I love it when a tennis match turns into an all-day event. I got up and had my breakfast early so I could watch (and later listen to) the Australian Open Men’s Final from Melbourne this morning – and was still engrossed in the battle (the longest Grand Slam tournament final by almost an hour) [...]
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The effects of the Great Suite101 Content Purge continued to dominate the writers’ forums this week, as the appeal process swung into action. TPTB seem as happy to reinstate unjustly deleted articles as they were to remove them in the first place – and are are doing it almost as quickly, which is unusual for [...]
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Much wailing and gnashing of teeth among Suite101 contributors this week, after admin deleted almost 50,000 articles that no longer complied with the site’s publishing rules (which have become rather more stringent post-Panda). Some compared the purge to “Stalinist Russia”, though Suite writers have been calling for months for TPTB to cut the “dead wood” [...]
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In an attempt to pack more into each day, I’ve been getting up between six-thirty and seven this week. This may not sound much to many, but it’s a big deal for me – I normally detest being up before the Sun. I still do, but these extra few hours have allowed me to start [...]
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What a difference a year makes. A little over twelve months ago, I was racing to reach the milestone of 100 published articles on Suite101.com – and the associated ad-share revenue bonus – before the end of 2009. Then February rolled around and Pandemonium broke loose. Anyone who knows anything about web content writing will [...]
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