Streaming Movies on an E-Reader...

Aug 20, 2012 by

Not a new concept, but not really what we really intended those little tablets to do, right? And yet more and more people want, if not expect, their e-readers to do more than just display books. This was posted last...

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Thinking NEXT to the Box: Business books...

Aug 13, 2012 by

Thinking inside the box is not something most people verbally advocate, but in actual fact, it’s required in many situations. Or at least, preferred. How many times have you been behind someone at a Starbucks who took an hour and a half to order? They’re thinking outside the box, and you’re muttering under your breath to “just get a frap and get out of my way, I’m late!” But of course, when writing a book, you’re supposed to think outside the box. Except, of course, on those occasions when you’re not. See, for a business book, it’s a bit of each. You want to convey the information in an easy-to-follow format. So think inside the box. But you want it written and communicated in such a way that it stands out from the multitude of...

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The “Self Publishing Company”...

Aug 6, 2012 by

There was a time when no ghost or editor in their right mind would tell you use a vanity press. But the world, she is a-changin’. Originally called vanity press, then subsidy press, and now “self publishing companies”, they’re all still the same: you pay them money, they publish your book. This is in stark contrast to a traditional publisher like Penuin or Harper-Collins, who pays you for the rights to publish your book. Many, many people have been scammed by vanity presses over the years, and yet these days, some people actually have good experiences. This is not a topic I’ll really be able to cover in a single article. So here’s the basics. If you self publish in the traditional way, you find a printer, you find a binder, you buy an...

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The Dark Knight Rises

Aug 1, 2012 by

Spoiler warning: I went to a midnight showing of the third Nolan Batman movie. I waited a week, but if you have not seen it yet and do not want to know what happened, do not continue to read this article. Click here if you don't mind spoilers They never explained where he got the mask. Nor, in fact, why the prison now belongs to him – something I would very much have liked to know. The movie was excellent for what it was, though it was honestly a bit empty of Batman himself. I was disappointed with the fact that they set it up for Nightwing with no real chance of us getting a Nightwing movie. All that said, this is not a movie critique site, it’s a ghostwriting website – my personal...

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Aurora, Colorado

Jul 25, 2012 by

In light of the shooting, I am simply sending you to a well-written dialog on the current worldview of the word “evil”. Go to the New Yorker to read...

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