Muskblog: Homesteading the Internet since 1995

I wasn’t the first to say it, but it is something I’ve noticed for a long time in my own social media usage, Twitter is #winning. Twitter has gotten a lot of credit for breaking news stories, for helping activists and rebels organize, and now it has become the favourite of marketers and sports fans. [...]

Notice I wrote “self publishing” not “blogging”, the world wide web always had the concept of self publishing and user created content. Everyone was supposed to learn HTML and have a home page. It is only with the rise of blogging, social media, and various web services that self publishing has become so easy that [...]

The other morning while lying in bed I recalled one of the themes I’ve returned to over and over in my blogging, I’ve tried to pass on advice, experience, wisdom, techniques, even the essence of quality writing.  After years of verbal diarrhea here at Muskblog and a couple university degrees I’ve written more than my [...]

Ten brief tips to improve your writing. I’ve presented them in the order they appeared in the original piece but in an easier to digest format for those with limited attention spans or those pressed for time. If you want to be a better writer, at some point you’re going to have to learn some [...]

In an effort to improve relations with my Sauder MBA classmates and to improve the quality of my blog, I’ve gone back in time a couple months and removed some of the negativity. I didn’t delete any posts and some negativity remains but I’m trying… If you’ve been reading my blog for a year or [...]