Writing about writing
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NASA is undergoing some big changes and some some soul-searching right now. But it is an organisation that has achieved some of humanity’s most sublime and challenging goals. Therefore, any lessons we can learn at their expense are well worth reading. This is why I like this guide: 100 Rules for NASA Project Managers. [...]
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Nielsen, a market research company finds, reports that the heavy Twitter users make up 7 percent of the Twitter audience but spend 70 percent of the total time devoted to Twitter by the audience as a whole. In other words, it’s a whorehouse where the whores screw each other and not the customers. (Hat [...]
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How much do you want to live in this gorgeous tree house? It’s more than just a hideaway or tree-office; it’s a proper home. I admit that I have a bit of an obsession with tree houses – see my previous post. I also like the Post Ranch Inn very much – it’s a hotel [...]
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1. Awesome t-shirt for typography fanboys from Collapse Design.
2. Fantastic treehouse office and blog (hat tip: Lifehacker)
3. Complete guide to Google Wave. I’m on Wave (matthew.stibbe@googlewave.com). Wave me and tell me why I should be using it.
4. 11 Ways to influence people online and make them take action. Ha, made you look. See, [...]
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I found this on YouTube – the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s cover of Back in Black. Awesome. I’m rocking out with my air ukulele. Turns out I’m not the only one, according the NY Times. I’m going to see them live in Salisbury next year. On an existential level, what I like about UOGB [...]
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Ik ga in Amsterdam van maandag 5 oktober tot en met donderdag 8 oktober om enkele Nederlandse lessen te hebben en ook de taal te oefenen. Als u wilt ontmoeten en praten nederlands met me, ik zal de drankjes kopen. Stuur me een e-mail!
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I was moved by the Economist’s obituary of Stanley Robertson. He is the latest (and perhaps last) in a long line of storytellers. He inherited and used a mixture of dialects and languages:
Eenie meenie macka racka Rair roe dominacka, Soominacka noominacka, Rum tum scum [...]
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A month ago, I went to see Jonathan Ive interviewed by Sir Christopher Frayling at the Royal College of Art Innovation Night.
As senior vice-president of design at Apple, Ive is responsible for some of the iconic designs of the last decade, including the iMac, iPod and iPhone.
Since he rarely gives interviews and Apple is notoriously [...]
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Seven simple ways to dramatically improve everything you write on Write to Done. A nice summary of Strunk and White for anyone who hasn’t read it or needs a reminder. (See also my book review of The Elements of Style on this blog.)
The words you wear. The author of Managing Humans compiles an index of [...]
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Email Etiquette 101. How to use BCC so you don’t send everyone’s email address to everyone else. Great video on YouTube that shows how to do it in different email programs.
Internet safety 101. The Get Safe Online blog has some great videos that teach the basics of internet safety – how to avoid rip-offs, protecting [...]
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Matthew Stibbe is Writer in chief at Articulate Marketing and editor of Golf Hotel Whiskey, the free online magazine for pilots.
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