Via the always-entertaining and well-bolded Coding Horror: Scalzi’s Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don’t Want to Work at Writing.
Scalzi’s tips are really useful. Writing became a real effort for me about three years ago: I’d suddenly forgotten how to string a workable sentence together. Never had that happen before – I’d always been perfect.
‘course, reading [...]
If you’re still looking for beta invites, look no further.
Just leave your answer and email address in the comments (you might want to fuzz it a little so that The Spammers can’t get to you easily).
1) Which PJ blogger kicks more ass?
2) Choose: Xbox 360 or Media Center PC? (you’re not going to win one, [...]
I have a number of invites for the beta of Windows Live Messenger. If you want one, just ask in the comments with your name and email address.
[update 26 Jan] All invites have been given out. I will update again when I get more.
pinkjoint, shifty, windows live, messenger, msn
tags: Pinkjoint, shifty, Social
Scott from MSN (the SiteExperts space) is running a fascinating series on the technology behind the AJAX-y MSN Spaces, with interesting and compelling insights into bringing software engineering back into web-enabled design.
But that’s only half the story – the comments in each post to /siteexperts/ seems to bring out the crazies like no other!
Recommended reading, [...]
I had a post ready to go yesterday called “The Fuss Over RSS”.
I deleted it without publishing, because I just couldn’t imagine it going any further than a couple of days.
Boy, was I wrong there.
Scoble’s still tracking fallout.
Gillmor’s smoked some of Winer’s weed, thinking like a sneaky businessperson. Been reading Andy Grove lately?
Winer’s just, well, [...]
This post from ConnectedInternet made me wonder (and really, just wonder, I’m not throwing stones here):
How ethical is it to submit one’s own posts to Digg?
On the positive side, the Digging system should (at least in theory) take care of stories that don’t actually have any real merit per se.
The ethical question – for me [...]