Meta Wordpress tip...

It only recently occurred to me to start using the "draft" feature on the two interrelated blogs I run in connection with my professional life (Translation Outpost and Terminology Outpost).

The feature basically lets me create a list of ideas for possible expansion into full-fledged blog posts, which is important if one is attempting to maintain a steady flow of fresh content to drive traffic to the site and get the word out.

This may be old news to some, but I found this a pleasant, if small, epiphany.

Cheers...

Another few hundred feet paved with good intentions...

Apple has apparently been granted a patent for software to monitor incoming and outgoing phone text messages for "inappropriate" content, and to either replace or delete such content or the whole text message, depending on how it's set up.

I'm sure this is great news for parents who want to monitor what's texted by their kids and to prevent trafficking in objectionable content, but I wonder about the expanded market for such software.

The possibilities are pretty intriguing, once you consider the climate of the times and the words "employer" and "government."

Cheers...

P.S. LJ friend james_nicoll apparently has been thinking along the same lines, additionally noting that, after all, "teenagers are not known as a group for their habit of creating new slang terms that their parents are unfamiliar with." Roger that.