Posts Tagged With: writing
· May 14, 2008 at 5:35 am · Online Tools, Web Development
Tags: 5 stars, bloggers, posts, raiting, ranking, related, writing
Outbrain is delivering a unique service. If you hadn’t noticed, I added it to this blog here to test things out. They are delivering a 5 star rating system that anybody can use on their blogs. The idea behind it is if you liked something, you will give it a ranking from one to five stars. Here is a little more about their idea behind the project:
We all love how Netflix recommends movies and how Amazon gives us great recommendations for books we would enjoy reading right? Here at outbrain we are doing the same for blog and news content on the web. Information overload is real and growing as the amount of content on the web grows exponentially. We are committed to helping readers of blogs and news sites find the best content that is most relevant to them on a personal basis.
Once you get a few people ranking your work, then they can also be delivered other popular articles that others have enjoyed. To see that in action, check out Yaron’s blog. Thus far, I haven’t seen many people come in and rank older works on here just yet but I’ll test it out a ‘bit longer just to make sure. It is an interesting idea but it is difficult to make any reader feel or think they could or should do something extra. It is a neat idea and I wish Outbrain the best of luck.
· January 14, 2008 at 6:34 am · Desktop
Tags: Desktop, productive, space, tips, work, writing
Well, mine is. Working with an empty desktop can make managing your work a lot easier. For me, all the folders and paths I need are right inside of the start menu. From there I can get to my documents, music, photos and more.
With a clean desktop I have more room to work. Now for designers you could see this coming in handy because they would have plenty of place to work on multiple images, files and folders and have them all saved to the desktop.
With my podcast - I do much of the same. I keep all the different segments I have recorded save temporarily to to desktop so that way I have them handy when I need them. That way when I finish my job or project I can just hit Ctrl + A then move them over to a new folder if I need to keep them or hit delete if I want to toss them away.
How about you? How naked is your desktop or have you tried it with a naked desktop? For me it is one of my easy productivity techniques that keep me sane.
· January 3, 2008 at 6:20 am · Writing Advice
Tags: better, blogging, flow, help, suggestions, writing
If you can learn to write by leading your reader and holding his hand through the work - you can become better than you ever thought you could be.
Writing is one of those skills that everybody can do, but not many can master. If you broke it up into a chart you would have those who can’t being a very small percentage of the pie, those who have mastered it being another slightly larger pie piece and then those who are “somewhere in the middle” taking the rest of the cake pie. Read the rest of this entry »
· December 26, 2007 at 5:00 am · Writing Advice
Tags: bio, career, examples, help, job, resume, writing
Back when I lost my first web hosting job and I decided I would rather take a track down the road of freelance writing, I went around from web site to web site trying to find a place to work. I quickly realized though after talking with three or four places I wanted to write for that without example articles and stories it would be really hard to show them exactly what I could do.
I know it might sound silly, but if you are a writer without a published work to your name you might need to create a few before you become a hired hand at your favorite blogging spot. Personally I wrote up several different types of articles covering the areas I knew the most about. Then I linked them up on my personal site (which also doubles as my resume) and was ready to give looking for a freelance writing job another chance.
The second time around I was welcomed with much warmer arms of amazement and didn’t have any proverbial doors shut on my nose.
Each time I got a gig’ I added whatever I wrote for them to my resume links, so others could see my work there too. Fast forwarding to where we are now I have written so many articles, posts, podcasts and more there is no way I could fit them all on one list. Just don’t forget that when your first starting out with the online writing game that you have to have examples of your work, the best you have to offer, if you want to make your name from behind your keyboard.
· December 14, 2007 at 3:59 pm · Web Development
Tags: blog, giveaway, internet, Mike Muise, register.com, tech, writing
Mike Muise, one of the tech geek, pretty good writer and business development mastermind has started up his own blog over at DroptheMike.com. I’m always excited to highlight interesting people in the hosting and domains universe and Mike does fit the bill there.
In the hope to drum up some interest in the new project, he is also giving away a Ipod Nano (to one lucky winner) for those who spread the word about him. Heck I would have done it for free too. Shameless promotion aside, reading some of his posts he has up thus far I am highly impressed and can’t wait to read more. Might have to try to get him on the podcast too.
· November 26, 2007 at 5:00 am · Personal, Web Hosting
Tags: article, hosting, jobs, magazine, work, writing
Ping! Zine’s newest edition is out in PDF (paperback should be coming to your mailbox in a few weeks) and you might be surprised to see who made it back into the magazine. This is my first time in a while to write up something for the magazine (mainly due to time issues) but starting next year one of my resolutions is to do my best to make more time for it.
One thing that never has gotten old yet is seeing my name in it. I really hope that doesn’t sound egotistical but I remember just being a fan of the publication and loving it - so actually being a part of the fun, it still gets me excited and hyped up. Read the rest of this entry »
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