Swet Columns
September 1, 2000
SWET Newsletter, Number 90
SWET on Thursdays: Fall Line-up [event announcements]
SWETer's Secrets: Wordsmithing with High-tech Tools [new equipment and services for SOHO workers]
Speaker: Daniel Scuka, editor, J@pan, Inc.
The Art of the Interview
Panelists: (to be announced)
Perils and Pleasures of Online Editorship
Speaker: Michael Watson, professor and Web site editor
Bulletin Board [upcoming exhibitions, book fairs,... more
June 19, 2000
Shortcomings of Applicants
by Doreen Simmons
Chivalrous Aunt Eva is usually asked to take up cudgels on behalf of the browbeaten employee against an arrogant or unappreciative client. This time, however, she takes a sympathetic but practical look from the other side, at the problems encountered by people who for the first time in their lives are confronted with the knowledge of their own... more
June 1, 2000
SWET Newsletter, Number 89
SWET Summer Thursdays [event announcements]
Making Photographs "Japanese"
Presenter: Phil Ono, photographer
Technical Writing and Manual Production: Explaining the Unexplainable
Presenter: Hugh Ashton, technical writer, translator
SWETer's Secrets: Wordsmithing with High-tech Tools [new equipment and services for SOHO workers]
Presenter: Daniel Scuka, editor
Speak SWET [call for meeting topics; list to date]
2000 SWET Book Fair [report]
Dear Aunt Eva (DS) [assessing and... more
March 17, 2000
Rewriting at Home
by Doreen Simmons
A recent thread on SWET-L (and if you don’t belong to SWET’s own mailing list, you’re missing out on a useful free resource) sparked much kindly and practical advice. Now, nobody is more kindly and practical than lovable Aunt Eva, and here are her own thoughts on the subject. The original request is used with permission.
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SWET Newsletter, Number 88
SWET on Thursdays [announcements]
From Pennies to Profits: Marketing on a Shoestring
Presenter: Thomas Ainlay, Jr., Legacy Memoirs
U.S. Media Coverage of Japan: Biases or Mistranslations
Presenter: Charles Burress, San Francisco Chronicle
Japanese Aesthetics in People Photography
Presenter: Phil Ono, photographer
SWET Book Sale [announcement]
Dear Aunt Eva [working at home as a rewriter]
Upcoming in Kansai
March 1, 2000
Kim Schuefftan and the Heyday of Culture Books
by Lynne E. Riggs
Kim Schuefftan’s claim that he has been in Japan from Jōmon 3 is easily betrayed by his youthful smile and ruddy complexion. A few gray hairs and stories of books now considered classics in the world of publishing on Japan advise us that he is a senpai par excellence. Actually, he came to Japan in 1963. Starting... more