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How to get the most out of Scrivener Composition Mode 18 Aug 2013 | 12:36 pm
It has so many features that it’s hard for anyone to pick their favourite part of Scrivener, the writing software that has been adopted by everyone from amateurs to professional authors. But one popul...
How I made a website behave more like a book 9 Jul 2013 | 12:38 am
I’ve been idly sketching ideas vague ideas for a redesign of my blog this week, and found myself heading down a well-worn route. A blog (I said to myself) is really nothing more than a collection of t...
Learning to write more proper 16 Jun 2013 | 11:04 pm
This weekend I completed my third online course provided via the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provider, Coursera. After the lengthier Fantasy/Sci-Fi and Film Theory classes I took in the last twe...
How to fix your screen resolution in Windows on your 27″ iMac 15 Apr 2013 | 11:24 am
When I installed Windows 7 on my new 27″ iMac, there was one glaring problem. The screen resolution — a glorious 2560 by 1440 on OSX — would only go up to a maximum of 1600 by 1200 on Windows, resulti...
Getting ‘Getting Things Done’ things done 14 Apr 2013 | 10:49 pm
At the start of 2012, one of the things I stated I would do was get a handle on my personal time and project management through implementing a definitive GTD process. Twelve months later, I was still ...
Sound and colour in Hollywood, another online course 10 Mar 2013 | 10:41 pm
Today I completed another online course, this time on the development of sound and colour in Hollywood cinema. It was half the duration of my last one, so it seems to have gone by rather fast, particu...
Nietzsche on critique 5 Mar 2013 | 02:06 pm
I want to learn more and more to see as beautiful what is necessary in things; then I shall be one of those who make things beautiful. Amor fati: let that be my love henceforth! I do not want to wage ...
Quick Fix: Google Analytics event tracking not working? Check your types! 25 Jan 2013 | 03:45 pm
Google Analytics’s Event Tracking is a powerful way to gain a deeper understanding of what is happening on your website. With event tracking, you can record each click, keypress or mouse move; it beco...
Resolutions, 2013 edition 1 Jan 2013 | 09:33 pm
January 2012 seems impossibly far away now. Moving house will do that to you — a previous life feels distant and remote, despite the year flying by in a rush of travel, holidays and new projects. The ...
Reading List 2012 31 Dec 2012 | 05:26 pm
At the end of 2007 I published a list of all the books I had read that year. It was a fun exercise, so in 2008 and 2009 I did it again. And then, for some reason, I stopped. God knows what I was doing...
