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Three questions people ask me each week
| Jul 1, 2015
Benefits of tool diversity, part II
| Aug 7, 2014
The part of the brain you should listen to when writing
| Jul 16, 2014
Asking questions is more important than finding answers -- why?
| Apr 27, 2012
Guest Post: Is Technical Writing Creative?
| Mar 14, 2012
A Lifetime of Reading Versus a Lifetime of Writing
| Jan 13, 2012
What I've Learned from Lunchtime Creative Writing Workshops
| Sep 30, 2011
My Problem with Fiction, and How I Tried to Resolve It
| Aug 11, 2011
Presentations Versus Conversations
| Jun 17, 2011
What Does It Mean to Be Innovative?
| May 24, 2011
I am perhaps finishing my basement, someday
| Feb 23, 2011
*Don't know how you do it all*: Some Thoughts on Productivity
| Jan 11, 2011
Content Curation versus Content Creation
| Dec 22, 2010
Being Contrarian
| Oct 29, 2010
New Baby Molly
| Sep 3, 2010
I miss working with my hands
| Aug 25, 2010
Problem Solving and Sprinkler Repair
| Jul 15, 2010
Breaking Things as a Form of Creativity
| Jul 1, 2010
The Compulsion to Figure Things Out
| Apr 30, 2010
The Long Tail Applied to Writing
| Apr 20, 2010
Comparing Creative Writing with Technical Writing (2 min Videocast)
| Apr 1, 2010
What You Cannot Do Sitting Down
| Dec 24, 2009
Removing ice from a driveway is like .... everything
| Dec 19, 2009
Theme Parks and External and Internal Input
| Nov 5, 2009
NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo Start Nov 1
| Nov 1, 2009
Forms of Play
| Oct 16, 2009
Being boring (Sins of blogging)
| Oct 13, 2009
Choosing Between Academic and Corporate Life: Did I Make the Wrong Choice?
| Oct 10, 2009
Being irrelevant (Sins of blogging)
| Oct 4, 2009
My STC Summit Blogging Presentation Is Free
| Oct 1, 2009
"Tell me a story" -- Advice from Writers
| Sep 17, 2009
Writing as Conversation -- Brainsparks Podcast with Ginny Redish
| Sep 5, 2009
Creativity in the Workplace
| Sep 1, 2009
Avoiding the Shut Down Mode
| Aug 30, 2009
The Link Between Creativity and Organization
| Aug 15, 2009
Write When Inspired, Rest When Tired
| Aug 10, 2009
Blogging as an Outlet for Technical Writers
| Jul 31, 2009
My Guest Post on Unstoppability for DMN Communications
| Jul 22, 2009
If You're a Writer, Write
| Jul 13, 2009
Seeing the World in Clearer, Simpler Ways
| Jun 22, 2009
Thinking About Vienna and the Legacy of Mozart
| Jun 7, 2009
Drawing as a Tool for Thinking: The Back of the Napkin
| May 19, 2009
Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and the Real Reason You Are a Successful Writer
| May 13, 2009
The Wind and A Lot of Thoughts About Pessimism and Optimism
| Apr 21, 2009
What to Blog/Write About
| Apr 15, 2009
Introduction to Technical Writing (podcast)
| Mar 24, 2009
"Like My Own Personal Brand of Heroin"
| Mar 10, 2009
The Pleasure of Language -- Essential Listening for Hyper-corrective Grammarians
| Jan 2, 2009
What I See -- James Hall's Essays and Florida
| Dec 21, 2008
Writers See Stories Where Others Don't
| Dec 7, 2008
Snippets Toward a Philosophy of Life
| Nov 28, 2008
Usability Newsletter Interview – I'd Rather Be Writing – The Man Behind the Words
| Nov 17, 2008
Answering Reader's Questions: 'My Desire to Write Burns in My Heart Daily'
| Oct 7, 2008
Ten Technical Writing Stereotypes
| Sep 28, 2008
The Intersection of the Personal and Professional, or, Why My Attempts at Nonfiction Essays in Grad School Bombed
| Jul 5, 2008
Keep an Open Mind: Detention Without Amanda Jones Isn't Necessarily Bad
| Apr 8, 2008
Lots of 2008 SXSW Podcasts Now Available
| Mar 10, 2008
Two Types of Posts in the Blogosphere: Knowledge Posts and Creative Posts
| Mar 7, 2008
Stoking the Creative Muse: How Finding Ideas to Write About Is Similar to Remembering Your Dreams
| Feb 29, 2008
Brain Waves and the Stimulation of Motivation/Creativity
| Nov 1, 2007
Evening Fishing at the North Pier
| Jul 7, 2007
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