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Links: 2008-05-30
May 30th, 2008 |
Stay out of the Recession with Email Marketing A New Game! What happens when self-published books skip the editing process. [Link: Lori Cates] 70 Million Definitions of “Blog” and Counting: I love an intelligent discussion and this is one. Friday Word Fun: [...]
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WSJ’s Confusing Email Subscription Page
May 28th, 2008 |
< p style=”float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 8pt; width: 160px”> The suspect: The confusing WSJ subscription page. Click to view larger. Wall Street Journal meant well when its staff created the email center page. I like that it has all the e-mail subscriptions on for managing. When a resource has multiple e-mail newsletters, listing all of [...]
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Links: 2008-05-16
May 16th, 2008 |
Small Business Administration Free Online Courses Language Is a Virus: Cures for writer’s block, poetry generator, character name generator, and many more cool tools for writers. 11 Irresistible Reasons to Write Everyday SOBCon08 recaps: Long list of entries related to SOBCon, event [...]
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How to Show Something Is Really Yours
May 10th, 2008 |
Just had to share this grammar blooper from PC Magazine’s Mother’s Day article. Perhaps, the magazine wanted to emphasize Mom belongs to you in superlative terms. Of course, I wanted to know what gadgets they recommended for us geeky moms.
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Links: 2008-05-02
May 2nd, 2008 |
10 Clever Ways to Wow Your Clients Are You Approaching Freelancing All Wrong? The Only 12 1/2 Writing Rules You’ll Ever Need poster. Should get this for my office. Actually have wall space. [Link: Deb Ng] Four Ways to Target Online Buyers [...]
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Links: 2008-04-18
April 18th, 2008 |
Five Words You Can Cut: Blogged about this in the past… cut modifiers such as “really, very, much” is a good start. I use “just,” but more to add “conversation” to writing. If it’s an article or something formal, I omit it. [Link: John] 35 Essential Elements for [...]
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Links: 2008-04-04
April 4th, 2008 |
Can’t get the media to do a write up? Perhaps, guilty of one of these angry journalist complaints? Work on a site with a team [Google edition] [Yahoo edition] [Microsoft Live edition]. This tool comes in handy when you’re working with a team on a Web site and [...]
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10 Overused Game Journalism Cliches
March 30th, 2008 |
When I first started doing casual game reviews, praising or picking apart a game came easy. Now, when writing game reviews, I feel like I’ve said it all before. The top 10 game journalism cliches captures the challenges game reviewers face. Here is the list along with my comments. Top ten lists: I rarely do this. [...]
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Links: 2008-03-28
March 28th, 2008 |
Professional lexicographer Erin McKean is behind Dictionary Evangelist and Verbatim Magazine. I’ve heard great things about her TED speech on redefining the dictionary. Insanely Creative Portfolios from around the Web: Collection of design portfolios. Worried about iPod or iPhone theft? With Hideapod, put it inside [...]
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Links: 2008-03-19
March 19th, 2008 |
Early links. Spring break. Loads of offline resources for design inspiration. TypeFlash: Enter text, pick a typeface, modify it, and have fun. My youngest kept wanting to return to this site to see his name in different designs and colors. I told him we have lots more to explore! [...]
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