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Aug 18, 20172 min read
Structured Daydreaming
Designers should make time to daydream. As the cultivators and ushers of good ideas, it's our job to make sure we're finding the best ones.
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Sep 1, 20156 min read
5 Tips for Writing Great Design Docs
The first problem any designer must overcome is getting their team to want to read a design. The second problem is...
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Nov 10, 20125 min read
Author Interview about The Day Eight Series
I remember learning about an array of approaches to A.I., and thinking, "None of these approaches will ever create real intelligence..."
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Sep 8, 20122 min read
Thank You for the Reviews!
As I was piloting a heat-shielded helicopter around an electromagnetic ash cloud and into the caldera of a reawakening volcano...
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Ray
Sep 3, 20123 min read
A Foray into Novel Promotions, Final Results (Day 3)
Today was the final day of a 3 day promotion where The Reborn – the first part of my technothriller novel series – was free on Amazon...
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Ray
Sep 1, 20124 min read
A Foray into Novel Promotions, Day 2 Results
Day 1 was roughly 2x as successful as Day 2, but Day 2 started with a bang (see the brag-sheet I made above... sorry, I got excited...
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Ray
Aug 31, 20127 min read
A Foray into Amazon Promotions & Best Seller Lists
...another reason it’s nice to be in the top of a free list: when people are browsing top sellers and looking at the likes of George R.R....
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Ray
Jun 23, 20123 min read
The Promise: An Author's Statement of Purpose
Great novels have a message – some feeling or idea for the reader to take away. Great novels perform inception, changing the reader by...
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Mar 1, 20122 min read
What my Cactus and Shakespeare have in Common
This is my cactus. My wife picked it up at Home Depot and gave it to me for Valentine’s day, pointing out how I like strange and exotic...
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Feb 19, 20123 min read
5 Ways to Improve Kindle for Authors
The Kindle has done so much, but it has only realized a small portion of its massive potential for interaction...
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