Blog: Content writing and content strategy insights

Flabby job ads on Twitter

Job seekers need facts! It's heartbreaking. Almost heartbraking. The way so many people start their job ads on Twitter with a rave and a ramble about life in general instead of facts. Twitter is a perfect place for job ads....

Read more...

Many a maven: nice word

This morning I learned a useful new word. Maven. So much cooler than guru. I'm sure it's not new to you. My belated discovery just shows I don't live in the world of Open Source Java. And it shouldn't be...

Read more...

Authors: be online or vanish

SALT publishers have good advice for authors. 100 words, they say. I didn't count them. Here are some: If you’re not on the Web, pretty soon you won’t exist in the minds of readers. Only networked writers will survive. This...

Read more...

On or in?

Lately I've caught myself vacillating between the words on and in when writing. The quandary, tiny though it is, must have used a good 55 seconds of my time over the last couple of weeks. I say, I read such-and-such...

Read more...

Note to self: paths to ebook publishing

The Future of the book conference (Auckland, 24-25 June 2009) was deeply satisfying for me. It answered all my burning questions about jumping into the ebook arena. Like: Why am I confused? Because there's a major announcement every week about...

Read more...