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Personal Productivity Tips and Tools

By Ugur Akinci | June 16, 2009

Here are some personal productivity tools and tips for you: *** Track Your Documents *** You have sent a PDF or Word document by email. But do you know if it has been read at all? Now there is a software that can tell you not only if your attachment is read but also * …

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What type of training you like best?

By Ugur Akinci | June 15, 2009

Would you help me understand what type of training you like best? Right now I’m preparing a set of new courses to offer in various technical communication topics. It would help me a lot to know what type of training you prefer the best so that I can offer you a training platform that you…

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Wikipedia Punishes "Writing for Cash"

By Ugur Akinci | June 13, 2009

Here is an interesting development that should be of interest to all freelance copy and technical writers around the world: Wikipedia caught one of its editors writing for cash. How do you feel about this? [poll id=”3″] (Excerpt:) A longtime Wikipedia admin has been caught editing the online encyclopedia in exchange for cash. But the…

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READER QUESTION: What qualifies as "doctoring" an image?

By Ugur Akinci | June 13, 2009

© 2009 Ugur Akinci ANSWER: When you change (modify) an image, the new work is sometimes referred to as the “derivative” work or image. An example: let’s say you buy a stock image of a kid eating a cone of ice cream on a background of a “school.” If you change the background in Photoshop…

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