Archive for November, 2007

Leisure Reading: Publish & Prosper: Blogging for Your Business

I do not blog for business. Nevertheless I read this book, in the hope of finding some good blogging ideas.
The book does provide insights on how a company should blog. It persuades managers to deviate from the conventional goal setting business model and just kick start company blogging. Many successful, income generating company blogs […]

Leisure Reading: Fundamentals of X Programming

I came across the book in a library. The book reminds me of an old TV show…
In 80s, when personal computers started to become household machines, there was a TV show in Hong Kong called something like “Know the Computer” (I do not really remember). It meant to be a program introducing the computer basics […]

Run 3 Miles

This is a personal record again. Today I ran for 3 miles in 37 minutes on a treadmill. I started from 4 miles/hr, increased to 6 miles/hr peak. I am still unable to run more than once a week.

How to Write Hyperlinks in Web Articles

I am not sure on how to write hyperlinks. So I searched the web and found some useful guidelines.

Fewer Links in Web Articles, Better

I search for online writing guides and find this:
Links are a distraction. It is pointless to write a paragraph and then fill it with invitations to your reader to go elsewhere.
- Web Style Guide (webstyleguide.com/style/links.html)

Links are so inviting to click. The Beethoven page from Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) goes like this:

Born in Bonn, Germany, he moved to […]