And Google continues to deliver. Google Docs and Spreadsheets just got a spiffy new look and I’m loving it.
The once lame documents list is now sporting an Explorer-type folders and documents allowing you to see how your documents are organized. Folders have replaced your tags. For some reason, it brings familiarity back to management. [...]

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Love letters = cheesy. Okay, so love letters isn’t exactly Web 2.0. I actually know of only a handful of guys (or girls) who’d go out of their way to write their beloved a tender note. Doing an informal survey of my female friends, they do assure me that a tender love note once in [...]

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David, over at Blogging Pro, posted this interesting bit for probloggers (like myself) who need to catch up and meet that post quota. It actually features this bit from Bloggers 4 Hire and these important tips.

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I remember this article on Network World some time ago - Telecommute. Kill a career?
Three months as a problogger, I start to reflect about it. Prior to this blogging gig, I was building a career as a marketing manager for an IT firm and I also served as a web content consultant. Now I’m a [...]

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It doesn’t matter if you’ve written the great American novel or just want to publish a coffee table book filled with pictures of your cats, you can easily, and affordably self publish your book thanks to the wonders of POD printing.
What is POD mean?
Print. On. Demand.
POD printing is actually making its way through several [...]

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We’ve already got some how-tos on writing novels and blogs so I now put in some supplemental tips and ideas on writing. Remember, writing is a discipline. You develop your skills in time. There’s not better tip than to write and write. The following are tips to help you get started.

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Sometime, when you’re in a creative slump, it’s really hard to come up with ideas. For someone who needs it for a living (writers, bloggers, and other people in creative work), it’s like hitting a solid brick wall. And it’s quite frustrating most of the time. Overcoming that block is quite tough too. Some argue [...]

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Writing a novel couldn’t be easier.
What?
Really, it couldn’t. I didn’t say writing a GOOD novel was easy…but the process of actually writing a novel is very simple. You write words. Everyday. For a long time.
I know that sounds like an over simplification at first…but really - it’s not. Let [...]

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Blogging is very simple. It can seem complicated, and there is truly enough information to write an entire book (or two) on the subject, but if you’re looking to start blogging - you can actually get started in just a few minutes.
If you’re looking to to start a career blogging…well…that’s going to take [...]

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Business letters are quite effective in getting points across. It also serves different purposes depending on the reasons behind the writing. In any case, writing a good one is common across these purposes so better beef up your writing skills when writing one.
Here’s a follow-up to my tips on planning a letter or a [...]

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A couple of days ago, I wrote an article on How to Apply for a Job. I placed the resume as one of the important things one should prepare for. Your resume increases your chances of landing an assessment or interview - a step in landing your dream job.
Personally, I’m more keen on making [...]

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Academic research is the type of research that results in writing a paper that either presents information or argues a position. This pretty much differs from practical research like if you plan to do reviews for gadgets, movies, music albums…
Academic research may start with a bit of Googling. To find some relevant books and [...]

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In relation with the use of StumbleUpon, I’m starting this series on good web finds - sites that you might find interesting and educational just like what I did with YouTube. But there’s a whole lot of unchartered territory out there and I thought I’d expand it to
First raid captive - Visuwords. There [...]

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Project Gutenberg has helped a great many of us obtain open domain texts. Practically free books online (some priced at $20 in print, take five books and that’s a good hundred bucks). But reading plain text can be really a bore.
Here’s yet another good freeware that lets you read those plain text e-books book [...]

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Google Apps for Your Domain is the collection of Google applications (already in circulation) that you can freely post on your domain. Much like this one:

It really helps small organizations provide Google services for all its users. So far, it features:

Custom Start Page
Gmail
Google Talk
Google Calendar
Google Page Creator

Now news has it that Google [...]

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