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• Book Publishers Buzz

  December 19th, 2005 | Tags: Books
  

  Hollywood starts buzzing its movies long before they come out. You see a movie in the fall and its previews show movies coming out in the following summer. Book Publishers are starting to adopt the same approach. One author’s book has received mentions in magazines and blogs. Many authors send their books to reviewers at [...]

• Shopping Price Comparison Sites and Discount Stores

  December 18th, 2005 | Tags: bargains, Books, Shopping, software, travel
  

  With all the price comparison sites available, I’m posting them all in one post because it’s just tough to keep up and remember them all. The first three places I go whenever I shop are Froogle, Pricegrabber, and ISBN.nu. I don’t just buy from the place offernig the best price. It also depends on the business’ [...]

• 2005 Marketing and Words of the Year Lists

  December 15th, 2005 | Tags: Writing
  

  Top 10 lists! Get your top 10 lists here! Memorable Marketing Turkeys from CMO makes you thankful you don’t come up with such ideas, right? Not you. Never. [ Link Cincom ] Publicity Hound points the way to the top ten PR blunders. The year in media errors and corrections. This site is a great find [...]

• Publisher Plans to Do Digital Books

  December 14th, 2005 | Tags: Writing
  

  Thanks to the Internet and POD (print on demand) publishing, traditional (or deadwood) publishers are looking for ways to stay alive. The Dallas Morning News has come a long way in mixing the Internet and technology with its newspaper. It has established blogs, references “for more info go to www.xxx.xxx” in its newspaper, and more. HarperCollins [...]

• Ads in Blogs and Content

  December 13th, 2005 |
  

  I know that seeing ads everywhere in a blog annoys and I’m guilty of it. I do the best I can to provide you with information that you can use or find valuable. Many quality Web sites are using ads and I respect that. I even click on them when I find something interesting. The ads [...]

• False Reporting: Bill O’Reilly

  December 12th, 2005 |
  

  It looks like reporting on the “war against Christmas” is a hot topic. Unfortunately, in an attempt to join the fray by reporting so-called new information, one show has resorted to false reporting. On Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor, with Bill O’Reilly and guest Jim Pinkerton, Fox 4 News analyst, the show had a [...]

• i.e., etc., and e.g.

  December 11th, 2005 |
  

  A professor I work with at NYU asked me about i.e., etc., and e.g. and when to use which. First, to make it easier to remember which one means what, here’s what they mean: i.e. - that is (stands for id est from Latin). You can also use it to substitute, “in other words.” etc. - and [...]

• Adobe to Cut Jobs

  December 10th, 2005 | Tags: Business
  

  If you think you’re having a bad weekend… consider a couple of thousand people who have to face L-day as in layoff on the 15th. Not surprisingly, Adobe plans to cut jobs and announce them on December 15. Wonderful holiday present… (yes, sarcastic). The cuts aren’t limited to former Macromedia staff. Most cuts will [...]

• Friday Fun: Sudoku, Books, Gifts Resources Updates

  December 9th, 2005 |
  

  Plano Independent School District decided to close the schools yesterday because of an ice freeze. But a couple of other school districts delayed their opening by two hours. Plano should’ve done the same as the sun was out by 8:00 am. With all the kids home, I couldn’t concentrate on work. So what did I do? [...]

• Why English Is Hard to Learn

  December 8th, 2005 | Tags: Writing
  

  In November’s issue of meryl.net newsletter, I included “Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn” (I don’t remember where I got it from, otherwise I’d happily add an attribution). Weatherly wrote a Haiku-like thang (obviously it’s not a Haiku since it doesn’t use 5-7-5) a few years ago, sent it to me, [...]

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