SubscribeMonthly Archives: August 2009
Freelancing: Don’t Make Your Life Fiction
August has been a month about fiction writing. Before the month is over in a few minutes, I wanted to leave you with one final note about fiction. It’s more of a warning.
As a freelance writer, don’t fictionalize your own life to get jobs.
We’re all guilty of this to a small extent, though “fictionalization” may be a very strong word for what the normal writer does. Basically, we show off our best assets when we want a job. For… More »
Twitter Complaints – Do You Respond?
So what happens when you cross an influential blogger who has 1+ million followers, a new washing machine that doesn’t work, and Twitter? You get a social media circus that either gives a company nightmares or the opportunity to shine.
The background
You may have heard of Dooce. Heather Armstrong. Yes, she first became well-known for getting fired from writing her blog. But since then she has morphed into an internet celebrity. Books. TV appearances. And a web site that not only… More »
Twitter and Retirement – A Perfect Fit
In the last few weeks, I’ve received a few email messages from retirees talking about how much they enjoy Twitter. Now that I think about it, twitter and retirement is a perfect combination. Why? Here’s a rundown:
Free Time
Many retirees complain about having too much free time. With Twitter, there’s no such thing as too much free time!
Help Remembering
Many seniors (and not-so-senior people) can use help when it comes to their memory. If you tweet throughout the day, you can use… More »
Jim Thome and John Garland to the Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers aren’t dominating the National League like they were earlier in the season. On Monday, the club brought in some reinforcements by trading for Jim Thome and John Garland.
Thome comes from the Chicago White Sox where he was hitting .249 with 23 homers, 55 runs and 74 RBIs. The 39-year-old has solely been a designated hitter in the last couple years. With that in mind, he may simply be used as a pinch hitter by the Dodgers.
“We’re… More »
Tedy Bruschi Retired from the Patriots
Tedy Bruschi is calling it a career. The New England Patriots linebacker announced his intentions on Monday. It brings an end to a 13-year NFL career — with all games played with the Patriots.
Although he has played less and less in recent years, this announcement was somewhat surprising. The Patriots will now need to rely on their young linebacking corps to fill in the gaps. However, New England won’t be able to replace Bruschi’s leadership, passion and inspirational presence on… More »
Minnesota Misses Out on Ricky Rubio
The Minnesota Timberwolves received bad news on Monday when they officially lost the hope of Ricky Rubio coming to the NBA this season. In fact, Rubio won’t land in Minnesota until 2011 at the soonest.
The Timberwolves drafted Rubio as the fifth overall pick of the 2009 NBA Draft. Many NBA experts thought that Rubio would play in the leauge this coming season. Instead, his Spanish club DKV Joventut has traded him to another Spanish club — FC Barcelona.
The 18-year-old playmaker… More »
Biggest Risks in 2009 Fantasy Football
Do you like to gamble? If so, here are the NFL players who represent the biggest risks in the 2009 fantasy football season. These are players you should definitely avoid if you don’t like walking on the wild side.
QB Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals
He’s coming back from an elbow injury that knocked him out last season. While he’s reportedly healthy, it’s not too difficult to imagine him getting re-injured. On top of that, the top wide receiver on his team is… More »
Vote for William Petersen for an EWwy Award!
I know. I hadn’t ever heard of an EWwy Award either. But it’s a new one given by Entertainment Weekly, thus the EWwy. They know that many of us feel that our favorite actors have done amazing work on their shows for many years, but have never been given an Emmy. They fell it’s time to acknowledge them with an EWwy instead.
There are lots of nominations, but the reason I’m posting… More »
Hairston Ruins Andy Pettitte’s Perfect Game
Jerry Hairston Jr. was playing third base for the New York Yankees against the Baltimore Orioles because Alex Rodriguez had the day off. On Monday, Hairston received a lot of unwanted pub after he ruined Andy Pettitte’s perfect game bid.
In the seventh inning, Pettitte still was going strong with his perfect game. But Hairston committed an error on a ground ball with two outs to end the perfect game bid. The next batter, Nick Markakis, hit a single to end… More »
Should Microsoft Push Windows 7 in 2010?
I have just written an article on whether Microsoft should leave Windows Vista in the dust or not. The key point is that Windows Vista is picking up steam right now while Windows XP’s adoption is falling behind.
It could be noted that Windows 7 was pushed much earlier because users wouldn’t want to move out of Windows XP and Microsoft’s million dollar marketing campaign could not change the negative image of the operating system.
Releasing a new operating system under… More »
Should Microsoft Leave Vista in the Dust?
Microsoft has some very important decisions to make in the coming months on their Windows strategy. They are bound to release Windows 7 in October and pushing this operating system much earlier is the slow adoption of Windows Vista and the continous usage of Windows XP.
However; a lot of factors have contributed to this state which includes the economic crisis, massive bugs in Vista in the early months, the negative publicity that could not be overturned, the rise of… More »
CSI: Miami – Episode 8.05 – “Bad Seed” Spoiler
CSI: Miami – Episode 8.05 – Bad Seed
Air Date: TBD
This is interesting. Very often we see multiple cases of deadly E. Coli deaths and illnesses in the news. But for some reason, Horatio has the CSI: Miami team investigate these as murder. I can’t wait to find out how he knows it’s malicious and not accidental…
STORY LINE: When a virulent strain of E. Coli kills four people in the Miami area, Horatio… More »
Ragnarok Online: Preparing For Retirement
I’m seriously thinking about permanently hanging up my sword belt in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Ragnarok Online. What the hell for? Well, I’ve realized that I’m getting too old for this game.
Not.
Actually, I’m just a little flustered after a few hours of playing my merchant TikaWaylan on Valkyrie, the free-to-play server of Ragnarok Online Philippines. Oh, yeah, she’s now a blacksmith. Damn job change quest!
The source of my frustration is, as you may have already guessed, the Blacksmith… More »
CSI: NY – Episode 6.05 – “Battle Scars” Spoiler
Episode 6.05: Battle Scars
Air Date: TBD
It looks like the team on CSI: NY will have to figure out who had a real grudge against a dancer who was killed after winning a dance battle. You know how it is…some people may be sore losers. ;-)
STORY LINE: A street dancer who wins $10,000 in a dance battle is seemingly robbed and killed in his hotel room while celebrating with his girlfriend, but… More »
Using TweetGrid to Review Twitter Topics
There are hundreds of websites, if not more, that have sprung up from nowhere to help people manage their twitter accounts, updates and stay on top of everything else going on in the twitterverse. One of those sites is TweetGrid.
Most people who want to track and manage a variety of topics that are being discussed on twitter would prefer using a twitter client like TweetDeck, DestroyTwitter, Twhirl or Seesmic Desktop to help keep up-to-date on what’s being tweeted.
All the clients… More »