Russell Davies

Gentrification

The Long And The Short And The Long

Giles has posted a link to a tremendous bit of writing advice by Dr Lucy Rogers.

The only point I'd quibble with is this one:

"Aim for the shortest sentence possible. Long sentences are hard to read and understand. A sentence of seven words is easy. Sentences longer than 29 words are hard going."

Mostly short sentences yes. But, occasionally, chuck something longer in there to break up the rhythm.

Like this:

By Gary Provost. Though I'm not sure who added the colour.  Maybe here. And I'm not sure why the reader has to be 'him'.

Every Day People

Kevin is attempting to publish something every day. This is hard, though I actually managed it in 2015. I think it was worthwhile, I'm going to try again.

For what it's worth, here are the 'rules' that helped me do it.

1. It doesn't have to be good, it just has to be something - no-one's reading, it doesn't matter
2. Just a picture counts
3. Just a quote counts
4. Just a link to something counts
5. It's OK to queue some stuff ahead for publishing when you've got nothing
6. Chunk stuff up, keep some thoughts for tomorrow
7. This is writing, not editing - if it's any good it'll come back to you, you'll improve it
8. Lower the bar

 

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July 2016

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Interesting - two months and counting

All previous posts about Interesting remain true. It's still on September 15th. That's only two months away. Two months!

There's a list of speakers. And there's an Eventbrite page where you can buy tickets. We've sold about 220 tickets which means we probably have about £1500 to divide among the speakers or to provide extra accessibility features for the event. I'm not quite sure what to do with that yet. That means there are more than 100 tickets left - get them soon, only two months to go. Two months!

As some of you have spotted, the list of speakers is long - and Interesting is an evening this time, not a full day, so it's going to be a packed programme. Some speakers will only have five minutes. But I'm sure we can get everyone in.

If you're a speaker I'll also be emailing you shortly and asking you if you're up for having someone on stage with you (facilitated by Upfront) and I'll be reminding you that there are only two months to go. Two months!

Two months! 

plundr

Things you forget.

I have a tumblr called deathbeard. It's called that because deathbeard was my username on plundr. I'd forgotten about plundr (which was fantastic) until everyone smart remembered it when Pokemon Go became a hit.

Portugal 1 - 0 France

Germany 0 - 2 France

Portugal 2 - 0 Wales