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Writing Assignment: Description and Details

03.26.2010 Books and Literature

If your goal is to become a better writer, you need to practice. Here’s your writing assignment for today: write a short description focusing on clear details. One of the keys to good writing is the ability to a person, place, or thing and provides enough details to allow the reader to accurately imagine that […]

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Three Reasons Why You Probably Shouldn’t Buy A Kindle (Or Other Dedicated e-Reader)

03.25.2010 Books and Literature

Yesterday I laid out Three Temporary Advantages of Dedicated e-Readers. Today let’s talk about the Kindle’s disadvantages and why it might be a better idea to purchase the iPad. Amazon is not a computer hardware company. Amazon wants to sell books and other goods. They see the Kindle as a means to an end. The […]

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Three Temporary Advantages of Dedicated e-Readers Like The Kindle

03.24.2010 Books and Literature

The iPad approacheth. Is it complete doom for dedicated e-readers like the Amazon Kindle? Yes, but not quite yet. There are MANY advantages of a flexible solution like the iPad, but the Kindle retains three distinct advantages. These may not be enough, and they certainly won’t remain distinctive for long, but they are still very […]

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When Spending Is Saving – Win The Spend Nothing Game Buying Smart

03.23.2010 Business

I have a new desk chair.  I haven’t thought much about chairs lately, but I got to think a lot about them recently. But as I mentioned in The Spend Nothing Game Part 2: Planning For The Unexpected, you don’t always get to pick when you’re going to have to spend money. My old chair broke. […]

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Writing Assignment: Capturing Dialog

03.19.2010 writing

If you have the goal of becoming a better writer, you need to practice. Here’s your writing assignment for today: Write a short section of dialog. You can start from an overheard conversation, but you are not limited to it. Try and convey the individual personalities using only their spoken words. Dialog is one of […]

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