What’s on the iPod: Poke by Frightened Rabbit I love bloggers who make me laugh. As I was avoiding packing for my trip last week, I went around the Internet and found some hilarious posts on everything from Craig’s List to … Craig’s List: The Grand Experiment byClint Osterholz – Clint, you crack me up…
Grammar and Your Client
What’s on the iPod: Into the Mystic by Van Morrison After having more than two client interactions get heated over grammar and sentence structure, I was itching to hire some mensa-level kid-geek to plant a virus in every Word Grammar Check function in the country. I loathe that program and all it’s done to ruin…
The Creative Break From, Well, Your Creativity
What’s on the iPod: Where You are by Rascal Flatts Before you think the heat’s gotten to me, let me explain the title of this post. As I was sitting crafting poetry the other day – me, the person least likely to have time to write poetry – I couldn’t help but wonder where the…
Putting the “Try” Back into Marketing
What’s on the iPod: Poison Prince by Amy MacDonaldWhat I’m reading: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen Hopefully as you read this, I’m reeling in record-breaking bass or pike. One can only hope. Per usual, here are some vapor trails of my existence…. The birthday is now a day old and I…
Monthly Assessment: June 2010
What’s on the iPod: Wasted Words by The Allman Brothers Band Amen for June. I was glad to see the arse-end of May, and June proved to be much better all the way around. Emotional upheavals gone, biopsies out of the way, work issues vaporized, and checks actually arrived, amen. Here’s the low-down: Queries:I did…
The Selfish Networker
What I’m reading upstairs: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherWhat’s on the iPod: Floating in the Forth by Frightened Rabbit Twitter has become a really effective tool for more reasons than you realize. It connects us to our colleagues, introduces us to new ones, helps us find work, and helps us weed out…
Mad Dashes and Lists
What’s on the iPod: Wannabe by The Spice Girls (stop laughing)What I’m reading upstairs: Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin I’ve been a bit quiet about it, but I’m actually about to go on vacation. The reason I’ve been quiet: the moment I announce it, all hell tends to break loose workwise. So…
Concessions
What’s on the iPod: Run by Amy MacDonaldWhat I’m reading: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen Had an interesting twist on a client project recently. I’d sent over an invoice for a quick-and-dirty project, but heard nothing on either the project or the invoice for a week. I sent a “Did you…
Dressing for the Job
What’s on the iPod: The Joker by Steve Miller Band Dressing? For freelancing? Is she kidding? you must be thinking. Actually, I’m quite serious. Despite the fact that I sit at home with very occasional “remote” work days, I dress for my job. That’s not to say every day I put on a business suit,…
Friday Stuff
What’s on the iPod: After the Gold by Neil Young If you get a chance, head over the About Freelance Writing, where I have a new post. Yesterday I’d had enough of these four walls, which are now steaming thanks to a Southern exposure and 80 degrees. I grabbed the laptop and headed to the…