August 10th, 2006 | by Douglas | published in General
They say that your post title ought to be indicative of the content of your post. And not in an obscurely apposite way. Today I seem to be the bitch of internet spammers spoofing addresses from my domain and pounding the innocent and unsuspecting into submission with grammatically challenged billing information and cobbled ‘invoices’. Thankfully, [...]
July 27th, 2006 | by Douglas | published in General
Instead of wasting my time writing and becoming a highly underpaid professional author, I have been investing my time in a bit of research, planning, preparation… you can never read too much about how to write I say. To that end, I present to you my four favorite blogs for elucidating the culture of publishing [...]
July 26th, 2006 | by Douglas | published in General
I shared several month’s ago that I had signed on to Backpack and was loving it. I have since that time bought in at the first paid rung and been using it daily. Today it got better. Not because of anything 37 Signals did, but because of what they allow others to do. I don’t [...]
July 18th, 2006 | by Douglas | published in General
I’ve been doing reporting for many many years. It’s a niche skill I picked up back when the IT world would hire anyone with a heartbeat. It’s a skill I have taught to many others in the time since. I just came across Izenda (EYE-zenda) earlier today. There is cool stuff in here that I [...]
July 18th, 2006 | by Douglas | published in General
In the future everyone will have a blog. For now please welcome "Tooter" to the pantheon of bloggers: You see, my family consists of mostly cousins. Legions of cousins. Some are young, a few don’t have fathers. Most are feral. The hardest part is overcoming one’s natural inclination to believe that his stories are made [...]