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"@Shonali, I'm ready for a pretty relaxing break. A little celebrating, a lot of time to rest up for the coming year. Hope your holidays are excellent as well!" - Thursday Bram

"Personally, I'm a big fan of sending out handwritten thank you notes when I have the opportunity to do so. There's a big difference in how a quick email is received, compared to a note that the recipient knows you had to think about writing, find an envelope and get it to the post office." - Thursday Bram

"Personal Branding Vs. Branding A Small Business" - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet

"Four Free Movie Fonts" - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet

"Picking the Best Fonts for Invitations" - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet

"I'd take it a step beyond: a grapefruit spoon is something of a unitasker — it's not so great if I want to eat spaghetti or brownies or anything else besides grapefruit. It's a good tool, but only if you want to eat grapefruit. For other purposes, you need a whole drawer full of tools. I really like the metaphor of the grape fruit spoon. It really works and illustrates the concept on so many different levels." - Thursday Bram

"I really wish I could make it — unfortunately, I have a prior engagement that night. I'll take a rain check for the next one, okay?" - Thursday Bram

"It was great to meet you! I look forward to seeing you around DC." - Thursday Bram

"I have to say that Krizia's post rubbed me the wrong way. Yes, PR folks want to know about who a blogger is and who that blogger can reach. But when I was working primarily in print and I was trying to get a review copy of something for a brand new publication, the PR people I approached routinely asked for similar information. Because most of them do have a limited budget, I can understand why they don't want to send out a review sample to every blogger that comes along. The real difference is that more PR people have realized that they NEED to be working with bloggers. Those pushy PR people? A lot of them are trying to bring clients and management on board for social media and are trying to come up with numbers to do so. If I can help them do so by putting together an informational packet about my site, I'm comfortable with it. All that said, I take my time for reviews and am willing to publish negative reviews — I've had follow up contacts that about drove me up the wall both when..." - Thursday Bram

I love science. - Thursday Bram

"Beyond RSS – Four sites that can tell you what you want to read" - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet

They'll regret lowballing it. You'd regret it, too. - marziah

Yeah, I just hate leaving money on the table. I think we'll all get over it eventually. - Thursday Bram

"How to Choose Fonts for Flyers" - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet

"I'm pretty sure that there are only four season of Babylon 5 — and somehow the Star Trek movies skipped a couple of numbers when naming movies. These things happen." - Thursday Bram

"I'm pretty sure that there are only four season of Babylon 5 — and somehow the Star Trek movies skipped a couple of numbers when naming movies. These things happen." - Thursday Bram

"Advertise Here What’s Up Wednesdays: How to Manage August 26th, 2009 by Michael Kwan How Do You Manage? From time management to money management, from managing a classroom to managing a business, we have a lot to manage over the course of each and every day. There’s a lot on our minds and there are many strategies that we can consider to best handle all of these responsibilities. That is the theme of today’s speedlink session. I’ve taken a quick tour of the blogosphere to see what bloggers have to teach us about the various forms of management and here are a few of the results. If you want to be featured in a future edition of What’s Up Wednesdays, I suggest you follow me on Twitter and send a brief note on Tuesday evenings. Ray Ebersole is preparing for a new year at school and he has learned very quickly that budget cuts mean layoffs. It’s not that the education of our children is not immune to the recession. That’s part of it (resulting in lowered enrollment), but it’s more about... more... - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet

"I don't really block spammers, personally. Because I don't auto-follow anyone who follows me, I only go through new followers in a batch, making it seem less practical to block spammers. I've been hoping for some sort of tool to automate the process, so I'll have to take a look at TwitBlock." - Thursday Bram

"Not even rocket science is rocket science! I used to work for a company where we actually built rockets and there were plenty of cracks about rocket science, but the grand majority of our work was engineering — we had to spend our time working from well-established blue prints. Even building rockets is a question of building value and understanding for customers." - Thursday Bram

"I've actually turned down a lot of offers for guest posts on my personal blog — because it's personal. I think it's important to make sure that guest posts won't break out too far from the voice you've worked hard to establish." - Thursday Bram

"My vote goes for Freelance Writing Jobs as well — one of the best resources out there." - Thursday Bram

"I actually do like getting press releases for the blogs I write for — but I'm in a different boat. I write fro a variety of different blogs on a regular basis and having a press release or two can make a difference in whether I have something to write about. But — and this is a big one — it's very clear that many people send out releases without any thought to whether or not it's actually relevant to the recipient. There are plenty of people who have sent me an entirely irrelevant press release whose emails now don't even reach my inbox." - Thursday Bram

"How to Use Multiple Fonts in One Project" - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet

Am really enjoying this series - Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon, I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it. It's hard to believe that it's so close to ending -- but I'm thinking about doing another big series in September or October. Thanks, Thursday - Thursday Bram from email

"One of my big problems in getting started in the morning is that if I focus on answering emails or similar tasks, I don't really want to move on to the writing projects that are usually my first big item on my task list. In order to keep my email and RSS feeds under control, though, I feel it's necessary to check them out each morning. I've compromised by going through what I consider important (1. Email, 2. RSS feeds, 3. Twitter, 4. A brain teaser) before I have breakfast. That time away from the computer lets me refocus and switch gears between email and other work. It also gives me an opportunity to decide if I need to change up my priorities for the day." - Thursday Bram

"Twi" - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet

"I think that it's also really useful to connect with bloggers and other online publications in your niche. Commenting, guest posting and otherwise establishing a presence can help direct traffic to all the useful content on your site, too." - Thursday Bram

"Student Travel Travel Farther for Less with the Right Eurail Pass" - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet

"Networking: Taking Full Advantage of Your College Education" - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet

"Best Ways to Back It Up!" - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet

"10 Organizations That Help Student Activists" - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet

"Cheapest Ways to Chat it UP!" - Thursday Bram from Bookmarklet