Writing, marketing and technology
Four years ago I bought a fantastic near-silent Chillblast PC in my quest for a quiet writing room. However, the technology in it is getting out of date and it was time to consider an upgrade. I looked seriously at buying an HP workstation and an Apple Pro but the price would have been north [...]
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With a little help from my friends, I have figured out the basics of getting a Word document into a series of eBook formats. I have got my own eBook, 30 Days to Better Business Writing up on the Amazon Kindle store. The process is pretty straightforward but fiddly. This is what I did: Start [...]
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I’d like to take my free eBook, 30 Days to Better Business Writing, and make it available as an eBook in both Amazon Kindle AZL format and either EPUB and MOBI formats so that it is available for other devices. So, here’s the thing. I start with a Word document because that is what I [...]
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I made a couple more videos for HP about some of their cool accessories. (Full disclosure: they’re a client at Articulate Marketing.)
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Several years ago, I wrote that I want Scrivener for Windows and it has had 16,403 page views since. It’s obviously something that other people want too. It also came up in my interview with Sci-Fi author Charlie Stross. And now, wonderfully, Literature and Latte are developing a Windows version and you can download the [...]
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Check out Frazeit. It searches the web for phrases in six languages. Type a phrase like “all’s well that ends well” and you get a list of examples of that phrase in use online, along with context.
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My iPhone has become more than a phone; it’s become an indispensible part of my life. The main reason is the number of apps that I use. I have 178 in iTunes and about half that number actually on the phone. They help me navigate, check the weather, book restaurants, learn Dutch, play, communicate etc. [...]
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Online applications give me a competitive edge. I want to be a ‘big little company’ with the same (or better) IT capabilities as the biggest of my clients. I try to make the maximum use of online applications because they let me deploy new capabilities quickly without adding to my IT or admin burdens. This [...]
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I’m a sucker for small, ultraportable PCs. I am the proud owner of an Toshiba Libretto 70CT, OQO, HP95, Newton, Sony Vaio P11z, HP 2133, Kindle and an iPhone (my third). The iPad left me feeling a bit ‘so what’. Too big, too limited. But now I’ve spotted a new thing to want: the HP [...]
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If you want to be a great writer, be a great reader. There are lots of ways to improve your writing but mindfully reading other people’s work is one of the most pleasurable and effective. This is why I love my new Kindle. It lets me keep a portable library of great writing with me [...]
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Matthew Stibbe is CEO of Articulate Marketing and Turbine, the easy, online way to deal with office paperwork. He edits Golf Hotel Whiskey and writes the Forbes Aviator column.
Check out my new, free eBook, 30 Days to Better Business Writing, 71 pages of expert tips and advice to make you a better writer. Available on Kindle, paper and free online.