John Scalzi

Social Media: Metrics for shortened URL’s

September 18, 2009 Nerd

I realize I haven’t been living up to my "nerd" end of the bargain.  Plenty of writing, film and nostalgic posts, but no real geekery of any sort.  In order to remedy this, I wanted to dig into a useful social media feature you might be unaware of.   The rise of Twitter & shortened [...]

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Realities of the writing life

July 19, 2009 Writing

Expectations are a tricky thing.   It’s amazing to see in the professional world that when you tell a client something will go wrong beforehand they’re usually ok about it, but when you don’t and it does, they flip the fuck out.  Missed expectations can pack an emotional wallop greater than anything directly hurtful so it’s [...]

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WordPress Plugins

June 6, 2009 Wordpress

Over the years I’ve indulged in many different blogs, some personal, most irreverent and all hosted by someone else.  Geocities, LiveJournal, Blogger, the list goes on.  Every attempt cloaked under a pseudonym, they all eventually ran out of steam.  It was either writing in a vacuum that caused the demise or lack of desire.  Some [...]

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Author Blogs

April 30, 2009 Writing

As the world gets more wired there are those using this medium to better connect with their audience.  Musicians, Writers, and Movie Stars are just a small example of those engaging in a dialogue with their fans.  For some this is the closest they can get to a personal relationship with those they admire.  For [...]

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