Job seekers need facts! It's heartbreaking. Almost heartbraking. The way so many people start their job ads on Twitter with a rave and a ramble about life in general instead of facts. Twitter is a perfect place for job ads....
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Many a maven: nice word
This morning I learned a useful new word. Maven. So much cooler than guru. I'm sure it's not new to you. My belated discovery just shows I don't live in the world of Open Source Java. And it shouldn't be...
Authors: be online or vanish
SALT publishers have good advice for authors. 100 words, they say. I didn't count them. Here are some: If you’re not on the Web, pretty soon you won’t exist in the minds of readers. Only networked writers will survive. This...
On or in?
Lately I've caught myself vacillating between the words on and in when writing. The quandary, tiny though it is, must have used a good 55 seconds of my time over the last couple of weeks. I say, I read such-and-such...
Note to self: paths to ebook publishing
The Future of the book conference (Auckland, 24-25 June 2009) was deeply satisfying for me. It answered all my burning questions about jumping into the ebook arena. Like: Why am I confused? Because there's a major announcement every week about...