My initiali gut reaction upon hearing of the silly Newspaper Revitalization Act about a month or so ago was, “Man, I’ll miss them.” Then I realized, I’ve already “missed” newspapers for years. I haven’t really picked up, let alone read, a traditional paper in all that time.
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I remember when videos on the PC were, well, were not. PCs couldn’t handle them. Heck, they couldn’t handle anything but the simplest of graphics and animation way back when. Now, I bet hardly a day goes by where we don’t see at least a short video clip on our computer screens. For someone like me who’s watched it evolve, the ride’s been quite fascinating and impressive.
Thing is, I’m not particularly fond of them as a medium for delivering information. Sorry, that’s not entirely accurate: In that information delivery role, in many cases, I dislike them immensely.
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Interesting info. Do with it what you will…
Book Business magazine has just released the latest installment of its annual “Best Book Publishing Companies to Work For list (the link is to a PDF ranking its top 10). You could say it’s about the industry’s happy employees, where they are, and where they happen to be happiest.
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Is mapping out story or business ideas on the computer screen or retro paper too restricting? Do you need to work with a lot of space to really let your creativity gush out tsunami-like? Then you may find this product productively liberating.
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Considering the kind of work we do, articles and news that revolve around copyright issues, even if they’re not directly about written creations, usually catch my eye… as long as they’re not boring heavy on the legalese. (Really, anyone with half-a-brain can decipher a legal document; the trick is trying to stay awake long enough to get it done.) So no surprise that a post titled “Copycat Company Sues Original Artist to Void Copyright Claims” would draw my attention.
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Here’s an online sales promotion technique that’s easy to implement and even simpler in concept. It’s not even new — you’ve likely seen it around at least a few times before…
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Buying and selling domain names is a good way to make a few bucks (or maybe lots of them). But pricing them is usually tricky. Here’s a free online tool that could help.
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A favicon (short for “favorites icon”), as you may know, is like a logo of sorts that’s visually associated with your website/blog. It’s tiny — at least 16×16 pixels — and it’s used by modern browsers, displaying it next to your site’s or page’s name on tabs and bookmarks. Thing is, they’re not the easiest things in the world to create.
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Just going through my notebooks. I seldom, if ever, give actual writing advice. So I’ll let others do it. Here are a few I think you’ll find particularly helpful, in no particular order.
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From Website Magazine, its list of top 50 sites that will likely “impact your Web enterprises’ bottom line.”
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