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Tech Digest: Top 10 ways to diss someone in a Web 2.0 stylee

Who says list posts are dead? Tech Digest’s Stuart Dredge posted a hilarious “Top 10 ways to diss someone in a Web 2.0 style” and while it won’t bring down the whole list post genre, it might make you shoot milk/tea/cola/beer out your nose.
Here are #2, #3 and #4:
2. Gather a group of friends [...]

Posted 03 January 2007 † Tom Chandler § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Senior Copywriter Wanted

I’ll say this right up front: it plumps the ego when a recruiter calls, even when the job isn’t for you.
Still, Coldwater Creek - a growing women’s clothing catalog operation - is looking for a senior-level copywriter at their Sandpoint, Idaho location.
Willing to relocate? Small-town life in northern Idaho sound attractive?
Check out their site. Then [...]

Posted 03 January 2007 † Tom Chandler § ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged:

The Technology is Totally Reliable. Failure is Impossi

For no discernible reason save the fact I needed to sleep instead of troubleshooting until after midnight, I discovered this blog’s FeedBurner RSS feed stopped working on December 14.

Many of you who exclusively read RSS feeds must have been wondering who I paid to get on the ”Top 10″ writer’s blog list when I only posted [...]

Posted 31 December 2006 † Tom Chandler § ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

The Writer’s Almanac: Quality Writing, Delivered Daily

Garrison Keillor has long been a favorite writer.
His novels and essays are undeniably witty, his characters superb, and he’s been writing the weekly Prairie Home Companion radio show for so many years that the depth of his imagination can’t be questioned.
For years, I’ve been listening to Internet broadcasts of his daily The Writer’s Almanac - [...]

Posted 29 December 2006 † Tom Chandler § Writing ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged:

Five More Things About Me You Didn’t Know

I got tagged by Michael Stelzner (of Writing White Papers) to reveal five things about myself that you probably don’t know.
You can read his five deep, dark secrets here, though they’re not quite felony material (I liked the worms story, but c’mon Michael, there’s gotta be a dark underbelly there somewhere).
What Michael doesn’t know is:
I’ve already [...]

Posted 26 December 2006 † Tom Chandler § Blogging ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged:

Merry Christmas From the Underground!

A Merry Christmas to all readers of the Copywriter Underground!
For those who want to hear yet one more piece of Christmas music, here’s a very hip tune from Santa and the Reindeers.
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Posted 25 December 2006 † Tom Chandler § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Office Max Invites You to Elf Yourself

It’s pure viral marketing fun; Office Max invites you to upload your picture and become a dancing elf.
You don’t want to be an elf? Look at it as an easy way to lose a few pounds.
It’s a creative viral marketing technique - the kind I wish I’d envisioned and pitched to my clients.
Still, maybe this [...]

Posted 19 December 2006 † Tom Chandler § ‡ Comments (16) ° Tagged:

What Will You Drink When You’re a Famous Writer?

NPR posted a list of famous writers and their preferred alcoholic beverages from the Hemingway and Bailey’s Bartending Guide. A quick glance suggests I’m way behind on the “colorful drinking story” front.
In fact, I’m looking a the boring cup of hot tea sitting by my keyboard and realizing I need to develop some quirky drinking [...]

Posted 18 December 2006 † Tom Chandler § Writing ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Seconds To Post Before I Go: Writer’s Rights

Speed posting is never a good idea.
And since I’m currently halfway out the door (check my Trout Underground blog to see why, though you can probably guess from the title), I’ll keep this short and minimize the chance for embarassment.
Detective Carson
Carson at Content Done Better unravels the weird dual “original content needed” post story, which [...]

Posted 08 December 2006 † Tom Chandler § Copywriting ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Norman MacLean’s Lost Masterpiece

Any writer who has ever been yanked around by a publisher or treated rudely an editor will find the following irresistible.
Norman MacLean was the author of A River Runs Throught It - a brilliant short story that became an excellent movie. This letter was written in 1981 to Charles Elliott of Alfred A. Knopf publishers.
Knopf [...]

Posted 07 December 2006 † Tom Chandler § Writing ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: