Five Open Source or Free Applications to Use in Technical Writing
Tweet Technical writing can get pretty expensive. You have to have applications that will help you in writing technical documentation and proposals, creating flowcharts of all kinds, modifying and manipulating images, and the list keeps going. The applications, like Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and Visio, usually come with a hefty price. Wouldn’t it be great if you...
Read MoreManfred Macx Reinvents the Way You Self Publish Your Book
Tweet With more people buying Ebook Readers (e.g. Amazon Kindle, Sony Nook, Apple iPad, etc.), there is more demand for books to be in electronic format. Even if you don’t have an ebook reader, but you have a smartphone, like an iPhone or Android, you can quickly download a free app, like the Kindle app, that allows you to read books via your phone. With the popularity of internet marketing, social media, and self publishing, we are...
Read More5 Google Chrome Extensions for Freelance Writers
Tweet When Google Chrome came out in 2008, I installed it on my Windows laptop, and I instantly was a believer. The front page, which shows all of your most-visited web sites was spectacular. It was quick to bring up compared to the other browsers. Last but not least, it was created using WebKit, which is what Safari, my favorite Macbook browser, was developed using. However, I couldn’t use it 100% because of two reasons: 1. Not all...
Read MoreThree WordPress Syntax Plugins to Show Code Snippets On Your Blog
Tweet If you are writing a blog post about coding, you sometimes have to show examples of the code, so that readers know what you are referring to. However, if you have WordPress and try to add code to a blog post, you will notice that the code you have entered disappears. You might be at a loss on what you can do to resolve this problem, and I have the answer. Here are three WordPress plugins that will allow you to add syntax without...
Read MoreThe 30 WordPress Plugins that I Use on My Blog
Tweet Every WordPress user probably has a couple of plugins that they use to enhance their blog/site, be it on the back-end or front-end. Here are the 30 WordPress plugins that I currently use on my blog. Are there any that you use that I didn’t list? 1. Akismet – Akismet is a must-have plugin if you want to have extra spam protection. Version 2.2.6 | By Matt Mullenweg | Visit plugin site 2. All in One SEO Pack – The All In...
Read More10 Items That I Am Thankful For as a Writer
Tweet I hope that everyone has a happy Thanksgiving filled with family and friends eating all the insanely-delicious food. In my personal blog, “What I’m Thankful for 2009,”I wrote about all the wonderful people who I am thankful for. Now, I want to write about all the wonderful things that I’m thankful for that help me with my writing: 1. Stationery and Pens – I am obsessed with stationery and...
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