Who started Follow Friday?
Every Friday, Twitters streams all over the world contain messages from Tweeters suggesting worthwhile people to follow. This is typically accompanied by the hashtag #followfriday. Well, this week I...
View ArticleBNET Video “The Venture”: Applications for business
Everyone is increasingly living their lives on a mobile basis, and business owners, more than most, have embraced this trend, running much of their business ‘on the run’. There is a plethora of...
View ArticleAPP PICK: Scrivener – an essential tool for any author
As I’m currently in book-writing mode, I wanted to share a tool with you that I find extremely useful. It’s called Scrivener and you can find it here. First, let me emphasise that I don’t have any...
View ArticleAre you playing The Email Game?
So I’ve been playing a little game with myself. It’s been going on for a while and I thought it was time I shared it with you. It’s called The Email Game. This isn’t a euphemism for anything. It’s...
View ArticleMake 2015 your most productive year yet
You want to be a productivity ninja, but it seems like no matter how hard you work, your “to do” list doesn’t get any shorter. So how can you achieve your goals and complete all your projects...
View ArticleHow to get those projects out of the “too hard” basket once and for all
We all have one. A “too hard” basket. And, sometimes, there are so many things in the damn basket that it can erode our confidence knowing we could possibly find so many things too hard! So what can...
View ArticleMy new favourite app: Blinkist
See that pile of business books in the corner? Or the library of business books you’ve managed to accumulate on your Kindle? You tell yourself that you’ll get to them one day … when things slow down …...
View ArticleHow writers can use OneNote to save time, streamline research and make life...
As an author and journalist, I’m often interviewing people and researching ideas for stories that I’m writing. I used to have piles of papers everywhere but now collate all my interview MP3s, PDFs,...
View ArticleHow to use the Snip tool to save hours at work
We’re all celebrating right now at the Australian Writers’ Centre because we’ve finally launched our new-look website. If you haven’t had a peek, check it out. We hope it makes your journey with us...
View ArticleTech tip: Drawing on and measuring distances on maps
I'm not always a big fan of the GPS. I grew up without one so I got used to having to look up the Gregory's (or Melways or Refidex, depending on what state you're from) before setting off on a journey....
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