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- 10 simple things you can do to improve your writing
- Great ListGreat list, but I disagree with #10.It might be a hard and fast rule with commas, but commas are very useful for better reading.Sometimes a comma here and there helps the "flow" of the sentence.RE: 10 simple things you can do to improve your writingHow about #0: check spelling...
- Tags: Blogging, comma, simple thing
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Why my writing stinks, and what to do about it
- My Jedi Master, John Scalzi, has posted 10 Things Teenage Writers Should Know About Writing, where he explains why all teenage writers tend to be awful at writing--despite the fact that most teenage writers think they themselves are brilliant. (Full disclosure: When I was a teenager ...
- Tags: Blog, Fiction, Blogging, Games, Internet, Personal Technology, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-04-28
- My last creative writing post...sorta
- As I threatened last week and last year I've finally set up The Written Weird, a separate blog to archive my crappy attempts at science fiction. I'm also committed to attending the local sci-fi writers group tomorrow, and if it's to my liking, I'll have a monthly deadline for...
- Tags: Story, Science Fiction, Blogging, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-05-02
- Academic Writing Made Easier With the Research Task Pane
- From the new Research task pane in Microsoft Office 2003, students can search for information, tools, and other services to develop a paper. In the case of nonfiction creative writing, for example, students in the fourth through sixth grades can choose a subject such as dinosaurs and then research it...
- Tags: Student, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Productivity, Office Suites, Software
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Was IT worth it...?
- blog rootWill it work...?I have a habit of starting things and not always finish them. My wife says it runs in the family.I'd like to write a book one day but haven't started it yet. Notproperly, anyway. I've done an outline and thought about some ofthe events, scenes, if you...
- Tags: Blogging, Thorarinn, blog, information technology
- Discussion threads 2005-06-23
- eXpertComedy Writer 7.0 (Mac)
- eXpertSystem was originally crafted specifically FOR comedy - and this collection of creative modules plus eXpertSystem is designed to bring out your comedic genuis. Built on eXpertSystem 7.0 and eXpertLingo, eXpertComedy Writer includes the following: eXpertSpeech: For developing your comic ideas into truly entertaining presentations, and providing the tools to...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Module, Story, ThoughtOffice.com, eXpertSystem 7.0, Productivity
- Software downloads 2005-09-02
- Creative Commons: A safe house for intellectual property
- Creative Commons is a new organization that wants to reform U.S. copyright law and expand the public domain to foster creativity. Read what participants at the O'Reilly conference had to say about it.If Walter Elias Disney hadn’t been able to use the stories of the Brothers Grimm as the basis...
- Tags: Chris Preimesberger, Creative Commons, Lawrence Lessig, public domain, domain, intellectual property
- Technical articles 2002-06-24
- IBM PS/2 The MicroChannel Path to Failure
- Anybody out there remember microchannel and the PS/2? IBM brought out the PS/2 to CRUSH the competition. LITERALLY crush them - some of the computers weighed as much as a boat anchor!After IBM so brilliantly developed the PC with its open architecture, they discovered that there was actually a big...
- Tags: Review, PC, Computer, IBM Corp., Productivity, Desktops, Hardware, siliconsamurai
- Blog posts 2006-12-14
- JOT Journaler 1.1 (Windows)
- From the developer: What is JOT Journaler you ask? It's a neat small compact, powerful and easy to use software program that lets you easily document your thoughts, feelings, ideas, notes, whatever it is that you want to write about. Just like a real live journal book, diary etc..., just...
- Tags: Password, Software Program, Microsoft Windows, Thought, Productivity
- Software downloads 2002-08-10
- Develop a creative training exercise in five easy steps
- Developing a creative training exercise is as easy as 1-2-3-4-5. Donna Boyette offers this five-step plan to help you create technical training exercises that add pizzazz to your presentation and help students remember what you taught.By Donna BoyetteFor those of you who think there’s not a creative neuron in your...
