I’m not sure whether to file this post under “smart, targeted marketing” or “entropy takes over.” I’ve recently started a new blog about music and music education, and today I’m going live with a blog on hiking. I’ve also a started new Facebook page for music, and will soon be splitting my writing page into [...]
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Cooks Source Firestorm Over Plagiarism
Posted in Copyrights and Contracts, Internet Issues, tagged cooks source, Copyright, linkedin, plagiarism on November 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’m late to the party… the one where you stand by the side of the road watching a car wreck. I learned about the Cooks Source plagiarism fiasco a little more than 24 hours ago, when there were a mere 300 or so comments on Cooks Source’s Facebook page, before NPR, the Guardian (UK), Washington Post [...]
Writing for Pay-Per-Click Websites
Posted in Freelancing, Internet Issues, Writing on January 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Is it a new business model to empower writers or a new way of making money off of writers? After 28 years in the business (my first bylined article was published while I was still in college) I’m ASSUMING the latter. I’m just cynical enough to look through jaundiced yellow glasses at anything that promises writers a [...]
Essential Skills for Artists: Web Design
Posted in Business Issues, Freelancing, Internet Issues, tagged web design on September 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
First a disclaimer: We’re not really talking about web design here. We’re talking about something much more simple: Getting your stuff on the web, using resources that are readily available and inexpensive. It’s easy to be intimidated: professional web design can be a complex art form, incorporating visual design elements like type, color selection, text blocks, widgets, pictures, charts, and [...]
Vanity Surfing: Who’s Stealing Your Stuff?
Posted in Business Issues, Copyrights and Contracts, Freelancing, Internet Issues, Writing, tagged Copyright, copyright violation, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, plagiarism on August 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
People are stealing your stuff. They are stealing your words and your pictures, your songs and your performances, and they are using them and even reselling them all over the Web. Don’t believe me? Do a little vanity surfing… If you’ve got a body of work that has gotten out to the public, chances are that some of [...]
Vanity Surfing: Who’s Saying What About You?
Posted in Internet Issues, tagged internet reputation, Vanity surfing on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the tricks freelancers get really good at is doing workish-looking things that aren’t work at all. For instance, aimlessly surfing the Internet (we’re finding ideas), organizing our e-mail (we can’t get motivated to start that article) or organizing our libraries (we might need to find something someday.) But nothing combines procrastination and ego-stroking [...]
Vanity Surfing: Finding Cool Stuff
Posted in Internet Issues, Writing, tagged Add new tag, blog stats, Karen berger's books, translations, Vanity surfing on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you have a blog, you already know the dangers of the little link called “stats” which tells you not only how many people are visiting your blog, but all kinds of other things, like whether they found you through a Google search or a Yahoo group…. It’s REALLY addictive. “WOW! Someone clicked on my [...]
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