
Yesterday I remembered how I used to bring my books to the dinner table and continue reading while eating at the same time. As I looked back at my childhood, I pitied my mother who was forced to eat in silence because I was unable to put down my books. So much for quality time, eh?
This morning I stumbled across the Ad Generator. A nice little tool developed as part of an MFA thesis by Alexis Lloyd. The Ad generator basically randomly pairs words from big advertising campaigns with images from Flickr. Even though the phrases are cut up and randomized, I am sure you will recognize a few famous campaigns [...]
Writing is a business, and increased productivity is as imperative to a writer as it is to any other professional. Aside from writing faster, there are other ways you can pump up your output, and keep more free time to yourself (or just take on additional projects).
Many people, writers and professionals, spend the better time of their day writing. The sheer amount of information produced (and possibly discarded) on a daily basis is enough to make you depressed, if you stop writing for a second to think about it. In addition to all the wild writing going on, we all have our [...]
There are few things writers complain of more than writer’s block. There are various schools of thought on the topic, but in accordance with our modern ‘can-do’ attitude, a larger body of writers are actually calling this common ailment a myth. Writer’s Block can be Anything Having a writing block just translates into an inability to write, [...]
Posted on 01 January 2009
Happy new year! And happy writing in 2009! I'm setting some lofty new years resolutions for this upcoming year of writing, and I'm sure some of you are too. To help out with this, I tried introduced you to writing really fast yesterday, but today I stumbled across an interesting website with yet another strategy to get your writing. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 December 2008
I had already read about this research a long time ago, but in a properly spelled article. Although it is interesting that we don't actually need to spell properly to be understood, I don't think it works for the really bad spellers, who hardly ever guess correctly at the first and last letter of a work. Continue Reading
Posted on 10 November 2008
Today BloggingTips.com published a great guide to commonly used abbreviations in the English language. Funny enough, they are all actually derived from Latin. Having studied Latin for five years, it was nice to read some of these expressions again. Particularly the ones I don’t use, or don’t use very often. Maybe it’s time for me to [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 28 October 2008
Any business with more than one employee, and more than one resource to share, will benefit from some sort of scheduling method. Although not much is wrong with old fashioned pen and paper, it is definitely easier to schedule resources from anywhere in the world, and have the information available from any other computer as well. Continue Reading
Posted on 23 October 2008
Managing a large project, or scheduling multiple projects, can be more challenging than it needs to be with a traditional calendar. When you are in a meeting, being able to quickly map out a time frame within which a project needs to be completed, and perhaps delegate who will tackle it, can really move things [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 15 October 2008
Your business isn’t a schoolyard, so scheduling regular breaks and forcing employees to be physically active is not a solution. However, WorkRave automatically shows regular alerts that tell you to take micro-breaks. During these micro-breaks you can move around, or do a few exercises that pop up on the screen. These are designed to prevent, [...] Continue Reading