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I'm Bill Wren, a writer-editor, social media enthusiast in Fredericton, New Brunswick. And that would be my dog, Molly Bloom, as a logo in the header. -
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Tag Archives: reading
Get to the point
Get to your point immediately or readers will abandon you. This is especially so online. No one is willing to plow through that first little bit you write to guide a reader into your subject. It is “now or never” … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged block of text, blogger, chunk, clausal, content, Language, no-no, People, reading, Usability, User experience, word block, words, writelife
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How social is social media?
This is a question I’ve been mulling over a while now. I know social media is social but I wonder if it isn’t social in a way that displaces – or perhaps the correct word is “replaces” – another form … Continue reading
Posted in Social media
Tagged cone of silence, content, disability, facebook, get smart, media tools, People, personal quality, reading, real people, smartphones, sociability, Social media, television, twitter, writelife
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The awful truth about being brief
Being brief takes time. That is the awful truth. You would think brevity would take less time. It is, after all, brief. The reality, however, is that it takes more time; at least it does if you intend to write … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Writing
Tagged awful truth, blog, brevity, Chris Brogan, piddleville, posts, reading, traffic, words, Writing
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