For some reason I have The New York Times selected as one of the tabs that loads up when I launch my Chrome browser. I like Chrome because it is fast. I like the New York Times because of the credibility and international perspective. Recently I was thumbing (virtually) through the articles and I saw a word that wasn’t familiar. I highlighted the word with the intention of copying it and pasting it into Google with the Define command so that I could look up a definition of the word. As I was about to switch to a new tab and do the search I noticed that a little question mark showed up just above the word that I had highlighted.
So I clicked on the icon. A new window opened up with the word and a definition. Very cool.
Try it. Go to this page: A New World: Scheduling E-Books. I’m following articles on ebooks because I think they have potential. I don’t own one, yet. (Hint to my sons, Riley and Daniel, my birthday is in September.) With your cursor, highlight the word “hardcover” in the first sentence. Notice the ? icon that pops up. Click on the ? mark. A new window will pop-up with the definition of “hardcover”. The alt tag suggests that this feature is called “Lookup Word”.
I still use Google to “define” words because I like the various perspectives that Google finds but this feature on NYTimes has value.
Just one question though. Have you made writing this blog as your profession or do you do this in your spare time?
Both.