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Links: 2008-07-18
July 18th, 2008 |Merriam-Webster releases new words to its Collegiate Dictionary including… Air quotes: My brother makes fun of me whenever I do this — which ain’t often. Edamame: What took so long? Fanboy Malware: Yuck, but at least we all know [...]
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Do You Own the Rights to Your Site?
July 10th, 2008 |I can’t help but hear… “You’ve gotta fight… for the right… to own your site” in my head. I can’t help but have that ’80s group Beastie Boys who remade You’ve Got to Fight for Your Right to Party playing in my head from time to time. {Taps head to try to get the song [...]
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Lessons Learned from WordPress Upgrade Scare
July 9th, 2008 |I finally listened to WordPress and decided to do the upgrade at 7:00pm one evening. Downloaded the .zip file and went to the WordPress three step upgrade guide. Three steps… sure, but not fast ones. First step — backing up. That’ll make even the long-time geek sweat a little. I’ve played with databases a little [...]
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Final Blog Birthday Bash Prizes
July 7th, 2008 |All the guest bloggers have blogged. All the post-related prizes awarded. That leaves the winners from last week’s entries and the final prizes (announced July 8). But it’s not over yet! You have one more week (July 15) to get a chance to win one of the following remaining prizes: One $80 [...]
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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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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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Google Me!
June 16th, 2008 |The winner of Seth Godin’s $800 DVD set from How To Add Colour To A Grey Day entry as selected by Random.org … Yvonne Russell! Congratulations, Yvonne! And the winner of the addicting First Class Flurry from Assorted Blogging History Lessons entry as Random.org went to work again… Karen Swim! Congratulations, Karen! No, no… I’m not asking you [...]
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Links: 2008-06-13
June 13th, 2008 |Remember to comment on this week’s post if you want a chance to win prizes. Seth Godin’s DVD set worth $800 is up for grabs! Should you sign your blog comments? Or is it redundant? “A Small Sheik Escaped” and other Editing Exercises to Energize Your Writing [...]
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Assorted Blogging History Lessons
June 10th, 2008 |We haven’t forgotten to announce the winner for the prize with Do You Own Your Web Site? entry. One commenter is on vacation and we’re waiting for him to let us know what computer he has. This entry’s prize is a full copy of First Class Flurry PC game from Chanon Sajjamanochai of Viquagames. Meryl’s First [...]
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Links: 2008-06-06
June 6th, 2008 |Add Spark to Your Writing with These 3 Simple Tweaks: I shy away from sentences where I use repeating words even though a comma separates them. This convinced me otherwise. So You Want to Become a Freelance Writer? Four part article with advice from the pros. [...]
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