Category Archives: Blogging

Good, bad, ugly

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

Give my increasingly strenuous and passionate pleas public and private to Microsoft, the Windows Phone team, and its PR people over the past year, I think a central message is being lost here. I see it in the curiously critical … Continue reading →

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Quick update: 7 days remaining in the schedule

Posted on July 24, 2010 by

I just uploaded the Email chapter to the publisher, so I’ve got 10 of 16 chapters submitted. My deadline is a week away. It’s going to be close. :) The Email chapter is about 19 pages in Word, and 25 … Continue reading →

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Writing progress

Posted on June 13, 2010 by

While some people are amazed that I’m able to write as much as I do, one thing I’ve learned over the years is that I have a very clear limit, and once I begin actively writing a book, I’ve exceeded … Continue reading →

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Thinking beyond the book

Posted on April 25, 2010 by

One thing I’ve been thinking about lately is whether it makes sense to continue this blog past the completion or publication of the book. Increasingly, I think it does. (Though some argument could be made about folding it into the … Continue reading →

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How I started writing

Posted on April 18, 2010 by

One of the most common questions I get is some variant of “how did you start writing?” It’s a fair question, though I’ve discovered that my own experiences won’t necessarily translate into any kind of advice for others. In 1993, … Continue reading →

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Still learning WordPress, part 27

Posted on April 11, 2010 by

One thing that’s occurring here is that I’m familiarizing myself with WordPress. I was a Blogger user for many users and always liked it (in fact, I paid for Blogger Pro before Google bought the service and ended that upsell). … Continue reading →

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