Archive for the ‘Observations’ category

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New Improved Google Search Features Help Writer Research

May 16, 2009

Just days after I went through the trouble of pointing everyone to d8search as a way to get improved date searching out of Google search results, Google updated the features they offer in their own native search. The homepage of Google search is the same as ever with one minor, and by minor I mean [...]

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Google Chrome Browser Morning Coffee Extension

May 12, 2009

I downloaded Google Chrome when it first came out just like all the other technology centric types did.  I was impressed with its speed and I really liked that it seemed to import my passwords from Firefox (and slightly disturbed).  But, without the plug-ins that I rely on, on a daily basis, I just couldn’t [...]

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Microsoft Office My Places Bar Slows Down Saving Files

May 8, 2009

I’m a writer.  I write all day long, a lot of it in Microsoft Word.  So, when my computer started insisting on popping up this dialog box that says, “Initializing Places Bar” every time I tried to save a Word document, I was not happy. That Initializing Places box takes a few seconds to go [...]

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Internet Explorer Is a Big Fat Piece of Junk

April 7, 2009

A writer rants after finding that Microsoft’s lame attempt at developing a web browser has mangled his site, AGAIN!

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Top Resource For WordPress

April 6, 2009

I know a lot about WordPress and how to use it. This guy knows more.

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Freelancing From Home – Get a Pet

December 2, 2008

I regularly read the site FreelanceSwitch.  Frankly, it seems a little bit more aimed at programmers and designers than us writers, but it occasionally has useful tidbits which apply to freelance writers as well.  A recent post suggested 11 Ways to Banish “Lonely Freelancer” Syndrome.  This is one of those articles that could apply to [...]

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