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July's fave five
Each month I do a roundup of the most popular Strive Notes posts. This month I took a different approach. Instead of looking at traffic to the site, I looked at unique visitors that clicked through to...
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An apology
Image via Wikipedia Every once in a while a journalist, a blogger or commenter will push things just a little too far. I’ve been accused of it myself once or twice. Usually I’m happy to make things...
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One app at a time
Image via Wikipedia For the last week, inspired by Kyle Flaherty, I’ve endeavored to follow a ‘one app at a time’ policy. That means I have one application open on my desktop any one time. The idea...
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Stephen Fry on language and writing
I can only wish that someday I might be able to write as well as Stephen Fry. Alas, I don’t hold out much hope. Here’s an excellent video animation based on Stephen’s podcast. I agree with most of...
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Third Tuesday feat. Craig Silverman
At last week’s Third Tuesday Ottawa (#3tyow) Regret the Error blogger Craig Silverman shared his lessons learned about content curation, creation and publishing with more than 50 social media...
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How to plan your story
Writing (Photo credit: jjpacres) Every journey begins with a single step. The same is true for writers; every story begins with a clear outline. Experienced storytellers might never actually write...
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Writing tricks for content marketers
Time was you only had to worry about writing for the human eye and sometimes for the ear. Now when it comes to content marketing, writers need to know about search engines and how digital formats are...
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Storytelling: how to for businesses
‘Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, and images, often by improvisation or embellishment,’ according to Wikipedia. It’s true that storytelling has been a crucial part of human life since...
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Hangover weather from the Ottawa Citizen
The Ottawa Citizen’s reporting style is on often seen as being funny, quirky and edgy, but it looks like this government-town newspaper has discovered the art of click baiting. Writers at the Ottawa...
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The word of the year is an ‘un word’
An emoji, ‘Face With Tears Of Joy’, has been chosen by Oxford University Press as the 2015 ‘word of the year’. For the first time ever, something that is not even a word has been given this accolade....
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