October 2008

Why You SHOULD Have A Messy Desk

by derek on October 23, 2008 · 18 comments

Kelvin Kao, author of this guest post, is a computer programmer (specifically, for mobile applications) and aspiring puppeteer. He writes the Puppet Kaos blog about puppetry and video production, and he also runs a video podcast with the puppet characters he creates. =============================================== Many people will tell you that being organized is how you can [...]

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Most Expensive Things I Can Do Without

by derek on October 22, 2008 · 16 comments

When Derek Semmler issued an open invitation for guest authors, I was really excited to do a post for his site. Also Derek was generous enough to say that the topic could be anything, so I wondered whether to do my usual great prices/discount post or to do one of my list posts. Then I [...]

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Who Says Blondes Get All The Fun?

by derek on October 21, 2008 · 18 comments

I am in no way assuming I am a beautiful person. I am not assuming I am hot either. Or cute. Or all that and a bag of chips. I am writing this guest post for Derek to show all of you how I can get just about what I want. You see, I am [...]

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P Ling is a travel writer for Uptake.com, where he writes about hotels and beaches and stuff. He also authors the Triphow blog, where his hotel and destination reviews earn praise from fellow bloggers like Derek Semmler. So, Derek says he’s going on a family vacation to Disney World, and agreed to let me write [...]

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Q&A Round 6 :: The Answers

by derek on October 17, 2008 · 19 comments

Michael Kwan asks: Are you interested in completely replacing your day job with a career in professional blogging? If so, what steps have you taken and do you plan to take to achieve this goal? Derek: Great question, I have been giving this some thought lately and recently wrote about the idea of blogging as [...]

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