the title of your book(s) in your bio. Event organizers will be thrilled to include it; it telegraphs your expert status better than almost any other sentence they can include. If the topic is related to the topic of your book, ask if you can distribute fliers for your book at your session or in the goodies bags. We may be able to arrange a special discount for attendees of events you speak at. (Please try to give us as much advance warning as possible if you'll need fliers or discounts.) Some authors have added the cover image of their book to the opening or closing slides that accompany their talk. Please also email pr@oreilly.com when you confirm a speaking engagement. We can sometimes help publicize your talk, or notify local press or press attending the event. Sure this advice definitely helps O'Reilly but it also helps the author as well. It's just plain good, smart marketing. While I did think to mention the blogging book in my PHPCon talks, it wasn't on the bio afaik and I could have done more. Thanks Lisa!

French author gets in trouble with
employer for writing a handbook on how
to survive the corporate world without
doing any work.

French author gets in trouble with
employer for writing a handbook on how
to survive the corporate world without
doing any work. 07/29/2004 06:58 PM
Sample chapter headings: The Morons Who Are Sitting Next To You Business Culture, My Arse Why You Can't Lose By...

New "everyday neuroscience" book from
author of Emergence

New "everyday neuroscience" book from
author of Emergence 01/16/2004 11:35 AM
Steven Johnson, the guy who wrote the brilliant Emergence (a book whose lyrical description of emergent phenomena in ant-colonies inspired both my forthcoming novella Human Readable and the ants that crawl over Appeals Court, the sequel Charlie Stross and I wrote to Jury Service, which will be published as a fix-up novel by Argosy in just a couple weeks), has a new book out: Mind Wide Open: Your Brain And The Neuroscience Of Everyday Life, which he describes as:

...an attempt to look systematically at the question of what brain science can tell you about yourself as an individual. There are a number of great books that ask questions like: How did the brain evolve? Or: how does the brain work? This book asks a related, but more intimate question: how does your brain work? In what ways can science shed light on your own personality traits, emotional habits, mental blindspots or strengths? In the book I've set myself up as a kind of guinea pig for this experiment: I take a number of tests that evaluate different cognitive faculties; I do a number of explorations with neurofeedback; I help design a series of fMRI experiments on my own head. I also have conversations with some of the world's leading brain scientists, who function as guides through this amazing inner landscape.

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"'Fictitious' author publishes the first
book without verbs"

"'Fictitious' author publishes the first
book without verbs" 05/12/2004 11:09 PM

Best-selling Mac Author Announces New
Blog and Book Giveaway

Best-selling Mac Author Announces New
Blog and Book Giveaway 09/23/2004 01:04 PM
Best-selling Mac author Kirk McElhearn today announced the founding of Kirkville, his new blog devoted to the Mac, Mac OS X, the iPod and other subjects. To celebrate, Kirk McElhearn is giving away 5 signed copies of his popular book How To Do Everything with Mac OS X Panther.

Author turns love of rats into book
(Reuters)

Author turns love of rats into book
(Reuters) 05/06/2004 07:27 AM
Reuters - They push and shove their way through narrow subway entrances, they are creatures of habit and they love going out to eat at night in a big crowd. They are the other New Yorkers -- rats.

A text message from Iran

A text message from Iran 03/06/2004 01:56 AM

Newsweek

"We will not take part in the funeral for freedom."

A cell-phone text message circulated in Iran to protest against a clampdown on reformists in last weeks of parliamentary elections.

Text Message Your Tent

Text Message Your Tent 05/10/2004 08:47 AM
While you can't get them in stores quite yet, a new 'Text Me Home Dome' tent has a built-in phone receiver and phone number, allowing you to send a special text message that will cause your tent to flash orange so you can pick out which one is yours (which...

