Beyond the Rhetoric

Those great people at Common Craft are back to their paper explaining ways. We had previously seen their work with Twitter in Plain English and now they are explaining Social Media in Plain English. While those well ensconced in the blogosphere may understand the appeal and the mechanisms behind such social media as blogs, podcasts, [...]

As I mentioned earlier this week, I’m on my way to Taiwan to attend the Computex Technology Trade Show. This is the first time that I have ever visited Taipei, so it should prove to be a pretty interesting experience. We will likely be relying heavily on Sarah (John Chow’s wife) for interpretation purposes, because [...]

Running a freelance writing business is really not all that different than running any other kind of business. You need to get in contact with your clients on a regular basis, communicating with them to ensure that you are staying on track and delivering exactly the product that they desire. Writing for a technology blog [...]

Earlier this month, I did a freelance Q&A session for an edition of What’s Up Wednesdays. Readers could send me any questions that they had about the freelance writing business and I tried to answer them to the best of my ability. Naturally, I don’t write in a vacuum and I draw inspiration from other [...]

What? If saving time is pointless, why do we even try? Let me explain. Technology is advancing at a breakneck pace and all of these modern conveniences are supposed to save us time. The advent of email was supposed to save us so much time, because it meant that we could send detailed messages — [...]