Julia Roberts’ holes — a musing on the cost of early carelessness and late edits

Julia Roberts’ holes — a musing on the cost of early carelessness and late edits

ByJosh Bernoff

The local paper of Jamestown, New York, The Post-Journal, has now revealed that 51-year-old actress Julia Roberts’ aging holes are doing well. Up close and personal is fine for a profile, but this closeup seems a bit extreme. Even so, it made me think about how many more mistakes we see these days, and why. Here’s what…

13 proofreading hacks based on the psychology of reading

13 proofreading hacks based on the psychology of reading

ByJosh Bernoff

Typos and mistakes seem inevitable. While you can delegate the proofreading job to someone else who’s an expert nitpicker, that’s not always practical when we’re all sending emails, blogging, and posting on social networks at real-time speed with little editing. But if you’re smart about how brains see (and don’t see) errors, you can catch more…