A grammar nerd learns to program

A week ago, I started a computer class to learn Ruby on Rails to build web applications. I’m not currently planning any kind of startup, or even to become a programmer. I did think it would be really helpful to learn programming from the ground up, to learn the...

AP Steps Into the 2000s: Email Loses the Hyphen

Ah, the Associated Press. Bless their hearts. Long the whipping boy of web business types [and deservedly so, for a years-long series of tone-deaf and business-stupid moves online], the AP has nonetheless retained its position as the stylebook of business and media....