- Tags: Workforce management, Guest Contributor, training exercise, training
- Technical articles 2000-09-20
- StoryMill 3.2.2 (Mac)
- StoryMill introduces aspiring authors to multi-level writing methods of tracking characters, scenes, and locations, while professional writers will appreciate StoryMill's time-saving ability to oversee and manage the full creative process with Smart Views. Even visually and interactively display your story across time with StoryMill's timeline view. Built from the ground...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mariner Software, StoryMill, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-01-20
- Writer's Block - Goodbye for the Young 1.1 (Windows)
- Everyone involved in the many distinguished arts of creative writing knows the feeling of needing something but not knowing what - until after they find it. Writer's Block Goodbye provides the perfect writing environment optimized to support the creative needs of screenwriters, scriptwriters, comedians, novelists, poets, songsmiths, and sloganeers. Writer's...
- Tags: Promptoria, Writer, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites
- Software downloads 2008-02-11
- Writer's Block - Goodbye for Adults 1.1 (Windows)
- Everyone involved in the many distinguished arts of creative writing knows the feeling of needing something but not knowing what - until after they find it. Writer's Block Goodbye provides the perfect writing environment optimized to support the creative needs of screenwriters, scriptwriters, comedians, novelists, poets, songsmiths, and sloganeers. Writer's...
- Tags: Promptoria, Writer, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems
- Software downloads 2008-01-18
- Another 10+ tips for keeping your writing sharp and professional
- Your job focus may be technical, but you can't completely escape the burden of writing tasks: e-mails, status reports, performance evaluations, RFPs, and system documentation, to name just a few possibilities. If your writing experience has been limited, you could probably stand to brush up on those skills -- especially...
- Tags: Tips, Career, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- SWOT: The #1 Secret to "Serious" Career Growth
- article rootMessage was edited by: The Trivia GeekWant Career in IT Article WritingI Want Career in IT Article Writing.What you sugest me.Honestly ?Take a language course. English is a must.!. even your documenting into another language Take a class in creative writing, and maybe technical report writing also. Get comfortable...
- Tags: hci, design, opensource, Career, Take, sathtek, SWOT analysis
- Discussion threads 2006-09-25
- Found: Mission statement, Jedi Master
- Longtime readers of this blog (oh, there you two are) will recognize that I haven't posted anything about my creative writing in a few months. That's mostly because I haven't been doing any. Crisis of confidence, really. I didn't know what kind of science fiction to ...
- Tags: Science Fiction, Blogging, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-12-15
- eXpertMuse 1.0 (Mac)
- Sometimes there's nothing as inspiring as a project begun, with that fresh blank sheet of paper, and a mind full of details for your latest idea. So you rough out a general outline, and as you go some parts of the outline gain more depth and seem to grown on...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sheet, ThoughtOffice.com, eXpertMuse 1.0, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2005-10-31
- Steve Jobs gets some interesting readingâ€"his own obituary
- Old news'Cmon. This broke 8/28 I checked my email archives and is way past under the bridge.RE: Steve Jobs gets some interesting readingâ€"his own obituarymmm, a week old, find more interesting stuff to talk about, pleaseMay be Old News....... but I didn't hear about it.Thanks for the info Toni, I...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Old News
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Creative scripts: Using MHonArc for Web-enabled log archives
- Enable your IT staff to read your daily log files with the ease of Web browsing. It's a simple trick using a script and MHonArc. Let Jack Wallen, Jr. show you how.As a Chief Engineering Officer or lead systems administrator of a large IT department, you’ll often want to share...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, Jack Wallen, Jr., Web, MHonArc, Perl
- Technical articles 2002-02-08
- No so Random Ramblings on IT Management and other issues
- No so Random Ramblings on IT Management and other issuesblog rootTrust and Fear in IT Project TeamsWe live a paradox inwhich we spend more than half of our waking hours in work related activitiesand what we think of as "Life" happens outside of work. From this point ofview, work-time becomes...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Development tools, JayMa, IT administration, Fear Free, environment matter, environment, information technology
- Discussion threads 2005-06-11
