My 11-year-old son recently reported with horror that the word "funner" has been added to the dictionary. "What's wrong with that?" I asked. He gaped. "IT'S NOT A WORD." "Sure it is," I said. "Little ...

One of the popular items that circulate through the Internet is a bubble-off-plumb set of rules along the lines of “Thimk,” “We Never Make Misteaks” and “Plan Ahe …” — injunctions that call attention ...

When I wrote my first play "Crazy for Life," I had no idea what I was doing. Seriously. I had acted before but never written a one-person show, particularly one about my own experience living with ...

You’ve got a big speech or presentation to give, a critical strategy memo to write, or a strong desire not to look like a fool while offering the toast at your best friend’s wedding. How do you make ...

Complexity makes misery. Folow these hard-earned and time-tested guidelines to keep your code simple, clear, and easy to maintain. You can’t develop software and manage software projects for 30 years ...

Lucinda McKnight receives funding from the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English. A report of a review of NAPLAN released in recent days cited the writing part of the test to be the most ...