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Portsmouth is the best choice for #MozCation — my three reasons
It's obviously no secret to anyone who's ever met me that I'm in love with my home city of Portsmouth, NH. Heck, my LinkedIn profile has long listed my occupation as "Portsmouth Enthusiast." I lived in...
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Mayor of Portsmouth expresses formal support of City of Portsmouth,...
Portsmouth's bid for MozCation even caught the attention of the Mayor!I just received an email from Portsmouth's Mayor, Eric Spear that he asked me to share with the good folks of SEOmoz:My office has...
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We did it, guys! Great work by all! Stay tuned for more updates...Full story here:http://mozcationportsmouth.com/mozcation-2012-is-coming-to-portsmouth-nh-really/
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November Looming as I Stretch my Writerly Muscles!
Oh, just look at me... so young, so full of hope and the promise of more words! I was 25 days into NaNoWriMo last year when I took this photo... little I know, then on the precipice of finishing what...
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NaNoWriMo Has Begun, or, The One Where I Decide to Make a Meal Plan...
NaNoWriMo dietThis is apparently what my dinner looks like when I studiously attend to my writing goals instead of life as I normally conduct it... Um, I think I need to do a Ramen and cold cuts run...
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OmmWriter, Rdio, and OpenOffice | NaNoWriMo App LOVE
I'd like to take this time to thank a few apps, without which my NaNo-ing would not be possible—or, at least, without which I'd get much less done, in a much longer timeframe.OmmWriterFirst, the newest...
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Word Cloud and Bon Jovi, or, The One With All The Caffeine
Just in case you're wondering what my novel is about in terms of which words I use the most, here it is!Created on wordle.netYup, that DOES surprise me. No, my novel is NOT about wallabies. They aren't...
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My eyes, My eyes!!! | Eye Fatigue, Brain Fatigue, and NaNoWriMo
Well, I hit 12,000 words about an hour into Writer's Cafe at the Portsmouth Public Library today. My NaNoWriMo 12k word count milestone reward was another Wordle:wordle.netAhh, how the mighty wallaby...
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No... Time... Must... Keep... NaNoWriMo -ing!
Wordle25,120 down.24, 880 to go. In four more days.I have no spare words right now...Wish me luck!
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#winning NaNoWriMo 2012!
NaNoWriMo, you really took it out of me this month; my everything hurts.But man, was it worth it! I can't believe I actually finished—writing the last 13,556 words in under 6 hours this evening and...
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Fixing Lion's iCal View, or, the One with No Overlaps
If your schedule has overlapping entries, and you are running Lion and using iCal on a desktop, you have likely run into the frustrations of Lion's frustratingly inept way of displaying...
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#ever123 | How to Use Evernote to Organize Your Life
Oh boyohboyohboy! Finally! A chance to evangelize Evernote to more than just random startled passersby!http://bit.ly/ever1-23Awww yeah!I actually wrote part of my script for this presentation into my...
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10 Apps You Need on Your First Smartphone, or, Getting Started with the iPhone 4
This post is for my lovely colleague, @thenotoriousNME, who just upgraded to the iPhone 4 from a phone model not to be named... let's just say it was a flip phone... Anyhoo, I figured I'd post my top...
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#ever123: How To Use Evernote to Organize Your Life, bloggified!
#ever123 has come and gone, and I trust that the attendees are all uploading, clipping, dragging and dropping the detritus of their lives into their very own Evernote accounts as we speak.In case you...
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Advice about snowstorms: MAKE stuff and things!
In the same spirit of this cool piece at 3S Artspace, I scribbled this down while the flakes began to fall during last weekend's impending blizzard. So did I? Why yes! I made:- a large transfer of...
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What The Words Taught Me About Writing | Steal Your Heroes' Words
It's hard to find a place to start writing when you've been out of practice. As alluded to in the oft-quoted and posterified snippet from Ira Glass, there's a level of taste that any writer has that...
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Sand in My Bailey Bag, a poem.
Sand in my Bailey BagSquinting—the best kind of squintingAgainst sun and sand and saltMarch's cold wind turns to Malaki zephyr Ice—shaved lilikoi and pineapple No Daylight Savings leaping aheadDaylight...
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Keeping #4sqDay Community Spirit Alive!
From my post over on 4sqDay.com, about keeping the 4sqDay spirit of community alive year round!We Foursquare lovers look forward to April 16th all year. Not only can we get cool specials and swag at...
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EXCLUSIVE: Memorial Bridge Illumination Project Letter to the Editor
I am writing in response to several recent letters to the editor about the Memorial Bridge Illumination Project which are rooted in misinformation that I hope to correct here.1.) This project is fully...
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Reenergize Your Writing with Cool New Tools
I've been working on a lot of writing projects lately, and I'm always on the lookout for new tools to include in my process. In that vein, here's a post I recently wrote for the Seacoast Social Media...
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