Monday’s Link Roundup.

The highlight of this Monday’s Link Roundup is Danny and Annie. It’s a poignant and charming animated treatment of a couple’s years together. Do yourself a favor and watch it. You won’t be disappointed. For a simple, elegant way to view web pages check out Readability. I’m using it and it’s terrific.

  • Help Document the World’s Story on 10.10.10. “On October 10, 2010 (10.10.10), across the planet, documentary filmmakers, students, and inspired citizens will record the human experience over a 24-hour period and contribute their voice to the largest participatory media event in history.”
  • Danny and Annie from StoryCorps. A lovely animated short. “Danny Perasa and his wife, Annie, came to StoryCorps to recount their twenty-seven-year romance. As they remember their life together from their first date to Danny’s final days with terminal cancer, these remarkable Brooklynites personify the eloquence, grace, and poetry that can be found in the voices of everyday people when we take the time to listen.”
  • Readability™ . “…a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you’re reading.”
  • Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up Or Mangles. “English is a Rubick’s cube of confusing possibilities, but the new book, “100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up Or Mangles” from the editors of the American Heritage Dictionary will set straight all the little linguistic hurdles that effect us, once and for all.” [ Thanks to APH member Marcy Davis for alerting me to this item.]
  • Free Genealogy Backup Service.BackUpMyTree, a free online backup service for your genealogy files, launched today. [September 13, 2010]After you install BackupMyTree software, … the software will automatically find family tree files on your computer. It creates a remote, off-site backup you can restore if necessary, and maintains multiple previous versions of your files.”

2 Responses to Monday’s Link Roundup.

  1. Dan, thanks for the link to my post on WomensMemoirs.com. You’ve got a great site here, with lots of good information for life-writers. I’ll be sure to visit often.

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