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Dec22
Writer Gift Idea: Crocs!

crocs%20scoots.JPGBelieve it or not, I've gotten into a Crocs frenzy. Not only are these shoes so laid back and comfortable, they're also colorful and artistic. That's why I'd really recommend these as "nontraditional" gifts for fellow writers who derive inspiration from walking down the pier with the sea breeze blowing through.

They're a little on the expensive side for slippers / ultra comfortable casual shoes, but one pair won't hurt ya.

Dec19
Your Muse is What You Make Her
Or him.Back in high school I used to believe in the mythical creature that all artists adored - the Muse: the source of inspiration for all things beautiful and good, it overflowed inspiration to my pen and trickled the words... Continue Reading
If weddings had copywriters
A friend of mine got married over the weekend. The night before, she was slaving over her wedding vows, trying to get everything on paper. Could this have been a good time for a copywriter?I noticed that most wedding vows... Continue Reading
Dec14
7 Essential WordPress Hacks That Really Work
So you're blogging now. And a little bird told you that you can make money out of blogging, so you did some research over the Internet and tadah - you've figured out the magic of AdSense and all the magic... Continue Reading
Eyecatching colors at Infosync
If you check out Infosync, you'll notice that they've undergone quite a strict compliance with their featured review shots of phones. Interesting how the page layout still looks the same but with the phone sticking to hand with background rule... Continue Reading
Dec13
False Advertising? You tell me
A technology company recently did a year end sale on some high value retail items such as laptops and desktops as well as some portable media devices. A lot of these devices were on sale for half the price, so... Continue Reading
Tech Podcasts You Might Love
Here's another listing of podcasts that technology writers may want to listen in on:TWiT: This Week in Tech. Of the TWiT podcasts I really just listen to the original flagship podcast with Leo Laporte, John Dvoark and friends as well... Continue Reading
Dec12
When should you get up close and personal?
Dave Taylor brings up the age old discussion (not about how to increase blog pageviews) of just how personal should your blog get?My personal blog, for quite a while remained personal until I doscovered a funny thing called MONETIZATION. Sure,... Continue Reading
The Top 10 Blogs for Writers
So here they are! For the year 2006, Michael Stelzner has listed the top ten blogs that serve as inspirations for the writer / blogger community. Here they are verbatim: Brian Clark’s CopyBlogger: This blog is the leader because it does... Continue Reading
My version of "Physical World Connectivity"
With the coming of age of QR codes being turned into businesses, I decided to do another type of "physical world connectivity" by harnessing the power of cute marketing tactics and the appetizing human palette.Now ain't that cute? This is... Continue Reading
AdSense Beautifier
As a blogger I am finding more and more ways to make my ads look attractive in order to garner a higher click rate. Not that I'm resorting to a blog sellout, but rather trying to make the signage look... Continue Reading
Dec11
Technical Writing Fun: The Web 2.0 Buzzword Contest
This is cute. Darren Barefoot has posted pictures of his Buzzword Bingo with a Web 2.0 twist. Darren, if you're reading this I hope you don't mind me stealing this idea for our own blogger geek club meetups to break... Continue Reading
Give the subscribers something special
In the print industry, magazine subcribers would get a value added package of receiving their copies ahead of schedule, over and above the discounted magazine price.What if you're a blog subscriber then? Mike Davidson has this to say: In the end,... Continue Reading
How to write a blog post in a few easy steps
Seth Godin has pointed out the mechanical way of writing a blog post. Do it like this, in order:An appropriate illustration,A useful topic, easily broadened to be useful to a large number of readers,Simple language with no useless jargon,Not too... Continue Reading
Dec 9
McDonald Patent for the "Sandwich"
This is a funny read. McDonald's tries to patent the "Sandwich" and has filed for the method of making one using state of the art equipment. Let me share the entire text with you: The 55-page patent, which has been... Continue Reading
Dec 8
Content Management Systems by Rockley
Tech Writer Voices has uploaded a podcast done by Ann Rockley of the Rockley Group that talks about online media and content management systems.Here is the breakdown of the podcast:Web 2.0 trends for content managementCustomer-centric content managementCard sorting and user-driven... Continue Reading
Too much time for delivery methods
I attended a short press conference on the partnership between UNESCO and Intel for the development roadmap of the Philippines - basically it was a lunch session where plans were elaborated in bringing the digital divide to a close. Of... Continue Reading
Feeding on your Pride
Okay, before I start to ramble I mean no harm in any way to Poetry.com. They're a great site and I encourage them to publish their members' works and even encourage people to upload their work.------------------------------------ So I used to submit... Continue Reading
