Writing, marketing and technology
I am the proud owner of a large number of tiny, defunct computers. For example, I have a working HP 95LX handheld that runs DOS, a Toshiba Libretto 70CT which only a tiny-fingered Japanese schoolgirl could type on and an OQO Model 01+ which is as tiny as it is noisy and slow. Each one [...]
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This is a great online tool that really forces you to write. It just stops short of delivering electric shocks if you stop work (although that’s a promised future feature!). Check out Write or Die and Dr. Wicked’s Blog.
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I have updated the writing tools on Articulate’s website and added a new one. They are free to use and I hope people find them helpful. Feedback and suggestions are welcome. Readability calculator This is a fantastic tool to calculate readability scores for blocks of text (just cut and paste) or websites (just enter a [...]
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I am working on a number of website projects right now. My mission is to banish ‘lorem ipsum’ by working text into page designs before development starts. (To find out why, read my article: Want a good website, on time? Prioritise content) I wanted to find a tool that would let me create page mockups [...]
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Dropbox is a better way to share files between different users and different computers. It beats FTP for large files and email for pretty much any attachments. I use to exchange videos, graphics and presentations with clients and my subcontractors. Once everyone is set up on DropBox, it’s like having a file server folder that [...]
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This guest post is by Jan Felt. He is a blogger obsessed with marketing communication and career development. Read more of his work on his blog: CyberFootprint. Two pages to go. The deadline looms. You are sitting at your computer, replying to morning e-mails. After a couple of words, Twitter starts buzzing. So, you reply [...]
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Mind mapping is an effective tool for brainstorming. I regularly use a mind map on large piece of paper to think through the structure of a large piece of writing. The problem with paper-based mind maps is that once written they are hard to modify. It would be nice to be able to rearrange the [...]
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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.
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