Monthly Archives: April 2010
Organizing Your Online Life To Maximize Your Life Offline
Like most people, I spend much of my day glued to the computer. I’m therefore a big fan of online productivity and organization tools. They help me do more with my time online so that I can enjoy more of … Continue reading
It’s Okay to Remind People of Your Existence
An email landed in my inbox over the weekend, and it was one of the more effective marketing pieces I’ve seen. There was nothing fancy about the wording or presentation, just a well-timed email reminding me that last year around … Continue reading
How to Re-Vision Your Writing (It’s Not Just Revising)
Academic writing takes a lot of flak, much of it deserved. The unreadable jargon, the overuse of passive voice and the ubiquitous “catchy slogan: what this article is really about” title format are all symptoms of the publish-or-perish landscape of … Continue reading
I Take a Fancy to Delancey…or, I’ll Take New York
Apologies for the prolonged absence – I was on vacation in San Francisco last week and decided, in paranoid city-girl fashion, that announcing my absence online would be tantamount to begging for a robbery. San Francisco was absolutely gorgeous. Clearly … Continue reading