The tech journalist starter kit
A friend of a friend just called me, asking for advice on how to become a technology journalist. I promised […]
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The Lost King of Krim hits multiple Amazon category bestseller lists
The Lost King of Krim, a novella of the Krim virtual world that was released last month, hit multiple Amazon […]
Sunday morning writing Mastermind group
I am putting together a writers’ Mastermind group, to meet Sunday mornings via conference calls, such as Skype or Facebook […]
14 reasons why I use Google Docs to write my novels
I use Google Docs. I tried a lot of other platforms — Word, Filemaker, Coda, and a bunch of […]
New book out, ‘Krim Times’ back on category best seller list
The Lost King of Krim, a novella of the Krim virtual world, is out on Amazon and other booksellers. Meanwhile, […]
How to have a simple but professional-looking website for around $12 a year
If you have a small business, and need a website where you can post your hours and contact information, some […]
10 signs a content offer is spam
As an editor of a couple of different niche online publications, and a writer for some major tech magazines, I […]
My new computer setup
In case you’re wondering what I’ve been doing with myself now that I’m not blogging about OpenSim as much, here’s […]
Online database update — Airtable looks extremely promising
Six years ago, DabbleDB was shut down. It was a major blow, since I had been using their easy but […]
How to create a website that looks like this one
A couple of my friends have been redoing their professional portfolio websites lately, which inspired me to do some research […]
Basic marketing for a freelance writer
I work with a lot of beginning freelance writers, and enjoy seeing them move up to larger publications. They all […]
Five Step Question Meditation
I learned this at a business seminar in Shanghai a few years ago, and no longer remember the source, but […]
Dabble Postmortem
Tomorrow is the last day for Dabble DB, an online database services on which I ran my company for the […]
Give me that old-time COBOL code
Just take those manuals off the shelf I’ll sit and read them here all by myself Today’s software ain’t got […]
Maria and Fons on the radio
My business partner Fons Tuinstra and I were interviewed today by David Iwinski of American Entrepreneur Radio on his The […]