Archive for the 'Writing' Category

So, I have gotten on to the GTD bandwagon – trust me, things do get done this way! And it totally suits my list making, note taking, micro-manage everything kind of nature – and I am happy!
But then, again, without an app to help me do it all, I would be totally lost, now wouldn’t [...]

Installing Snow Leopard

Well… as the world knows it, today was the day that Snow Leopard was officially released worldwide.
Of course, I had pre-ordered it, and was waiting for the CD since early morning.
Post breakfast, I sat down and systematically backed up all my data – you know, just in case… I do come from the Windoze part [...]

I never thought that I would do a follow-up post after my previous post about Writing Online In The Cloud, but then I kinda stumbled on this new site. Adobe has launched Acrobat.Com – a website which uses your Adobe Id to give you access to a number of online tools – and all that [...]

This is exactly what I mean by Dreaming Up the Good Stuff!

Five dream discoveries
Scientists believe that a nap can boost creative thought and help problem-solving. So what major breakthroughs in science and the arts have been made during sleep? The old adage “I’ll sleep on it” may have some truth in

[From BBC NEWS [...]

As a writer who spends a lot of time online, and writing for online media, I have recently stumbled upon several websites which offer a few great facilities which can make life really smooth and amazing for someone like me. In this blog post, I am going to attempt to review some of these sites [...]

Well, after the previous post regarding the different tools I use in the daily course of my life as a writer on the Internet, I went into a semi-despondency-like state… after all, so many things in my life were falling into place, except for a few things which I was used to, and so, kinda [...]

An interesting article (Link posted below) caught my eye while doing my normal feed-reading routine!
A Drive-Thru the Oddities of the English Language
Check it out … am quoting some excerpts below:

And these are (the best of) what I can come up with – signs, words and phrases that you might want to take a second look [...]

Well, remember my earlier post about quitting smoking?
Yeah! Well… guess what this post is all about, then?
Am back to smoking – however, am not smoking all those many cigarettes as I used to before – but am back nevertheless….
Am not ashamed of this – but it is certainly something worth exploring ….
Somehow, my mind [...]

As a writer you tend to see(k) stories all around you. And you would go to several lengths in order to get to those stories and to find out more about these stories in particular.
Now, don’t get me wrong – I am not some kind of a person who thrives on gossip – it’s [...]

Inspiration is all over the place – but, sometimes, nothing manages to turn on the spark! This is what happens to us sometimes – and we tend to call it ‘Writer’s Block’ or something like that.
Inspiration is all that we need to get us started. It makes us go from 0 to 100 in 2 [...]