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The Devil Wore Talbots
During my recent vacation, I found myself watching a lot of movies on the gazillion movie channels in our condo. One of them that I watched almost the whole way through was “The Devil Wears Prada.” I really enjoyed the book as an escapist read, and the movie fits the bill as well. If you’ve …
And now for something completely different
Dear friends and family, Hi, it’s Ellen. How are ya? The family is all doing great. I’m writing this because I have a few things I really need to get off my chest. You know those emails you keep sending me? The ones about that kid with cancer in England who needs the get well cards to …
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
When I started this blog, I really wasn’t sure what form it would take. I watched how our publisher Joe Wikert went from starting a blog at the insistence of author Robert Scoble (because how could he sign with a publishing house where the publisher wasn’t blogging) to finding his voice and making a positive …
Fancy meeting you here
My thanks to Katie for informing me about the “blog stats” feature on WordPress. I had been using Sitemeter, but that service gives you different feedback than WordPress itself can provide. The most fascinating thing for me to see is what search terms are bringing people to this site. Some make total sense – searchers wondering …
Social Networking a go-go
In my last post, Facebook vs. MySpace « Confessions of an IT Girl, Constance took the time to post comments and they seemed worthy of a blog entry of their own. To take a step back, I’ve been playing with Facebook and Myspace, and in reality, it’s been just that. Myspace was fun at first, …
Facebook vs. MySpace
As if I was even cool enough (enuf?) to be having this discussion. Part of my job marketing technology books enables me having more than a passing knowledge of the latest and greatest in social networking sites. So for the past few months, I’ve been playing around with Myspace. It’s been good but certainly at …
Publishing Careers
Joe Wikert just blogged about a new blog called Publishing Careers. That got me thinking. It’s the season of the summer intern here at Wiley, and if we haven’t scared these youngins away, they might actually think about a job, even a career in this crazy mixed up business. I for one wholeheartedly enjoy having the …
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