Text Link Ads Messaging FAIL

13 February 2009 FAIL

This is my user-experience story with Text Link Ads, relayed here not to bash the company, but to provide insight into an important aspect of company messaging. It would be fun if the Text Link Ads people showed up, and even better if they took steps to fix the problems I’m highlighting. But this isn’t [...]

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Copywriting: Rules for Correct Use of Parentheses

4 February 2009 grammar

As a writer, I believe I’m guilty of overusing parentheses. I also believe many writers are guilty of underusing them. Given the discrepancy, I thought it would be helpful to write down some quick rules here… my guidelines on when (and when not) to use them. Keep in mind that I’m not going strictly by [...]

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Changing the way I use Twitter

29 January 2009 general

My name is Brian Burns, and I’m a Tweetaholic.
OK, Good. I’m glad to get that out of the way.
These past few weeks have been a tough one for the service, though - accounts have been hacked into, and tons of new spammer accounts have popped up. I’m not going as far as some to swear [...]

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Canon 5D2 Review

23 January 2009 camera reviews

This is a review of the new Canon EOS 5DII - the latest off the line of sexy Canon camera bodies. I came across it on loan from the awesome ProPhotoRental, and am reviewing it as the hack-amateur I am. Read this page to get context about my reviews. Naturally, the photos interspersed into the [...]

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Ignite Boulder 2

15 January 2009 presentation/design

I had a chance to present at the latest Ignite Boulder event, which was held over at CU, and put on by Andrew Hyde. The idea behind Ignite is to give a presentation you’d normally take 90 minutes to get through, and do it in 5. It’s 20 slides, auto-advancing every 15 seconds, no matter [...]

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