Archive for March, 2008
Writing with Markdown and Textile
I do a lot of writing for the Web. Articles for various Web sites, blog posts, and content for sites that I maintain. Over the last year or so, I’ve changed the way in which I complete many of these tasks. And it’s not the way you might think.
How do I do it? Using a [...]
Thought for the day
If you just sit around and think about what will happen, you’ll never do and then nothing will happen. – Guy Kawasaki
Writing emails for your business
Letter writing seems to be a dying art, replaced by emails. While I enjoy the immediacy of email, I sometimes miss a well-crafted letter — one that the writer took his or her time prepare, choosing their words and the tone to make a point.
The ubiquity of email, though, has reinforced a number of bad [...]
The horrible state of professional reviewing, redux
Recently, Maxim magazine reviewed the latest album by the band The Black Crowes. The album got a mediocre rating. But, as it turned out, the reviewer couldn’t have possibly heard the entire album. Why? Review copies weren’t available, according to this article.