by Debbie Weil | Dec 19, 2004 | Uncategorized, Writing
John Dvorak’s tips for newbies on how to understand and read a blog. Scroll down for the cool graphic that illustrates comments, permalinks, blockquotes and more. Courtesy of Steve Rubel.
by Debbie Weil | Dec 16, 2004 | Uncategorized, Writing
British communications writer Neville Hobson challenges something I wrote recently. To wit, that “good writing” is an essential part of blogging. Not so, he says. You just need a “voice” and some personality. And then you can “have at...
by Debbie Weil | Dec 7, 2004 | Uncategorized, Writing
I love it when The New York Times says it for me: What Corporate America Can’t Build: A Sentence. Article on front page of today’s paper bemoans astounding lack of basic writing skills among corporate employees. Reporter Sam Dillon cites a study...
by Debbie Weil | Dec 3, 2004 | Uncategorized, Writing
Dave Pankhurst wisely points out one of the secrets of blogging software… it has a draft function. Here’s how to use it: any time you have a “bloggy moment” open up your blogging app, jot down your observation and save it as a draft. Be sure to...
by Debbie Weil | Nov 23, 2004 | Uncategorized, Writing
reBlog is a new service that I’ve been hearing about. I haven’t tried it yet but it sounds cool. In a nutshell, it enables you to re-publish snippets of content from other blogs you find interesting and useful. Check out the just-released reBlog v. 1.0. It...
by Debbie Weil | Nov 18, 2004 | Uncategorized, Writing
Jupiter Analyst Michael Gartenberg makes a good point in his Nov. 15 article in Computerworld about the “double edge” of business blogs. In addition to posting interesting content to your own corporate blog… you’ve gotta worry about what folks...
