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I had a walk back through memory lane. This revisiting was mostly of my old posts — circa 2008 and 2009. It’s quite interesting how much one evolves in a span of three years, in terms of writing. Back then, I managed the Blog Herald and Performancing, and I offered writing- and blogging-related tips and [...]

Writers have quirks. It’s a fact of life. In fact, I can say that everyone has quirks. One way or another, you have certain habits, lifestyle choices, or even simple mannerisms that set you apart from everyone else. When you work in a supposedly creative setting, you want everything to be in place so you [...]

photo credit: rahady The first time I used a word processor was in the late 1980′s (or early 1990′s). Back then, WordStar was the most popular option, at least to my knowledge. I was fortunate enough to experience something that I think was better, though. The IBM compatible I used at work came preloaded with [...]

photo credit: Mel B. A recent study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project suggests that young people have grown bored with blogging. Meanwhile, the use of social networking applications (except Twitter) has been on the rise. Is this yet another indication of a fickle population with a very short attention span? While blogging [...]

photo credit: Anonymous Account Thomas Edison said that genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. I can say that much is the same with creativity. You can only get so far with inspiration, but you actually have to do something about it in order to actually be creative. Creativity involves both the output [...]

photo credit: Thoth, God of Knowledge They say you are what you eat. I think I must agree with the proverbial all-knowing they. If you listened to your high school biology teacher closely enough, you would learn that when we digest our food, our bodies would then break these into tiny little bits that somehow [...]

photo credit: Axel Bührmann Perhaps at one time or another you’ve come across blog posts or articles about how to succeed in blogging. One common advice that people who have met success in blogging would give you is probably this: that you should write, write and write. True enough, successful blogging entails consistency. If you [...]

Oftentimes when I’ve finished drafting a blog post, I think long and hard before I hit the publish button. I wonder whether my post makes sense at all. I wonder if it will hit some nerves. I wonder if I have made mistakes. I wonder if people will critique and criticize. And then in a [...]

There was a stage in my life a few weeks back when I had the luxury of sitting down in front of my laptop in the morning, sipping coffee, and posting on this very blog. These could be observations, anecdotes, opinions, or editorials on just about anything relevant. I was, as I said a while [...]

My family is fond of watching cooking shows on the Food Network. Oftentimes, our favorite ones are those featuring Giada di Laurentiis. For some reason, whenever she cooks, prepares or even eats food on her shows, it’s not only the visual and auditory senses that get stimulated. But you feel as if you’re actually smelling [...]