http://mooreslore.corante.com/ en-us dana@a-clue.com 2006-02-18T10:13:57-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/18/danas_quick_writing_course.php I've been writing for over 40 years, professionally for 30. If you're interested in doing the same, here's a simple four-step process that will make your writing all it can be. Writing is easy to learn, easy to do. But... 48837@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ fun stuff 2006-02-18T10:13:57-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/20/what_jobs_could_buy_today.php Disney. The Walt Disney Co., including ABC, ESPN, the movies, the theme parks -- the whole shebang -- is presently valued at about $50 billion. That's actually about one-sixth less than it was worth five years ago. Apple Computer Corp.,... 46859@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Business Strategy 2006-01-20T15:25:52-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/19/murder_the_beloved_country.php One reason I haven't been around much lately is I have been (finally) reading Salman Rushdie's latest 2005 1997classic Shalimar the Clown. Like all great writers Rushdie tends to be ahead of his time, sometimes far ahead. Just as his... 46726@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ fun stuff 2006-01-19T14:38:28-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/23/family_fun_for_christmas.php Just in time for Christmas, Atlanta blogger Mingaling (right) offered me (and therefore you) access to a great family fun game for the holidays.It's actually the beta test for something called MyHeritage. It will act as a genealogical research site,... 44777@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Internet 2005-12-23T10:15:53-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/22/the_social_generation.php A posting from Bernie Goldbach in Ireland helped remind me of just how much progress we've seen in the last decade. The best way to see it is through the eyes of people who are growing up. I've got two... 44696@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Internet 2005-12-22T13:17:18-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/15/nationalize_the_phone_network.php It's a crazy notion that is going nowhere. But it would solve a lot of problems, most especially for the Bells, who would be the idea's staunchest opponents, if it were proposed. (It's not being proposed. I'm just blogging here.... 41859@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Politics 2005-12-15T12:46:41-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/07/bruce_arenas_big_mistake.php You're used to my occasional forays into (usually political) non-tech irrelevancy here at Mooreslore. Well, I'm about to do it again, but this time, at least, I'm speaking of sport. Specifically football, the game other Americans call soccer. UPDATE: In... 39767@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ fun stuff 2005-12-07T12:08:32-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/11/09/how_to_be_a_big_time_21st_century_brand.php Easy to say, tough to do. Ready? OK. One thing. Your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) must be simple, powerful, easily understood by everyone you do business with -- employees, suppliers, customers. Fulfill the promise. Do what you say you will... 37767@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ marketing 2005-11-09T13:09:31-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/10/07/this_weeks_clue_second_acts.php We all grow older, even tech executives. And this week, my free weekly newsletter, A-Clue.Com offers some thoughts on that. (Subscribe here.) Think of it as another product of...the aging process (you should live so long). Enjoy. I have been... 36887@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Consulting 2005-10-07T09:33:00-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/09/23/wrong_number_it_must_be_2005.php Here's a story that illustrates well the time we're living in. (The picture, from Pravda, shows Indian and Pakistani nuclear sites. Its meaning will become clear in due course.) I had a meeting scheduled with a programmer for around... 8963@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Internet 2005-09-23T11:53:08-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/09/21/what_im_retirement_age.php Well, nearly, judging from the latest re-org news coming out of Microsoft. The retiree in this case is Jim Allchin (right), who has been the Windows guru there for years. What struck me was his age, 53. I'm going to... 8962@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Software 2005-09-21T14:54:00-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/08/24/googles_voip_play.php NOTE: Many of the claims made in the item below have been questioned by Russell Shaw. See the full story here. It's ironic, but my first invitation to use Google Talk came from Pakistan. From Karachi, actually. Specifically it was... 8908@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Internet 2005-08-24T11:35:07-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/07/15/the_most_subversive_book_series_ever.php Hear me out. J.K. Rowling conceived her entire series on a train. It would be seven books, matching the years spent at an English boarding school such as Eton. Book Six was released tonight. Rowling herself appeared at Edinburgh... 8836@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ fiction 2005-07-15T21:29:59-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/07/11/living_in_the_forest.php When the tornado warning sounded near my home last night I found I couldn't get a view of what might come through the trees. I have elm trees, oak trees, dogwood trees, sweet gum and a huge sugar magnolia, one... 8820@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ personal 2005-07-11T10:45:51-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/06/27/the_hedy_lamarr_of_early_tv.php By the time Paul Winchell died, last weekend at 82, the BBC was only able to point out that he had done the voice of Tigger for Disney. He was so much more. Like Hedy Lamarr, who created the technology... 8792@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ History 2005-06-27T10:45:23-05:00