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You didn't expect me to read that, did you?: March 2009
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you? Getting your message heard above the rest of the noise. Sunday, March 15, 2009. Yammer, Twitter, and Customer Service. Twitter is a micro-blogging application that allows you to reach subscribers (called "Followers" in Twitter) with short messages of up to 140 characters. When you have a Twitter account, you can follow whoever interests you and you receive anything they say. Conversely, if you check your feed for notices and there are none, you can call custome...
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you?: January 2009
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you? Getting your message heard above the rest of the noise. Saturday, January 31, 2009. How Twitter Can Make You A Better Writer. Try writing your message in 140 characters, no matter what it is. Spaces count. If you can't do it, your message stays forever unsent. That's the concept behind Twitter. Not likely. If you get rid of. Does it change the meaning of the sentence? If not- and it usually doesn't- away. Try Twitter. It's free. It's fun. You get to...I aspire ...
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you?: Blogging on the Intranet
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you? Getting your message heard above the rest of the noise. Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Blogging on the Intranet. First of all, if you haven't seen it, hurry on over to the Virtual Writer's Group. To look over my series about blogging using Blogger. We've started an internal WordPress.org. Blog at work. In it, my department can get its message out to a diverse audience across my firm's entire US population without requiring them to go looking. Our blog allows us to ...
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you?: Minimalism is cool
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you? Getting your message heard above the rest of the noise. Saturday, February 7, 2009. We live in an era of information overload. How many times has someone sent you something in e-mail that you've lost in the avalanche? If you want people to read what you write, you have to make it easy for them. Give them the information they need in easy-to-digest, bite-size pieces and link them to more if they need it. Words are our tools, but people want fewer of them. Ou...
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you?: February 2008
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you? Getting your message heard above the rest of the noise. Monday, February 25, 2008. Just Do It (Then Revise It Later). Writing is like any other skill: we learn by doing. One of the reasons people don't like to write is a misplaced perfectionism. It's reasonable and appropriate to expect your writing to be coherent and professional. But it's not reasonable to expect everything to be professional the first time out. Tuesday, February 19, 2008. You've probably got...
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you?: June 2008
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you? Getting your message heard above the rest of the noise. Sunday, June 1, 2008. Your e-mail is a document, not a letter. For old people, like me, e-mail started out as a virtual way to write letters to people. Most of the letters I wrote were personal, to start. Then cc:mail came along and we could write letters at work, too. Bulleted lists are a natural for e-mail. They allow your reader to:. Individually identify all the items in a list. Easily digest the list.
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you?: May 2009
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you? Getting your message heard above the rest of the noise. Saturday, May 2, 2009. Never Well, hardly ever. Utilize is the most worthless word in the English language. Seriously. It's superfluous, unneeded, pretentious. Useless. And yet some very intelligent people constantly use utilize. From baseball commentary to business meetings, the utilization rate of utilize seems be increasing on a daily basis. In other words, people use it a lot. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you?: February 2009
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you? Getting your message heard above the rest of the noise. Saturday, February 7, 2009. We live in an era of information overload. How many times has someone sent you something in e-mail that you've lost in the avalanche? If you want people to read what you write, you have to make it easy for them. Give them the information they need in easy-to-digest, bite-size pieces and link them to more if they need it. Words are our tools, but people want fewer of them. Ou...
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you?: How Twitter Can Make You A Better Writer
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You didn't expect me to read that, did you? Getting your message heard above the rest of the noise. Saturday, January 31, 2009. How Twitter Can Make You A Better Writer. Try writing your message in 140 characters, no matter what it is. Spaces count. If you can't do it, your message stays forever unsent. That's the concept behind Twitter. Not likely. If you get rid of. Does it change the meaning of the sentence? If not- and it usually doesn't- away. Try Twitter. It's free. It's fun. You get to...Blogging ...
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The Virtual Writer's Group: Would you pay?
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The Virtual Writer's Group. I'm the Virtual Writer's Group leader for the Florida Writers Association. I can write just about anything, but I'm currently a numbers cruncher at a Big Four accounting firm. I am currently seeking publication for my Shane Black series of novels. View my complete profile. Featured in the Blog. Almost Savvy (Social Networking). Association of Authors Representatives. PDF Online (free PDF conversion). Florida Writers Conference Blog. Should Harper Lee's Novel Be Published?
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