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  • Four Platforms That Are Changing Writing

    Not since 1998 when blogging was first introduced to the world has writing changed. Recently, four platforms made by start-ups and individuals have done more to change writing than anyone else in the world. Since 1998, publishing and media companies have spent their time trying to adapt their processes and save their businesses. For the…

  • Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately, so they will be guided by its light. Joseph Pulitzer

  • Advice to Writers by Vonnegut

    1. Find a subject you care about 2. Do not ramble, though 3. Keep it simple 4. Have guts to cut 5. Sound like yourself 6. Say what you mean 7. Pity the readers Advice to writers by Vonnegut It’s time for me to pick up another book on writing and to retune myself again.…

  • Your Ideas And Blogging the Crap Out of Them

    I really enjoy listening whenever Merlin Mann talks about blogging. Because even with Merlin’s hate of pointless productivity blogs, and of all the crappy things people do with social media, when he talks about blogging you still get a sense that it’s something he thinks is worth doing, and that it’s worth doing well. Merlin’s…

  • My First Contribution to TechVibes.com

    This is the first post I’ve written as a contributor to the TechVibes blog. This post in particular recounts how the demo session from the first day of NextMEDIA Toronto 2009 went. My First Contribution to TechVibes.com