A reporter walks onto Facebook and comes away not understanding social media.

In a couple pieces I read in today’s Boston Globe, writers talked about social media tools in the same way in which reporters - me included - pontificate about other subjects.
A recent feature I wrote for Gatehouse Media allowed me to instruct readers on how to shop for their next television set and what they [...]

Cleaning up the links.

Attention span.
Mine’s short, but I refuse to refer to it as an ADD or ADHD situation as I believe those are mythical conditions created by a lazy physician and parent base. We’ll explore that opinion in another column…if I have enough where-with-all to remember.
My contention today is that it’s time to simplify. Everything. As soon [...]

Complete. 50,008 words and counting.

I’ve completed the Nanowrimo challenge and written my 50K words in the month of November. Now it’s on to editing and smoothing out the manuscript.
I can’t put into words - maybe because I’ve used so many in the past three weeks - how great this feels and how energizing this task has been.
Thanks for your [...]

Freelance Daily. Suzanne Franco. Blogger.

For a couple years now I’ve been getting some of my freelance assignments through Freelance Daily. It’s a newsletter that comes out…wait for it…daily. It offers up a concise aggregate of freelance writing gigs. I love the newsletter and I love that Suzanne has put so much effort into a project that helps so many [...]

Hot water and other thoughts.

Too many columns begin with a recap of the day’s temperature, location in the calendar or relative light or darkness. Not mine. Not today. Today I’m all about confessions. It’s the new, open and transparent Jeff Cutler. Join me as I list a few thoughts I’ve had germinating, ruminating and otherwise rotting in my skull.
I [...]

All Tech Considered. Writer’s report.

You might be overly concerned that I’ve been neglecting this particular blog, and I don’t blame you. I’ve been busy.
With CES 2009 on the horizon and multiple assignments for Gatehouse Media on my plate, finding the time to blog has been tough.
Add to that my NaNoWriMo challenge (which stands now at 29,850 words on my [...]

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