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Eliminate "I" and "You" from Peer Reviews

By Ugur Akinci | October 26, 2010

© 2010 Ugur Akinci I have previously mentioned in another blog post that one of the best techniques to use in a peer review is to eliminate the second-person singular pronoun, “You.” I recommended talking in terms of “me” and “I” in order not to offend the other party. For example, instead of saying “You…

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How to Create a List of Figures in MS Word

By Ugur Akinci | October 26, 2010

Follow these steps… (1) Give all your figures a caption. (2) Click your cursor to where you’d like to place your List of Figures. (NOTE: Microsoft calls the same list “Table of Figures” unfortunately. What if you need to create a list of tables? Should you call that a “Table of Tables”?) The traditional location…

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Chris Brogan’s Rules of "Success with Peace of Mind"

By Ugur Akinci | October 25, 2010

Most of us run just too hard… We push push push, at the office, at home, while we drive, on so-called vacations… How many of us feel a little bit guilty that we do not devote as much time to our families, community and loved ones as we should? Armed with personal to-do lists, weekly,…

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How to Create a List of Tables in MS Word

By Ugur Akinci | October 25, 2010

Follow these steps… (1) Give all your tables a caption. (2) Click your cursor at where you’d like to place your List of Tables. Its traditional location in a technical document is right after the Table of Contents (if any) and after the “List of Figures” (if any). (3) Select the References tab from the…

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