Archive for June 2008
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Game du Jour: Week of June 30
June 30th, 2008 |The following games will be discounted next week on Game du Jour, the ‘one-deal-a-day’ website dedicated to indie and casual games: Mon. June 30th: 65% off on Brickster Tue. July 1st: 60% off on Bee Oh Bee Wed. July 2nd: 60% off on Tiki Trouble Thu. July 3rd: 60% off on June 22 - Enemy at the Gates Fri. July [...]
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Winners Week of June 23
June 30th, 2008 |We have a lot of prizes to award again. But we also have lots of prizes remaining — some you can win by commenting and others by linking, signing up, or one of these. When Good Clients Have Bad Ideas entry prizes: $450 basic WordPress customization package from Kim Beasley. one copy of Andy King’s upcoming [...]
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When Writing Feels Like Skydiving
June 27th, 2008 |I write this a few hours before heading to Whitewright, Texas, to Skydive Dallas for my first tandem jump appointment. Ever since I posted I would jump out of a plane if we collected $5000 worth of prizes by this blog’s 8th birthday, I’ve fretted and regretted my offer. Sometimes publicity forced a person to [...]
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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?
June 26th, 2008 |Prizes: Five ebooks on writing from Anne Wayman and one full copy of Astraware Classic Collection, which includes Astraware Sudoku, Astraware Solitaire, and Astraware Board games. Astraware is one of Meryl’s favorite — if not the best — developer of handheld software. Leave a 30-word valuable comment in this post by June 30 for a [...]
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The Power of Story in the Digital Age
June 25th, 2008 |Prizes: Lifetime subscription for RadioTime.com RedButton software — TiVO for radio where you can pause and record live radio. Business Daffynitions: Humor from the Workplace from Joe Heuer, the Rock and Roll Guru. Just leave a 30-word comment on this post by June 29 to get an entry for a drawing. It’s Poewar’s John Hewitt’s [...]
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Disabled Gamers Comprise 20% of Casual Video Games Audience
June 25th, 2008 |Snippets taken from long press release. According to a new survey conducted by Information Solutions Group on behalf of PopCap Games, more than one in five (20.5%) players of casual video games have a physical, mental or developmental disability. Those with disabilities report that they experience more significant benefits from playing and view their game-playing activity as [...]
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When Good Clients Have Bad Ideas
June 24th, 2008 |Prizes for this entry: $450 basic WordPress customization package from Kim Beasley. one copy of Andy King’s upcoming Website Optimization. Here’s its companion site. Just leave a 30-word comment on this post by June 29 (yes, I made it longer — through the weekend) to get an entry for a drawing. For a long time, I [...]
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Week of June 16 Prize Winners
June 23rd, 2008 |We have a lot of prizes to award today, so I’ll hold off our guest entry for tomorrow so the prizes don’t steal his spotlight! From the Google Me! entry, we have Airport Mania: 2 copies (1 Mac and 1 PC) and one copy of Andy King’s upcoming Website Optimization. Winners: Joanna Young wins a copy of [...]
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Game du Jour: Week of 2008-06-23
June 23rd, 2008 |The following games will be discounted next week on Game du Jour, the ‘one-deal-a-day’ web site dedicated to indie and casual games: Mon. June 23rd: 60% off on Sixty Five Million And One BC Tue. June 24th: 50% off on Expedition Delta Wed. June 25th: 40% off on Build in Time Thu. June 26th: 50% off on Sudoku SG Fri. [...]
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Links: 2008-06-20
June 20th, 2008 |In memory of Tim Russert. Joan Stewart points to this Slate article that shows how interviewers can prepare for interviews. 13 Emotion-based Headlines That Work Digg for Tech Communicators 100 Web Sites You Should Know and Use from TED. I accidentally found [...]
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