Category: Writing

  • Tip – Using Social Networking Wisely

    Glenda made a very interesting comment yesterday, she was asking “to see a strategy on how we can effectively use and integrate these tools without them becoming great time and focus eaters”. Every one has their own way of coping. Well, social networking is no different. Interesting enough, there are people who do not network…

  • Holiday Blogging Awards…

    Remember this? Well, I have looked at a few of the sites and there are some really nice posts out there! These are just 3 of the posts that touched me. The others are nice too, but these seem to speak to me: http://didisignonforthis.blogspot.com/2007/12/day-of-tree.html http://thezenofmotherhood.blogspot.com/2007/12/generous-december-and-christmas-miracle.html http://setxbayou.blogspot.com/2007/12/ladder-guy-view-from-edge-of-christmas.html Which one do you like? Head on over to…

  • Do we understand context and point-of-view?

    There is a difference, you know, between speaking and communicating. But many people, while they are aware of this, I mean, any 101-class you attend will tell you that; yet it is difficult sometimes in practice. Context and point-of-view are very important when communicating. My thirteen year old daughter gave us an object lesson in…

  • Holiday Blogging Awards 2007

    Well, if you have been blogging for a while, and you are still at it, then you must really love it. So, why not test your mettle against the best on the web and take part in the Holiday Blogging Award 2007 competition? There are three categories that you can participate in: Best Holiday decoration…

  • Off Topic – Echoes through your life…

    The other day, my son was telling us a joke about “wives”. Which was funny enough in and of itself, since of course, me and my wife were married, he was not. But anyway, there he was, talking about how you need to have two tongues to be a mommy because you had to yak,…

  • Do “Long Headlines” Work on TV?

    With the Internet and all the online marketing talk going around, it seems that the fun has been taken out of writing short, punchy headlines. There was a time, once, when writing silly headlines was the “in” thing. Then there were those surreal headlines that left everyone scratching their heads and consulting their oracles. Then…

  • Does it Matter What kind of Blogger are you?

    Here is an interesting one. I picked this up over at Char’s blog where she was asking Fun Friday Quiz – What Kind of Blogger Are You?. So, being the naturally born curious person, and of course, in the interest of research, I took the Quiz. So, I have no idea what it means to…

  • Text Links, Contextual Meaning and Your Users

    I did not expect this to be so interesting a discussion when I penned the my post “What does SEO and clicking links got in common?” based on Phil’s “Click Here – It’s Not About SEO!” post. But for sure, it is a fascinating topic at several levels. Indeed, the Web has moved on from…