Two roundups from the Communication Central conference. Several print and tech resources for writers and editors, as well as efficiency
Month: September 2014
Stop Wasting Time on Estimates
Are you spending hours developing accurate estimates specific to a project only to hear the client say “That’s ten times what I thought I’d have to spend”?
Stop it. Stop it now.
LOTW, Sept 20–26
Here’s this week’s interweb awesomeness for editors, plus some shit I just know I’m going to want to find again
“Try this punctuation test,” she exclaimed!
A simple test for the most exciting punctuation, today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. This is a retake on my
The Art of the Upsell: Elevate your sales using three-tier pricing
How to put “Would you like fries with that?” to work in your business without feeling like a fast-food clerk.
Sidewalk-sized Spirograph
I made a sidewalk-sized spirograph. It’s pretty off-topic as far as this site goes, but so many people asked me
Archive of 2013 Copyediting posts
In honour of my 200th blog post here, I’m posting an archive of the other 29 that didn’t make on
LOTW, Sept 13–19
Seems it was a slow week on the interwebs. Probably, like my authors, their noses are to the grindstone and
Capital Style in Canada
Anarchy! Aesthetics, tradition, and readership all cited as legitimate factors in capitalization style. Have the Canadians lost it? Today, in my Canadian,
Career Mojo for the Unplanner (podcast)
“There is a belief entrenched in American culture that career planning is a logical and linear activity … But it’s