The Marq

DECEMBER 24, 2009

What I Don’t Like, Even Hate I’ve noticed some very distinct quirks about the device. This doesn’t happen every time, but almost. The problem with a Hard Reset is that it wipes not only all of your data, but also all applications that weren’t installed at factory. It just shuts itself off and restarts.

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The Marq

DECEMBER 3, 2009

I didn’t purchase it until Sprint of 2009. What I Don’t Like I believe the phone was designed with the light non-business user in mind. What’s worse is that as the keyboard is getting more use, it’s not as sensitive. So, browsing through that list typing one character at a time is not that pleasant.

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The Marq

JANUARY 7, 2010

The Tasks in Google Calendar is measly and doesn’t have the ability to set priorities, recurring tasks, and, most importantly, synch with my phone. However, I couldn’t find a good use for it. Albeit, Google Docs don’t allow me to add voice notes or bookmarks as easily as Evernote with its browser plugin.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 12, 2010

You don’t want ideas to get lost in your attic. In one of the first Holmes stories ever written, Holmes described how he came to have such a clever brain: I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. Stephen King doesn’t write much crap anymore.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 20, 2010

Now, when I say ‘don’t write’, I don’t mean you should take a break or get away from the keyboard for a day. When I say ‘don’t write’, I mean you should stop writing and start listening to what you’ve written. Don’t roll your eyes that way. Or are you?

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

So I won’t say it. You can’t make me. You bashed monsters by hitting keys on your keyboard whilst wondering if you could hook up a nodding bird à la Homer Simpson. But self-discipline only gets you so far, and it isn’t going to make you a great writer. Until then, read and enjoy. It was called grinding.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2010

It wasn’t very good. I tried writing the mid-sections first, thinking I’d work on the intro after, but that didn’t help. I couldn’t write easily, and it felt like a dirty little secret. That didn’t help. “No wonder I can’t write! I couldn’t write. I could write. Real hard.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 27, 2010

No delicate tippy-tapping on the keyboard for me. They often don’t realize that the same words said aloud in a meeting room would be incredibly insulting in text. I won’t do the same next time. I was riled up. Bang” out a response is probably more appropriate. This guy had just insulted me. You don’t need that.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I am not a freelancer as such but I do work from home and I’ve training my boss and colleagues to stop arranging meetings after 4pm (still working on that one), I’ve been forcing myself to step away from the keyboard and to stop checking work emails after hours. You have plenty of time left for that client. And you know what?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

It shouldn’t have surprise me at all, really – I’ve been writing six to ten blog posts a week, every week, for at least eighteen months. The problem was that I couldn’t see how I’d improved. The problem was that I couldn’t see how I’d improved. We stare at blank screens. We chew pencils.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 30, 2010

Your mind isn’t a computer, and treating it like it can process data endlessly is a great way to ensure brain drain. Don’t underestimate the effect of socialization on your psyche, and the subsequent effect of your attitude and mental state on your writing. For starters, institute a schedule and stick to it.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

You see, celebrity-stardom aside, Kevin Parent is just a guy who lived through many of the same struggles you’ve had (or are having), from pursuing a creative career to building an audience to despairing you won’t make it to rejoicing you will to contemplating giving it all up. You can’t live on thin air. Wait, what?!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 14, 2010

No, really, I don’t. And isn’t that part of why you read this in the first place? Even if you can’t flesh it out right away, you have all these bits and pieces of information stored somewhere. Even if you can’t flesh it out right away, you have all these bits and pieces of information stored somewhere.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 27, 2010

Admitting that your sleep patterns are all screwed up and that you can’t hack it? Kind of stupid, don’t you think? But many freelancers just don’t follow that oh-so-simple-and-sage advice. But don’t take my word for it. Doesn’t work? Yes, it hurt. And stop grinning at me.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

…Science fiction is central to everything we’ve ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don’t know what they’re talking about. Most have one thing in common: the authors don’t have the expertise or – perhaps worse – the qualifications to write on the subject.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 21, 2010

It’s fun, but it’s not like I sit at my keyboard, occasionally throwing my arms into the air and squealing, “Wheeeeeee! Exhibit C: Too Smart Mike T. Unfortunately, his subject is complicated, and most people don’t understand terms like “sensorimotor amnesia” or “neuromatrix” or “proprioception” or “nerve glides.”

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

We might uncover ways of doing things that we didn’t see before. We might reveal obstacles we didn’t think of, and then we can talk about how to overcome them. And the problem with that is that even though other people might be louder, that doesn’t make them right. Talk helps create solutions. All by ourselves.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

After all, you don’t need it, right? I didn’t pay attention to what I’d learned. Henri ( @henrijunttila ) December 14, 2009 at 3:33 am I don’t even have a degree, but after reading this it feels like I do. You’ve probably forgotten half of what you learned, too. Is Your Degree Useless?

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