Dec 7
Lifehacker: Essential Tools for the Placeless Office
There is an interesting link over at Lifehacker (come to think of it, almost everything is interesting over there) that talks about the placeless office, also known as the mobile office. But this means that the mobile office isn't just... Continue Reading
Chop it up into blocks
I came from an editorial meeting to plan out some items for the 2007 editorial calendar of the publishing company I write for. Although we weren't able to touch base on the entire calendar (since a lot of people were... Continue Reading
Empathise with me ... I lost my pen
As a writer, I'm sure you've experienced a lot of loss when you found out that you've misplaced your precious pen or journal. The cleaning lady who fixes up your room when you're not around -- she may probably be... Continue Reading
Dec 6
Don't write it all
In a piece from Creating Passionate Users, the concept of "less is more" is discussed as a tool to capture the brain's imagination. The concept is simple. The less you show, write, say ... the brain compensates with a magical... Continue Reading
It is OK to make your guest wait :)
Funny that I had to inlude a smiley on this one. As I'm typing this in a coffee shop (do you get actual writing done in a coffee shop?) a colleague dropped by for a meeting and he was quite... Continue Reading
Depression
I wrote good poetry when I was depressed. But I wrote really great stuff when I was in my normal state of being. In the same way that beer can be a social lubricant and your ultimate undoing if not... Continue Reading
Dec 5
Do you get actual writing done in a coffee shop?
Here's a question for you: do you really get to write when you're in a public place? I mean, really get to write?I do. Sometimes. And then I start to realize how I can say exactly the same thing if... Continue Reading
Don't get dooced!
Internet history had a blogger fired from her job because she was writing about her work online. This is where the phrase "getting dooced" comes from since the blogger, Heather was blogging at her dooce.com site.Hoboy, freedom of speech. A... Continue Reading
Podcast Recommendations: The Word Nerds
I've been a fan of the Word Nerds for the longest time. If you have a keen interest in words and languages as well as how these have an effect on culture, you may want to listen to their podcast... Continue Reading
Gift Idea: Fountain Pen Hospital Gift Cards
The Fountain Pen Hospital is offering Christmas Gift Cards with values from $25.00 to $1,000.00. The card can be used for the current catalogue currently available at the store. For price inquiries you would have to email the store... Continue Reading
Gift Idea: Cross Ion Pens
I rarely plug products here but since tis the season for giving, it would be great to get your cool writer friends a Cross Ion Pen. I have had the Blue Metal Ion color (see picture) for a few months... Continue Reading
Dec 4
There are no dumb answers
I was reading this today and it dawned on me how our local user communities (I belong to a PDA user group and a Macintosh user group) seem to have a very low tolerance to "dumb answers." Part of creating... Continue Reading
Copy Smelling?!
The California Milk Processing board has an ad out on bus shelters. As commuters wait for their ride, they can get a whiff off scented strips of MILK from cookie advertisments. Huh? I was able to lift off a paragraph... Continue Reading
Damn that keyboard!
Today I wrote a really long letter, about 2 pages long (10 pages on my moleskine) and damn, did my writing hand hurt. I've heard the "old folk" tell us "young folk" that the art of the pen is almost... Continue Reading
Drop the metaphysics buster
When I was young I really sucked at Literature classes. The teacher was always asking for symbolisms behind the classics by Dickens, Verne and yes at one point in my latter college life, Shakespeare. I learned to climb my way... Continue Reading
A Sense of Urgency
Today we shall talk about procrastination and a sense of urgency. Don't you just hate reading product manuals? Whenever I buy a gadget, my "sense of urgency" is to get the parts onto whatever new thing I bought - a new... Continue Reading
Dec 1
Changing your wallpaper helps
If you're suffering from a burn out in front of the computer, changing the desktop wallpaper may actually help you. It works in the same way as rearranging furniture or repainting your wall.Here are some sites  that offer free wallpapers... Continue Reading
With great design ...
The new trends in copywriting really just make the consumer see two things on your product page:1. Your goal as a company2. What need do they fill for youBut as a business, you may also want to couple great copywriting... Continue Reading
What is Writing 2.0?
So we have Web 2.0 and Publishing 2.0 -- but what is Writing 2.0? I actually deduced this concept from the way publishing - online and offline - have gotten to be more straightforward yet casual. With Publishing 2.0 gearing... Continue Reading
"Man's inhumanity to man"
That's the title of my new piece. The subtitle goes something like:  "and other stories of utmost boredom."For several years I've been using that title as a way to demonstrate the most boring of topics because of sheer abstraction. Gary... Continue Reading

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