Podcasting

January 17, 2012

A list of podcasting links I started collecting last year. Posting them today, just out of the blue. I thought I would get into podcasting (and I may yet) but I don’t seem to be heading that way right now. Podcast Awards Blubrry PowerPress Podcast plugin for WordPress Marketing Latinos: Podcasting FAQ Womens Radio on [...]

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The Dictionarium

January 16, 2012

Flickr: The Dictionarium – In contemporary usage, a place for those obsessive types who collect or take pictures of dictionaries of all shapes, sizes, types and linguistic predilections. Not something I have thought to do. But, I do actually have a photo of my dictionary. I took the photo because I had a pressed flower [...]

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House Sitter

January 15, 2012

Would you take a job as a house sitter? It seems pretty glamorous to live somewhere else and get paid for it. But, there would be a lot of responsibility as well. Not the same as a property manager but still a good idea to have some of those same knowledge and skills. I thought [...]

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#TweetYourThesis

January 14, 2012

Condensing your idea into a few words has a way of giving you focus. So if you #TweetyourThesis on Twitter, with its limit of 140 characters (including spaces), should show you what you really are trying to write your thesis about. If it works for a thesis, why not any non-fiction you are working on? [...]

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Friday the 13th

January 13, 2012

Be nice to black cats…. it’s Friday the 13th!

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Reality Can Not Destroy You

January 12, 2012

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. – Ray Bradbury

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The Delights of Personal Grooming of the Feet

January 11, 2012

This is going to sound silly but I really like the feeling of having my toenails freshly cut. I don’t know why. It must be like a horse freshly trimmed by the blacksmith. I’m really glad I don’t have to wear iron shoes. My family seem to have a bare foot thing. Most of them [...]

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Exercise with Writing Themes

January 10, 2012

From Writing Forward: Three Fiction Writing Exercises How do you start writing a new story? What is the original idea that germinates into a story? For me it tends to be the theme or some small idea that becomes part of a larger plot. I like this writing exercise because it’s how things start for [...]

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Are We Becoming Social Hermits?

January 9, 2012

Our world is shrinking. The Internet was predicted to bring sweeping changes to the way we communicate, to bring the world together, connecting us all as a community over distances. Maybe the changes aren’t working for everyone. Have you noticed there seem to be more cases of shut ins, people with agoraphobia and other social [...]

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The End Has Come and Gone

January 8, 2012

It’s ironic that they call it “She passed away” when someone has died. It’s not until the next week, the next month… that they really pass away, fall into the past. It’s coming up to a month since Julie died. Today I heard that my cousin Jonathon died in December too, a week after Julie. [...]

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A Postcard from Barrie

January 7, 2012

A Postcard from Barrie This photo was taken on Tuesday in Barrie, Ontario. It was a bitterly cold day, not many people were out walking around. I didn’t hear the news that day. What I remember about the day myself was the walk from the bus station to the coffee shop on Dunlop Street. A [...]

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Dust Bunnies

January 6, 2012

What do you know about dust bunnies? Or do you think they don’t really exist, like pixies, fairies and the Loch Ness Monster? Dust bunnies are real, I’ve seen them. I’ve swept them up and cleaned up after them. Downtown Dust Bunnies – Two sets of sisters on a mission to uncover the cause of [...]

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Not Quite Ready for Prime Time

January 5, 2012

This morning I thought I would get an early start on writing the post for Word Grrls. So, before I checked email, started breakfast or even tamed my hair mop I opened WordPress. But, I’m not quite ready for prime time. Still, I wrote up the post and actually had it done, set to print, [...]

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Create an Editorial Mission

January 4, 2012

From CopyBlogger: The 3-Step Cure for Boring, Useless Content 1) Create an editorial mission Most trade journals and top-tier blogs have editorial missions. The editorial mission provides a compass, always guiding writers toward relevant subjects. What do you stand for? What do you offer customers and readers? Every company has unique knowledge it can share [...]

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What About Infographics?

January 3, 2012

Are you into infographics? I think it’s good to have a new way to show your point, visually rather than text. But, I’m not a big fan. Usually the graphic is too small for me to read them without squinting at the monitor. If I can’t resize it I often can’t read the fine print. [...]

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Collaboration and Collective Action

January 2, 2012

People working together is back in fashion. I’ve heard about smart mobs a few years ago, but the latest seems to be collaboration and collective action. In short, people working together to achieve a common goal. It would be nice to have someone I could call on for help with some of the stuff that [...]

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Thank You Gentle Readers

January 1, 2012

I just noticed that I went over 1,000 comments on my blog over the New Year. Thank you gentle readers. Do you remember Ms. Manners using that, gentle readers? I always thought it was interesting. A way of giving a name to the nameless and faceless people who read what you write but don’t leave [...]

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