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HP Windows 7 Slate
I’m a sucker for small, ultraportable PCs. I am the proud owner of an Toshiba Libretto 70CT, OQO, HP95, Newton, Sony Vaio P11z, HP 2133, Kindle and an iPhone my third . The iPad left me feeling a bit ‘so what’. Too big, too limited. But now I’ve spotted a new thing to want: the HP Windows 7 Slate. It’s ...
The Surprising Old-School Secret to Blogging Success
About 80% of your blog’s success comes from “ass in chair” time. That’s the time you spend writing posts, editing posts, finding the perfect image, connecting with fellow bloggers, answering comments, shaping up your SEO, and all the other tasks we teach you about here on Copyblogger. You’ve got to get that stuff right. But great blogs are not built ...
The Alfred Hitchcock Guide to SxSW
I remember the still summer evenings at the open cinema theater watching Hitchcock movies. What a treat!It was intriguing to me that the off camera point of view, the observation through the lens, could be so powerful to drive the story. I love good stories, don't you? This weekend I'm immersing myself with the many others at SxSW to ...
Why “Noon” is no longer the “Ninth Hour”
In current usage, the English word noon refers to midday, the time when the sun reaches the meridian. Look into the etymology of the word noon, and you will find that it comes from the Latin word for the number nine. So why does our word for the time when both hands of the clock are on the twelve come ...
words to avoid
Tim Phillips’s analysis of press releases on Factiva shows a worrying trend. The number of press releases that contain the words ‘significant’, ‘substantial’, ‘meaningful’ and ‘unique’ in the same text has nearly trebled in the last seven years. Something should be done. I don’t really understand how writers get away with this. Journalists automatically discount hype. If anything, it ...
6 Sure-Fire Ways To Get Writing and Keep Writing
A guest Post by Annabel Candy of Get in the Hotspot Have you noticed how easy non-writers think writing is? When you’re a writer that can be frustrating. There are three main things about writing that make it lack the social proof people expect of professional activities. It’s intangible – Many people don’t seem to consider writing a ...
Fourth Round
Welcome to the fourth round of our poetry competition. We’ll have 16 qualifying rounds, two semi-finals, and then the final, where the winner will be elected. The prize for the winner is a $100 Amazon gift card, and the three runners-up will get a free license for the Fanurio time tracking software a sponsor of our blog . Now to ...
How to Win in Las Vegas, And in Online Business
I’ve written a few contrarian things lately. Specifically, I ranted a bit about why I think the most common “make money online” technique doesn’t work for most people, and about how, really, the most important ingredients of success are persistence and grit. Then, on my own blog, I ranted about why “systems” for achieving specific results don’t work. I got ...
How to Make your Content Sticky
Make it very useful, then make it portable and spreadable. Package it in as many ways as you can think of, build it out, extend it with participation, give it away for free, give it away for leads, give it away to sell it. These and many other ideas can help you raise your online profile and be tactical ...
What’s Going On with “Underestimate”?
Reader Arthur writes: I was reading an article about a photographer. It was clear that the writer rated this photographer’s work and legacy very highly. He went on to say that “It is impossible to underestimate his impact…” I feel that ‘overestimate’ would have been more appropriate, but others are not so sure. What do you think? Of course the ...
