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5 More Ways to Improve Your Writing Part-VI

bikram — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:49:35 +0000

Inspiration plays a big role in the process of writing, and every writer is looking for that fleeting moment of insight, or a bright flash of revelation to get inspired and create his or her magnum opus. There is two ways to get inspired: one is to sit leisurely and wait for that fleeting moment that occurs once in a life time for a common man, or to actively search for inspiration. This post will talk about the places where you can look for inspiration.

Indulge in other art form

There is much more to this world then writing, writing techniques, and grammar. Learn music, read history, admire art, visit art galleries, touch a sculpture, or see people dance. These art forms entertain you and fill you with energy to write and think. Isn’t it inspiration? If not then let me tell you nothing is.

Consume audio podcast

Everyone who makes a podcast is not a jerk. I know you always secretly believed it. There are quite a many brilliant people in this industry. Listen to at least one of them, and do it regularly. Your mind will never cease to be amazed on the quality of ideas you will get.

Write a journal

Yes, this time the inspiration will come from within you. Writing a journal will help you find things from your own life on which you can write. Everyone is a story, and as a writer you are an anthology, so look no further.

Write your feelings down

Feeling is at the root of stories that we write, therefore, having a journal of feelings will help you write well. While writing down feelings, also write the occasion and reason, these will help you understand the feeling and context when you come back to the journal.

Sort out your thoughts

This is another place where you did not look when you were searching for inspiration. That slimy thing between your ears is very powerful, make use of it. Write down all the brief or long thoughts that come to you, and come back to the list every week. This will help you a lot in finding the writing ideas.

A Billion-Year-Old Piece of Information

bikram — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:01:13 +0000

If you are given a task to save some valuable information for one billion years from now, what will you do? Where will you store it? Will you put the information in bits and store it on some memory card, optical drive, hard drive, flash card, or will you rely on atoms and write it down on reams and reams of paper? Let me guess, your instinctive response will be to save the valuable information in bits, as you believe the information stored in digital format lasts forever, right? Wrong! This time again the conventional wisdom has let you down. Then how will we save it? In written words? The answer again is no.

The two ways that we have now are not good enough to store information for one billion years. Let me give you some reality check: information stored on today’s memory cards is only good enough for 10-30 years. The information on such devices will not see the light of the first day of thirty-first year, but if the information is stored in atoms, in written words on papers then it lasts for around 1000 years. The proof of it is the book written 900 years ago by William the Conqueror of England, so, for 1000 years atoms will do but what about one billion years? And what about information stored in bits? Why they are so fugacious?

The life expectancy of information stored in bits is inversely proportional to the density of information stored. The denser the information is packed the sooner it will fade away. The information industry is aware of this, but strangely enough, every year the new gadgets and devices are coming up that require denser and denser storage of information to function. Hence, the newer your device is, the quicker you will lose the information from it.

Do not get dishearten, not everything is that bleak. Scientists from the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and the University of California in Berkeley have devised a way to keep the information stored for at least one billion years, and they use iron-based nanoparticle enclosed in a carbon nanotube to achieve this remarkable feat. This nanoparticle, which is of the size of the one-fifty-thousandth of a human hair, will store information at high density: one terabyte per square inch. For now, we have found a way to store information for a billion year, who knows what comes next!

Top 4 Ways to Earn Active Income on the Internet

Rosanne Lorraine — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:50:57 +0000

The concept of making money on the internet is appealing to many people because of the benefits associated with it. It lures people in two ways: freedom and potential. There are a lot of opportunities in the internet. As long as you’ve got talent and are willing to work, you’ll make money. On the other hand, you’ll also gain personal freedom because no one will dictate your attire and schedule. Even people who don’t want to work full-time from home can supplement their income by working online. Below are 4 strategies that will help you earn active income from the internet:

Start an Online Business – providing specific products and services has a good business potential. Currently, popular online trades include internet marketing, web design, and copywriting. It’s easy to start a business nowadays. But it is important to find the right people who will help you succeed. In addition, building relationships with the internet community is critical.

Join Get-Paid-To Websites – although the income potential of this technique is quite limited, it can provide easy extra income. Completing surveys, surfing the web, and signing up for trial offers are just some of the ways you can make fast money. There are many offers like this online. If you intend to join get-paid-to sites, it is important to differentiate legitimate sites from scams.

Find a Virtual Job – there are a lot of online jobs in today’s economy including online self-coaching, virtual assistance, and technical support. There are also consultation networks such as Bitwine that allows anyone to set up their profile and offer advice for pay on the web. A lot of these jobs involve communicating with clients directly through virtual means whether it is through emails, instant messaging, or online telephony.

Freelance Work – offering your specific services in exchange for money can be done on the internet as well. Services such as programming, copywriting, and web design are highly in demand on the internet today. Other freelancing jobs include translation, transcription, and proofreading. There are many freelance marketplaces that connect you to potential clients.