A bicycle for the mind
Daylight savings ain’t good for the soul. The one hour spring-forwards has messed with my body clock and I’ve felt groggy all week.
Writing
Writing tips to help you — and your business — find clarity.
Emails that get designers fired
Simple rules to help designers write better emails. And why you should never email in anger.
Why You Should Write
Writing is like flossing... even though we know the health benefits, we make excuses not to do it. Here are some tips and tricks to get you started with the...
Dictating, Writing, Hiking.
Solutions to the problem of writer's block are legion. The funny thing is that people don't often get stuck for words when mid conversation; words tend to just come out....
Fewer, shorter, better emails.
How to write more effective business emails, or eliminate them altogether. It’s all too easy to fire off an email. Compose. To. Subject. Message. Send. The problem lies at the...
The accountability hacks I used to blog 30,000 words in 30 days, and what it taught me about writing
If Aristotle was on point and “We are what we repeatedly do”, then to be a writer all you need to do is write.
I’ve been having a staring match with my garden shed
Every time I’ve looked out of my bedroom window for the past few weeks, my shed has been there, unblinkingly transmitting this thought into my mind: “You need somewhere to...
If it sounds like writing, rewrite it.
What would I say to you if you were sitting opposite from me right now? (assuming I'm not having an 'introverted' moment). It's hard to say in advance... but hopefully...
If you want to be a writer, writing is not a choice
A late night ramble about writing.
The art of authenticity: meet the brands using storydoing to plug directly into their customer’s hearts
First things first: I’m in a hurry to get this article online before the concept of “storydoing” gets picked up by marketeers and bludgeoned to within an inch of its...
Bloggers — there’s an “i” in niche, and it’s you
I just read a post on Paid to Exist about creating your own niche rather than choosing an existing one: When you stop playing other people’s game and stop competing on other...
Announcing a writing challenge mashup: 30 days of writing x Teach everything you know
Enough is enough. I'm calling time on my self-induced self-helping self-discovery gluttony. After almost two years of reading endless self-help books and self-development blogs, I've consumed the opinions of hundreds...
10 kinds of writing to experiment with on a daily basis
Ok, I know what you’re thinking: does this guy really do ten different kinds of writing every day? Nope! But I might end up putting pen to paper in 3 or...
How to write an opening sentence
If you over-think your article's headline, there's a danger you might forget the importance of what comes next — the opening sentence. (Note to self: you need to brush up on...
What does a Hacker News traffic spike look like?
It’s only recently that I’ve discovered the wealth of articles and discussions on Hacker News, the social news forum of the Silicon Valley startup incubator Y Combinator.</p><p>So when I posted my “100 mile bike...
23 things I learnt about blogging in 2012
With CycleLove approaching its first birthday (and no doubt some teething pains and temper tantrums imminent), it seemed like a sensible time to recap on lessons learned over the course...
If it’s waking you up, try writing it down
If you're losing sleep because you can't stop thinking about something, here's a disarmingly simple tip from Chris Guillebeau, author of The Art of Non-Conformity and The $100 Startup. I kept waking up...