www.inkthinkerblog.com — Jesse, on inadvertently smacking Pickles the pug in the head: “It’s all fun and games until Pickles loses an eye.”
(Don’t worry, she’s completely fine. This photo is actually about a month old and is of her trying to take a nap on my lap, but the visual was so appropriate that I just had to use it to illustrate this quote.)
My sister-in-law, during a game of Pictionary, upon learning that the clue her husband (on the other team) was drawing was “nerd”: “Why don’t you just draw a picture of yourself?”
Jesse (on his team), immediately: “NERD!”
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www.inkthinkerblog.com — I had every intention of posting yesterday, but the Great Office Reorganization took up the entire day until we had to leave for a 2-hour trek to Charlottesville (with stops along the way, or it would have been faster) and dinner with my husband’s sister, mother, and grandparents. Today was all about taking apart The Biggest Desk Ever Made and replacing it with A Desk That’s Too Small for Me Alone Much Less for Me and Jesse to Share to make our office look bigger so it’s easier to sell the house when we put it on the market. Woo. Hoo.
Even though I don’t celebrate the holidays, I have a lot of family gatherings to attend with my husband and his family, so I won’t be around much until Tuesday. Yes, I probably should have pre-posted, but hey, I just didn’t think that far ahead. Thanks in advance for your forgiveness and understanding. And be safe!
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www.inkthinkerblog.com — I’m pleased to announce that I’ve just rolled out a brand new service over at Kristen King Freelancing: website evaluations.
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www.inkthinkerblog.com — In my education training during college, I had to write dozens and dozens of objectives to accompany my lesson plans. Each objective had four parts:
A – audience. Who will be performing the objective?
B – the action to be performed. What’s the end result?
C – condition. In what way will the objective be accomplished?
D – degree. To what degree will the objective be accomplished?
Example: (C) Given a 100-word speed test in class, (A) the student (B)will type(D) at a rate of no less than 30 words per minute with fewer than four errors.
The main criteria for a strong objective are that it is specific and that it is measurable. “Students will type better” is neither specific nor measurable because. The example above, however, is both.
Chris Williams, over at The Blue Ferret Squeaks!, offers some tips for goal setting using the SMART model, which is very similar to the four-part formula for objectives.
How could you apply these concepts to your business and personal goals for 2007?
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www.inkthinkerblog.com — Jacob Rideout is creating a text editor just for writers, and he’s seeking input from writers on what will make it most efficient and useful for the serious writer. You can check out what he’s got so far at this link, but please note that a download won’t be available until 2007.
Here’s what he wrote to me the other day:
I’d like to start conversation with both you and your readers on what is lacking in their current tools. If you could have the ultimate tool for writing, what would it be?
Well, folks, here’s your chance. Design your ultimate writing tool! Leave your suggestions and complaints in the comments section.
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