Apr

24

Free Beer? Not From Most Brochure Sites

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Yesterday Cre8asite had a brief fling with free beer.

I believe that the ability of a title tag and description tag to pull an unusual number of clicks in the SERPs is one of the most powerful parts of SEO. It can certainly yield traffic, put people in a certain mood… and the search engines might [...]

Mar

10

No Rest For The Dyslexic

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Yesterday, or earlier today, or at some point before I got going this yesterday morning… scratch that. Starting over: I re-set my clock for daylight savings time. Or I thought I did. In reality, I set it an hour behind when I was supposed to set it an hour ahead - [...]

Feb

20

Creative Blogging: Plans Versus Experience

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In my past life there was a time when I drew every day. I had dedicated studio space where anywhere from ten to thirty drawings would be tacked to the “good light” part of the wall that was reserved for work in progress. A series of drawings or paintings would start off unified [...]

Feb

16

Random Bytes On Naked Blogging

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How much self disclosure is too much?
Some is essential, because readers need a degree of background information, and not only on the facts and logistics of a non-personal issue. As long as I want to communicate why I care, there will be times when I’ll need to reveal myself.
I worry that speaking [...]

Feb

3

Breaking the Mold Without Breaking Myself

Filed Under Blogging, The Meaning of Life, Writing | 3 Comments

Creativity is a bit like a butterfly net. A butterfly net can be a tool, an unused artifact, a source of silly visual jokes and metaphors - determining its significance requires perspective. Most of us don’t have a butterfly net on hand at any given moment, and a net doesn’t do much on [...]