Tag: writing
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How To Get Attention for Your Web Site « Web Worker Daily
“Invent a meme, then write a book on that meme.” (Note to self: Write a book.) (Ed. note: You don’t have time to write a book.) How To Get Attention for Your Web Site « Web Worker Daily
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The messy beginnings of an online portfolio
It’s not organized as well as I’d like, and it’s neither finished nor comprehensive, but if you can’t help but be interested in the sort of stories I wrote as a reporter (way back in 2006, mind you), there are now a few clips from the Spartan Daily and Oakland Tribune posted on my Work…
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Bush Has Bad Day at Sydney Opera House – The Associated Press
“President Bush had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day at the Sydney Opera House.” – A wonderful lede. And yes, I’m linking to an AP story hosted by Google. Easy to read, ain’t it? Bush Has Bad Day at Sydney Opera House – The Associated Press
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The Cloths of Heaven are Old Shirts and Dark Slacks (Ftrain.com)
I really need to start writing again. Great, another side project. Stupid good writing inspiring me to … write more. via Unstoppable Robot Ninja (which you should also check out.) The Cloths of Heaven are Old Shirts and Dark Slacks (Ftrain.com)
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Gabe’s Game – The Boston Globe
Gabe Kapler goes South as a minor-league manager: “This is the country at night, veined by darkened highways illuminated at their fringes by floodlit islands, like this one, along Interstate 85, the road that connects the Carolinas.” via News Gems Gabe’s Game – The Boston Globe
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The eleventh obvious thing: Your subscribers are dying
Here’s a newsroom exercise sure to drive a stake of fear squarely into the heart of your circulation manager: Count the number of obituaries printed in your paper in the last year for local residents over the age of 60. Now compare that number to your paper’s drop in circulation over the same period. If…
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Rodriguez: Taco truck sales divide Salinas Latinos – San Jose Mercury News
“As the sun dips lower and the Pacific wind blows in, Reynaldo Pimentel rolls La Perla onto the grainy streets of East Salinas, and into a spicy battle.” Rodriguez: Taco truck sales divide Salinas Latinos – San Jose Mercury News
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Tony Soprano didn’t just get whacked; he practically got a funeral – BobHarris.com
I could care less about the Sopranos, but I love this sort of obsessive attention to detail in a piece of screenwriting, and the guy who wrote this post has done the heavy lifting to reveal quite a bit of that detail. via Howard. Tony Soprano didn’t just get whacked; he practically got a funeral…