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How Not To Make Friends On Twitter
Image: Telegraph.co.uk I’ve started using a service to monitor who follows and unfollows me on Twitter. Through registering with TwitQuit, I’ve been able to highlight some interesting activity that I wouldn’t otherwise have been aware of. As you might expect, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Politics, Scotland, Sport, Writing
Tagged 6 Nations, Calcutta Cup, debate, discussion, England, Fiction, Football, Internet, media, Murrayfield, poems, Poetry, rugby, Rugby Union, Scotland, Scottish Independence, Six Nations, social, TwitQuit, Twitter, Writing
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Book Sales and Rising
Image: Blogspot Get Over It I felt absolutely downtrodden going to the day job yesterday and it was all down to the thought of missing that blasted Arab Strab gig. It got stupid when people were tweeting they had a … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Video, Writing
Tagged Arab Strap, Baccara Burning, crime, dining out, dinner, drinks, ebook, eBooks, Editing, Family, Fiction, Friday Vid, friends, gig, Glasgow, Leith, meal, Music, Nice n Sleazy, paranormal, Poetry, revising, royalties, sales, Shed Seven, The First Big Weekend, Twitter, Video, Writing
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The Downside of Twitter
Image: Google I’ve talked at length about the benefits I’ve felt since taking up twittering: increased visibility, a widening of networking opportunities, marketability, etc., and I’ll continue to use the medium for all of those reasons, as well as the … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Editorial Comment, Publishing and Marketing, UK
Tagged 3 Ebook deal, Arab Strap, Books, charity, Chas Stramash, crime fiction, eBooks, exhibition, Fiction, novels, Poetry, rumours, social media, speculation, Tiger Tim, Tim Stevens, Trees for Life, Twitter
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The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Image: DofE.org The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme seems to have gained unfashionable status lately, and I’m not sure why. It’s a scheme that’s been running with the Duke of Edinburgh as Chairman since 1965, and can take participants up … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Editorial Comment, Poetry, Writing
Tagged bookshop, chapbooks, charity, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, expedition, hospital, Johnstone, Leith, Poetry, Prince Philip, Silly Poems for Wee People, social skills, teenagers, Twitter, volunteering, Writing, youngsters, youth
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The Power of Twitter and SEO
Image: Glasgow City Council Tweet Power The power of Twitter and SEO, if I ever needed to see it for myself, happened to this blog over the last couple of days. This my blog received three months worth of hits … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, I.T., Music, Writing
Tagged Aidan Moffat, Apple, Book Festival, Books, charity exhibition, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, eBooks, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Family, gig review, haiku, iMac, London riots, Man in the East, Manchester riots, money off, Music, Poetry, Rangers fans, Reading, rioting, riots, SEO, social media, special offer, Trees for Life, tweets, Twitter, UEFA Cup Final, UK riots
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Setting Up Podcast Technology
Image: articalwiki.com Podcasting I had to be in the day job early doors yesterday so never got anything done prior to then, so I threw myself into getting the podcast software setup for the book festival project. I’m using a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, I.T., Writing
Tagged Book Festival, Books, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, debate, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, iPhone, iTunes, microphone, newsletter, podcast, Podpress, rain, Reading, Scottish weather, Story Shop, summer, The Patter, Twitter, Wordpress, XML feed
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Sarah Palin: American Ambassador
Image: The Periscope Post Sarah Palin is for Real Twitter throws up the most amazing things sometimes. Occasionally you pick up something someone has said and it totally connects, other times you feel like you want to throttle someone for … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Poetry, Politics, Scotland, Writing
Tagged America, Americans, Democrats, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, extremists, Guardian, IRA, Jihad, Kids' Poems, Leith, Mafioso, Muslim, notebook, Osama Bin Laden, Paul Auster, poems, Poetry, Politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Scotland, Scottish Parliamentary election, The Red Notebook, Twitter, United Nations, USA, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Not Even Hurricane Bawbag Can Squelch the Scottish Humour
Image: Spoof Yesterday was probably one of the most exciting days Scotland has had with regards to the weather, in decades. And while the aftermath of the storm will mean a lot of cleaning and tidying up, in true Scottish … Continue reading →