Author Releases Revised Version of EVP
Book, "The Electronic Ghosts"

Author Releases Revised Version of EVP
Book, "The Electronic Ghosts" 06/06/2005 12:04 AM
Due to the overwhelming interest in "White Noise," a movie about Electronic Voice Phenomena, author Nathan Toms decided to update and revise his EVP book, "The Electronic Ghosts." The book is available at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. [PRWEB Jun 3, 2005]

How A First Time Author Got His
Worthwhile Book on Managing Fear
Published

How A First Time Author Got His
Worthwhile Book on Managing Fear
Published 04/24/2004 07:30 AM
WebDevInfo Apr 24 2004 11:28AM GMT

Canadian Author Publishes new Book on
Making Money with Google

Canadian Author Publishes new Book on
Making Money with Google 06/22/2005 01:51 AM
With Google's AdSense program, computer users of all ages across the world can make money from their blogs and Web sites. Written for a non-technical audience, this book shows the reader how to create money-making Web sites and blogs. [PRWEB Jun 20, 2005]

Telegraph | News | 'Fictitious' author
publishes the first book without verbs

Telegraph | News | 'Fictitious' author
publishes the first book without verbs 05/13/2004 03:45 AM
Perhaps inevitably, critics have commented unfavourably on the lack of action in Michel Thaler's work, The Train from Nowhere, which runs to 233 pages .. French man authors a 233 page book without any verbs .. 'Fictitious' author publi .. Le Train de Nulle Part

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Text Message Traffic Alerts

Text Message Traffic Alerts 09/15/2004 02:13 AM
MyTrafficAlerts.com is a text message traffic alert service for the Chicago area. Traffic alerts for major Chicago routes are sent as text messages to cell phones, email addresses, and/or PDA's. Alerts are sent in user-selected half hour intervals. First thirty days are free, $2.99 per month afterward. [PRWEB Sep 15, 2004]

Monarch sacks PM by text message

Monarch sacks PM by text message 04/28/2004 10:04 AM
ZDNet Apr 28 2004 1:52PM GMT

Text of Message From Steve Jobs (AP)

Text of Message From Steve Jobs (AP) 08/02/2004 10:22 AM
AP - Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, sent the following e-mail Sunday to Apple Computer Inc. employees:

China Extends Text Message Surveillance
(AP)

China Extends Text Message Surveillance
(AP) 07/02/2004 08:27 AM
AP - Chinese authorities plan to employ new technology to improve surveillance of mobile phone messages amid efforts to intensify the policing of private communications, reports said Friday.

Finnair introduces check-in via text
message

Finnair introduces check-in via text
message 09/07/2004 01:59 PM
SiliconValley.com Sep 7 2004 4:54PM GMT

Text-Message Games Banned (Reuters)

Text-Message Games Banned (Reuters) 07/28/2004 08:04 AM
Reuters - Malaysia's guardian of Islamic law has banned Muslims from using text messaging to take part in prize-winning competitions, ruling that the practice is a form of gambling, a newspaper said on Wednesday.

Text message freezes Siemens 35 and 45
phones

Text message freezes Siemens 35 and 45
phones 03/20/2003 08:33 AM
Patch available

New Record Claimed for Phone Text
Message

New Record Claimed for Phone Text
Message 06/28/2004 02:39 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Jun 28 2004 6:52PM GMT

New Record Claimed for Phone Text
Message (AP)

New Record Claimed for Phone Text
Message (AP) 06/28/2004 08:20 AM
AP - Technology-obsessed Singapore may have claimed a fresh world record Monday for punching in the fastest mobile phone text message after a competition that demanded a flair for dexterity, and considerable geekiness.

Employees Fired By Text Message Get
Compensation

Employees Fired By Text Message Get
Compensation 12/11/2003 02:31 PM
Back in June, we wrote about a UK company that had run out of money, and their advisors from PriceWaterhouseCoopers had decided that the most cost efficient way of letting the staff know was to send them all a text message on their phones telling them they had been fired and wouldn't be paid any money owed to them. Apparently, soon after that, the former head of the company was seen "sunning himself at his luxury villa in Spain." How nice. A small group of the fired employees have taken their claims against the company to an employment tribunal and won compensation, as the panel found that the staff had been "cynically manipulated". Of course, now, all the other employees are likely to file cases as well.

Swazi king fired PM by text message
(Reuters)

Swazi king fired PM by text message
(Reuters) 04/21/2004 10:02 AM
Reuters - Swaziland's King Mswati fired former Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini last year via a text message on his cellphone, enraged local lawmakers say.

