Digital devices are usually used for consuming information, not creating it. But as apps evolve, that dynamic is shifting, and Phraseology, which was released for the iPad in late December, is one such example. The app bills itself as “part text editor, part word processor,” which means that the documents you type also are supported for markup and HTML-version previewing. An “inspect” view identifies your document’s words by parts of speech, shows you how often they occur, and can even tell you its meaning or propose alternative by synching with the dictionary/thesaurus app, Terminology. Read more at newyorker.com…
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I’m the deputy managing editor at strategy + business, a freelance editor at Belt, and the former web manager at The New Yorker. My writing and editing also has appeared in The New York Times, The Independent, the Observer, the Rumpus, the Cleveland Clinic Press, and Northern Ohio Live. Additionally, I was a founding team member of Maven, a healthcare app for women. I live in Brooklyn with my husband, the musician and writer Mike Errico, and our daughter. Follow me @sally_errico. View more posts