One of the 2 WordPress products I’m proud to be an affiliate reseller of is the Thesis WordPress Theme by DIY Themes (the other is Organic Themes — more on that in a future post). For a non-code-loving writer and editor like me—and presumably you—the real selling point about Thesis is the no-hassle, back-end control […]
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Having just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, I was struck with the immediate question: who will be the next outliers of the now-turbulent publishing industry? Who will do for the publishing world what Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Bill Joy did for the computer world? To put this question in context, I refer to Gladwell’s […]
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It’s almost 2010 and the internet is only getting bigger and better. You absolutely will need a great domain name to help you stick out from the masses. Here are 5 quick and snappy rules to keep you clean and out of domain name trouble: Take the .Com If you’re looking to build a business and […]
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Alas. After all this time, you’ve crafted something great. Starting from those ideas in your head, you’ve self-educated, planned, prepared, procrastinated, anticipated, taken notes and finally started writing, rewriting and editing. And now, there you sit, eager and excited, steward of your final product–your content. Will they love it or hate or think it’s just okay? Will they […]
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The ability to self publish on the internet, where nobody controls anybody, may very well be one of the greatest milestones of the early 21st century. Anybody with access to a computer and the web can exert their full intellectual and emotional facilities to whomever chooses to listen. I must say this has got to […]
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