Errant Valentine Text Message Nearly
Causes Split (Reuters)

Errant Valentine Text Message Nearly
Causes Split (Reuters) 02/16/2004 10:42 AM
Reuters - An intimate Valentine's Day text message nearly caused a Malaysian couple to split when it landed on the wrong mobile phone number, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

TSTT resumes text message service via
Internet

TSTT resumes text message service via
Internet 12/14/2003 02:18 AM
Trinidad Express Dec 14 2003 1:18AM ET

Malaysian Muftis Ban Text-Message Games
- Report (Reuters)

Malaysian Muftis Ban Text-Message Games
- Report (Reuters) 07/27/2004 11:27 PM
Reuters - Malaysia's guardian of Islamic law has banned Muslims from using text messaging to take part in prize-winning competitions, ruling that the practice is a form of gambling, a newspaper said on Wednesday.

Telco Starting A Rumor Via Text Message
To Spur SMS Profits?

Telco Starting A Rumor Via Text Message
To Spur SMS Profits? 04/15/2005 06:43 PM
We've all heard the stories of break ing news being spread around by SMS text messages, as many people now look to SMS as their preferred way to communicate. However, since it usually costs money on a per messages basis, would a mobile operator ever stoop so low as to start a rumor campaign by text message, just to boost their own profits? That appears to be the accusation some are making according to an article found at textuall y.org about an investigation into a fake rumor that went around by text message concerning a potential earthquake in the Philippines.

Economist in trouble over French
laziness book (Reuters)

Economist in trouble over French
laziness book (Reuters) 07/28/2004 08:04 AM
Reuters - An Electricite de France economist is in trouble with her employer after writing a tongue-in-cheek book about laziness in the French workplace.

Dead Woman's Text Message Helps Lock Up
Murderous Husband

Dead Woman's Text Message Helps Lock Up
Murderous Husband 05/10/2004 08:47 AM
A woman's mobile phone may help her get her revenge from beyond the grave, as a UK court heard last week the text message that she wrote--but never sent--on the day she was fatally stabbed by her ex-husband. The message reads, "20 march 03, twice 2 day howard threatened to...

BT brings texting to fixed-line phones
with Text launch

BT brings texting to fixed-line phones
with Text launch 04/26/2004 03:46 PM
newmediazero Apr 26 2004 7:49PM GMT

Politcal leaders to decipher cellphone
speak as voters text message direct

Politcal leaders to decipher cellphone
speak as voters text message direct 06/05/2004 11:44 AM
Canadian Press Jun 5 2004 4:18PM GMT

Google has it's eyes on Searching Book
Text

Google has it's eyes on Searching Book
Text 10/29/2003 11:21 AM
Google is definitely on track for trying to work a deal with publishers to allow there search engine to index...

Amazon Full-Text Book Searching

Amazon Full-Text Book Searching 10/29/2003 12:10 AM
Well, this is rather cool, wouldn't you say? A significant extension of our groundbreaking Look Inside the Book feature, Search Inside the Book allows you to search millions of pages to find exactly the book you want to buy. Now instead of just displaying books whose title, author, or publisher-provided keywords match your search terms, your search results will surface titles based on every word inside the book. Using Search Inside the Book is as simple as running an Amazon.com...

New Python Computer Science text book

New Python Computer Science text book 12/12/2003 08:57 PM

Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science is a new Computer Science text book designed for use in introduction to programming classes, written by John Zelle, who's Teaching with Python page . Kirby Urner recently posted a mostly positive review of the book to the Python Edu-SIG mailing list, which sparked an interesting discussion about Python's place in the CS curriculum.

Unsurprisingly, the one thing that isn't disputed on the Python Edu-SIG list is that Python is a superb first language for CS students. As I've mentioned before, I'm convinced that the reason so many of my fellow students seem to actively dislike programming is that they're introduction to it was via Java, a language that enforces a mentality of battling the compiler more than one of straight problem solving. Hopefully now that text books are beginning to appear Python will be considered more seriously by computer science departments around the world.

In Amazon's Text-Search, a Field Day for
Book Browsers

In Amazon's Text-Search, a Field Day for
Book Browsers 11/06/2003 05:04 PM
Yahoo! via Yahoo! Nov 6 2003 3:21PM ET

Google Working On Full Text Book Search

Google Working On Full Text Book Search 10/29/2003 12:11 AM
Hey sports fans, it looks like Google is not going stand idle while the Alexa/Amazon Duo beat it with a full book search. Rumors rampant that Google is working up a power play of their own.
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