Monthly Archives: March 2009
Life is easy, and then you die
Mr. Arakawa and Ms. Gins are conceptual artists whose challenging loft apartments in Japan include brightly colored walls, bumpy, undulating floors and floor-to-ceiling ladders. Continue reading
Filed under Creativity, Fitness and health
The long, slow death of the American newspaper
Journalism began dying about 50 years ago, but the public seems to have noticed it just recently, when the walking dead that American dailies had become finally started dropping into their graves. You could say that the rise of the … Continue reading
Filed under Journalism
Can we talk type size?
The Writer Way blog looks fine to me in the Safari 4 Beta browser, but I’m finding the type is tiny and hard to read in Firefox 3.0.7. Obviously, I could control my own reading experience by adjusting browser preferences, … Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Web Design
Er, do I know you?
The irony here is that adding a little bit of actual identifying information to their email wouldn’t have cost them a cent. Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Marketing Communications, Writing
Getting back on course
I pride myself on having a fairly good idea of what path I’m on and where it’s going. Nevertheless, I often find myself drifting off by a few degrees. Doing too much of X, and not enough of Y — … Continue reading
Filed under Productivity, Working
Speed, transparency, and the long tail
Tomorrow I’ll be talking about PR and social media to another communications class at the University of Washington. This time, it’s an undergraduate class. I’m going to hit many of the points I did in my earlier presentation to students … Continue reading
Filed under Blogging, Communication, iPhone, Social Media, Writing
Power up your business blog
Instead of blogging here, I’ve been writing about blogging on Biznik.com. Check out “9 Ways to ‘Power Up’ Your Business Blog.”
Filed under Blogging, Web Content, Writing
