Sometimes it’s OK not to know. It really is better to be honest, stick to the facts and resist the temptation to spin stories around those facts when there’s no evidence to support them. If others are to be courageous enough to admit they don’t know we in turn must not mock them. We should [...]
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.I’ve let the dust settle before posting this. To catch everyone up, just before the last Formula1 race in Germany, the BBC announced they had ‘done a deal’ with Sky for 2012 onwards and would only be showing half the race season, live, on ‘regular’ television. F1 fans who want to watch the whole season, [...]
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.Reading is an ability we take for granted – we don’t even call it a skill or a talent. There is an assumption that those we meet in everyday life can read. But, pausing to challenge that assumption, we remember the newspaper reports we’ve read about adult illiteracy levels and we begin to appreciate that [...]
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.It’s hard to avoid the stream of chat surrounding the new Google+. The social network offered by Google that is something of a cross between Twitter and Facebook. Whilst both of the older, more established sites have offered groups and lists and ways of sorting those you follow, I have to say that the Google [...]
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.We understand the concept of physical obesity. It occurs when we regularly consume more calories than we need to survive (yes, that’s a simplistic definition but it will do for now). When we continue ingesting food, even though we are sated, our bodies lose the ability to process and eliminate the additional calories and, instead [...]
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.Before getting into what I want to say here, it’s important to clearly state that I have no personal axe to grind. I was brought up in a Christian family but in adulthood subscribe to no organised religion. I have friends who are Christians, Muslims, Jews and Buddhists. I have friends who are pagans and [...]
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.I get a lot of email and queries sent through websites, asking for advice on the easiest way to become a writer. The word ‘easy’ features heavily in these requests. There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. ~Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith The first thing worth [...]
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.Living in a very, very rural area facilities are limited and I find myself using the Internet for more and more of the activities I used to undertake face-to-face. I read a lot and it occurred to me that there might be other readers out there who would welcome the opportunity to get together in [...]
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.Our family lost a very dear friend recently. A much loved member of our small family who is missed – I can’t begin to describe the pain of his passing. Reflecting on his life I couldn’t help but remember how wise he was and how much he taught us. I wanted to share some of [...]
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.This is the first of a series of posts about the tools and services I use as a writer and a consultant. It’s hard to spend any time in the world of the Internet without hearing mention of WordPress. This incredibly clever software has made it possible for the least technical to have a web [...]
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.I could make a career out of planning and time management. Really. Sad, but true. You can weep with me as I confess to time and money spent with DayTimer, Franklin Covey, Getting Things Done, Achieve, Basecamp, Outlook, Google tasks and calendars, Zen to Done and Todoodlist. (And, that’s just a few of the time [...]
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