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Weekend Project: Get Grammar Checking for Your Open Source Office Suite

Posted by on Saturday, 8 October, 2011

Sepllchecking. I mean, spellchecking: it’s such an integrated part of our word processing and email workflow these days that we feel ripped off when an application (or phone…) doesn’t have it built-in. Sadly, grammar-checking is a little bit behind. Checking words against a dictionary is trivial, but picking out parts of speech and sentence structure is trickier. Some proprietary office suites include grammar tools built-in, although the free software suites do not. But there are plug-ins available that bring grammar and stylistic help to all of the major open source word processors.


Podcasting from WordPress

Posted by on Friday, 9 September, 2011

WordPress is the leading open source blogging platform for good reasons, but what do you do when the written word no longer suffices? Sure, you can attach an audio or video file to a WordPress post, but if you are interested in managing a professional-caliber podcast from your server, you need more. Let's compare the alternatives.


Podcasting from WordPress

Posted by on Friday, 9 September, 2011

WordPress is the leading open source blogging platform for good reasons, but what do you do when the written word no longer suffices? Sure, you can attach an audio or video file to a WordPress post, but if you are interested in managing a professional-caliber podcast from your server, you need more. Let's compare the alternatives.