Life Tips
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7 Steps to Catch up Quickly after a Break
March 25th, 2008 |I took my first break in ages — that didn’t include an illness or a holiday — for a few days last week for spring break. We went to San Marcos and San Antonio and visited Wonderworld, Sea World, and the Riverwalk. Wonderworld contains a dry cave created by an earthquak on the Balcones Fault [...]
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Five Ways Freelancers Can Stay on Track
March 12th, 2008 |I have a few clients in which the engagements are open-ended. This means helping them with their ongoing content work. As a result, it’s easy to let something drag on without completing it. For example, a client may ask me to revise the Help documentation and write entries for blogs. Rather than just letting it sit, [...]
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Four Ways to Post When Dealing with Blogging Burnout
March 3rd, 2008 |Been experiencing the worst blogging burnout in the past month or so. It could simply be because I’m busier than usual. I typically blog first thing to get it out of the way and proceed with my day. But sometimes it takes too much time and I want to jump into client work. How do you [...]
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Planning a Party or Event: Part II
February 21st, 2008 |Part I covers mostly planning. Part II dives into the details. Buffets: Set up a few separate buffet tables so that there’s not one long line to one table. Also make it possible to have two lines per tables (on each side). If there’s a chef serving station, try to break it up from the other [...]
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Planning a Party or Event: Part I
February 20th, 2008 |What the hey? This blog may cover a variety of things … but planning a party? I used a lot of technology to make the party planning almost effortless. Anything with technology qualifies, right? Sign up for a reminder service: When I planned a big event, I lucked out and found a Web site that sends [...]
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Links: 2008-02-08
February 8th, 2008 |Hemingway’s Rules of Writing Can Still Work to help you write simple Wacky iPod Cases Puppy Bowl: awwww Beat Blank Page Syndrome: I’ve had it and some of these tips are what helped me past it. Yahoo! vs. Google: [...]
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175 Data Visualization Resources Logo
January 24th, 2008 |Thanks to the 007 of Dashboards (Dashboard Spy) for creating the 175 The Ultimate List logo. You’re welcome to steal the logo. 175+ Data and Information Visualization Examples and Resources post is the inspiration for the logo.
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Blood Donors Make a Difference
January 19th, 2008 |My dad influenced me to become a regular blood donor. He donated as regularly as he could until health issues deemed him ineligible. Some of you may already donate regularly, but don’t designate your donation to anyone because — thankfully — you don’t know anyone in need of donations … until now. If you had to [...]
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Links: 2008-01-18
January 18th, 2008 |Why You Should Outsource Content Creation: As a web content writer, I don’t write much about why companies should hire content writers since people will take my response as biased… but here’s input from someone else. [Link: Freelance Folder] List of Sites That Teach You How to Do [...]
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Freelancing Tip: Dealing with “Want to Do” Projects
January 14th, 2008 |It’s easy to overwhelm yourself with so many things and ideas that nothing materializes. For example, a writer might think about article ideas for different magazines, project ideas, and Web site / networking pages content ideas. Thinking about all of these will likely produce nothing except one overwhelmed freelancer. This became a problem when I drafted [...]
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