writing
You Are Never Alone as a Blogger
I had a discussion last night with a long-time prominent blogger. During our conversation, we naturally strayed towards writing and community building, topics with which we are both very familiar. This is someone who puts out extremely high-quality content on a daily basis. He is constantly pushing the limits, drawing in new people with his [...]
Punctuation Abuse is on the Rise
It’s a well-known fact that I tend to become a tad upset when people do not obey the rules of PUGS. Blame the English teacher in me. Point the finger at my upbringing. Taunt me if you will, but it drives me completely batshit crazy to see the lack of proper punctuation floating around these [...]
Big Savings on a Great Text Editor
A text editing program makes work simpler and safer. It helps to organize the work in an easy-to-find way and prevents lost material. The software will save you time. This probably has happened to you: on some email correspondence or blog comment, you spend time composing and putting down your thoughts in exactly the way [...]
Too, To and Two
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed For the last video in the Grammar Teacher series, I had to discuss the difference between the words too, to and two. Too often, people are either too lazy (or just don’t care) to use these words properly when writing. How [...]
The Other Mike from TechCrunch
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed If you’re not following Mike Butcher on Twitter, you’re missing out! He writes for TechCrunch – but only for a specific part! Mike and I ran into each other at the [re]Think Hawaii conference recently, and had to talk about social [...]
What Do You Read?
Earlier today, I posted a video (and blog post) filled with tips on how to maximize your comprehension when it comes to whatever you are reading. That video made me reflect on the types of things I tend to read. I don’t often sit down with a book. When I do, though, my concentration is [...]
What Role Do Blogs Play in Your Life?
Even if you’re not a blogger yourself, chances are you read a few of them. It seems like everyone is blogging these days, including my mom on occasion (so ok, maybe not recently). Heck, even when you aren’t intending to read a blog, you may end up doing so after following a link from a [...]
Helping Writers Find the Right Words
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Writers often need help in choosing words. This project is working to develop tools that will help writers by showing them some of the alternative ways by which they can express their ideas. For writers, a thesaurus can be of help, [...]
How to Improve Your Writing
This is Outsanity’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my [...]
The Top Ten Ways to Win a Writing Contest
This would have been swordofdestiny’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway, but he’s a chat room moderator and ineligible. However, since I’ve received hundreds of poorly written and plagiarized articles today, I felt the need to share his list with you. If you’d like to submit your own ORIGINAL how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you [...]
Are Punctuation, Usage, Grammar and Spelling Important?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed PUGS is my acronym for the words punctuation, usage, grammar and spelling. Just because I have a degree in English Education doesn’t mean everyone else does. If you have any trouble with any of these things, there is a website that [...]
How do You Improve Your Writing Skills?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I’ve developed an acronym: PUGS. It’s short for Punctuation, Usage, Grammar and Spelling. If you remember your PUGS, then you’re going to create a better piece of text. People take you more seriously, and you will come across as a professional [...]
What’s the Best Way to Write a Forum or Blog Post?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed If you’re looking to write on Geeks or any other site, you need to make sure you create good content. There are many factors involved in this process. I’ve written out my top five points to keep in mind, to help [...]
Can You Rhyme all the Time on a Dime?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Some of you unfortunately have had the opportunity to read some of my really bad poetry. It’s fun to do, but I’m certainly not going to quit my day job to become a poet. Back when I began writing, I played [...]
10 Ways to Eliminate the Echo Chamber
These suggestions are not mutually exclusive: Don’t live inside your news aggregator. You don’t see me getting caught up in the daily din largely because I save my favorite tech friends for “dessert” – catching up with their feeds at the end of the week. Doing this has largely kept me from commenting on commenter’s [...]
