- Hocus Focus: Expert advice on dealing with coworkers and managers with short attention spans.
- The Beginner’s Guide to Finding a Job with Twitter [Link: Ritu] Figure in today’s economy — job seekers need all the help they can get.
- The Top 5 Mistakes Internet Marketers Make on Twitter [Link: Ann] Applies to ALL businesses not just internet marketers.
- Six Challenges for Journalists.
- DailyLit: Read books by email or RSS.
- Tech Writing Careers — The Raw, Unvarnished Truth.
- How to Start Your Freelance Writing Business: The Costs.
- The Thief Who Stole November: I do love this month. Less stressful than December and Thanksgiving is an awesome holiday.
And for fun because we’re allowed…
- BuyBackMadness: Exactly as it sounds.
- StubHub: Buy and sell tickets without paying crazy fees like the other company charges. Darn it. No A Chorus Line tickets available for Dallas.
- Greenzer: Greened products for sale. Find what you need and ensure it’s green.
- Feministing: Women discuss issues related to their lives.
- Cyberhomes: Excellent resource for finding houses for sale. I’m not in the market for a new house, and yet it had me wasting time looking around.
I started the tradition of sending a holiday letter in 1997 or maybe before, but I have no proof. Originally, I sent cards and write a short note. Since I enjoyed reading letters from others, I thought I’d do the same and the annual letter began.
Took the lazy way out this year and didn’t bother with handwritten notes and printed address labels instead of printing addresses directly on the envelopes. I’ve got to address 200 invitations by the end of the year for a big family event coming in ‘07. At least, a non-handwritten letter is better than no letter, right?
After I printed 25 copies of the letter, I found a typo in the first sentence! I just mailed my letters yesterday. I wrote, “In spit of …” instead of “In spite of…” Awful! Instead of wasting paper and ink, I just added the “e.” Hey, I did do a little handwriting after all.
The media has been reporting on annual letters and newsletters whether people like them or get annoyed with the brag-fest. I like receiving them because they tell me what’s going on in my friends’ lives. I try to stick to honesty when writing the letter and make sure the letter doesn’t sound like the showing off or bragging. But I do include photos of the kids in every letter. That won’t go away. So holiday letters… good or bad?
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