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Notebook porn for writers 23 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
It’s no great secret that I, along with countless other writers, have a somewhat special relationship with notebooks. They are beautiful little repositories of potential, they never run out of power a...
Walk more to write better 22 Aug 2013 | 12:45 pm
Lace up your sturdiest pair of shoes and leave your phone and iPod at the door – we’re going for a walk. When that seventh cup of coffee just isn’t helping you get the words down, walking out the doo...
How to write a buyer persona 21 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Far from being just another faddish marketing tool, buyer personas can make or break your inbound marketing. They can help you to produce great content and they can work wonders for companies that ge...
Distraction-free writing: review of OmmWriter 20 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Re-connect with your old friends Concentration and Creativity, and discover the bliss of single-tasking. OmmWriter elegantly fulfils its noble aim. Boot it up and you’re presented with a beautifully...
Best of the web on brainstorming 16 Aug 2013 | 12:45 pm
(Hat tip to andymangold for the photo) Brainstorming, thoughtshowering, cerebralcloudbursting – whatever your preferred term you’ve no doubt endured your fair share, but does it even work? For an ex...
The top 5 words of lazy business writing 15 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
This post began life as a rant against my least favourite corporate words, a topic not unfamiliar to Bad Language. However; it felt a little hypocritical since I have used most of said words myself at...
Taking the pith: why brevity is no bad thing 14 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Modern communication and its truncated language have a tough time of it when accusations about slipping standards in the English language start flying around. I’ll admit, sometimes it does feel like ...
Best of the web on sounds to work to 2 Aug 2013 | 12:45 pm
I’m not sure medieval jamming sessions are particularly conducive to work, but they are quite fun. Whether it be motivational, meditational or merely masking, the sounds we listen to when we work hav...
Top 10 must-haves when working from home 31 Jul 2013 | 01:20 pm
If only this was the reality of working from home! Working from home is a real art. Lots of people think it’s all daytime TV and curling up on the sofa with your laptop, but in many ways it’s much ha...
Best of the web on food writing 26 Jul 2013 | 01:56 pm
There’s a thin line between being a geek and being a foodie. For example, Paul Myhrvold, formerly Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, produced the definitive textbook of molecular gastronomy: Moder...
