Beyond the Rhetoric

You may already be familiar with some of the paid reviews that I write at John Chow dot Com, but reviews on that site come in at a rather pricey $500. Not everyone has an advertising budget that size. If you’re looking to get the same quality feedback from an expert reviewer, as well as [...]

The summer months provide an excellent opportunity to be a tourist in your own town, but there are also plenty of great blockbuster movies to enjoy as well. If you’re not as inclined to fight the crowds at the local multiplex, you may be better off looking into renting a DVD.
Last month, I took a [...]

It’s become a tradition around these parts for dot com moguls and other online entrepreneurs to get together every Saturday for some Dot Com Pho. While there are a few occasions where we deviate from Vietnamese noodles, opting instead to eat from a toilet, the pho rice noodle has become a staple for freelance writers [...]

It’s that time of year again! Although there is officially no Richmond Night Market for 2008, a different promotional group has taken over the same plot of land for Summer Night Market. By and large, the two concepts are pretty much the same. If it wasn’t for the minor name change and a few rumblings [...]

As I mentioned in yesterday’s What’s Up Wednesdays post, there is very little in terms of formal training and education when it comes to the business of freelance writing. This applies to the phenomenon of working at home in general and the experience can be terribly confusing for someone looking to get their feet wet. [...]