Monthly Archives: November 2008

It’s that time of year again. If the sales and the Christmas tree lots weren’t already giving me hints, I’d know because StatCounter indicates a surge of hits to my 2006 post, Tips for Writing a Holiday Letter. Here’s a … Continue reading →

Some of us who usually attend Seattle Mind Camp were lured down to Portland over the weekend for Orycon. Orycon was great. However, this spoof video of Mind Camp, produced by Monica Guzman and Jason Preston, made me just a … Continue reading →

If you are considering redesigning your website, you may want to employ Website Optimizer to test the effectiveness of your changes before you commit to them. 80/20 Internet Marketing explains how this works.

Just as many social networkers enjoy the challenge of compressing their observations into a 140-word tweet, many writers have become intrigued with the power of a story told in just a few words. While flash fiction can be as short … Continue reading →

The Oxford University Press’s choice for 2008 word of the year, hypermiling, left me cold, but I sure liked some of the finalists and shortlisted words: frugalista – person who leads a frugal lifestyle, but stays fashionable and healthy by … Continue reading →

There’s no question but that journalism has in recent decades shifted its focus from news (chosen for news value) to “infotainment” (chosen for entertainment value). And the journalism world made this questionable move awkwardly, trying to handle fast-paced, sexy content … Continue reading →

Take Control ebooks is giving away a copy of Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner with every technology title sold. The sale is on from now through Thanksgiving Day — since it’s an ebook, you can download it at the last … Continue reading →

I will never thing of social media, or s’mores, quite the same way after reading this Guy Kawasaki guide on how to attract more followers on Twitter.

Tyler Pruitt, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Geek of the Week, is all about why geekiness is cool. Now I have to go up to B.C. and find out what a Wunderbar is! But I’ve already downloaded Feedwhip.