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An Archive Isn’t Enough – Sometimes You Need A Map

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Most people are aware of the need to back up their data in case their computer is lost or damaged, but there is something else to consider with all your creative work. It’s all well and good backing it up and putting it safely in storage, but you need to be able to get it out again at a moment’s notice. Two recent blog posts, based around US politics and photography, reminded me of this. But what posts they were, and how they sparked a conversation, will be found over on my post at the Creative Choices site.

How To Prepare For ‘Spontaneous’ Interviews

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Mixing up the regular posts I do over at the Creative Choices Blog, and my coverage of the Edinburgh Fringe, I’ve been talking there this week about how I prepare for my interviews… the ones that sound rather scattershot and improvised, but still get to the point in the time needed… Many years ago, while doing some work at a local talk radio station, I was told by the lead presenter one of the lessons that was passed on to him… “preparation, dear boy, preparation, that is the key.” It’s a rule that I certainly take to heart, and one

Who Pays The Creative Blogger?

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The short answer is you pay yourself, you get your readers to pay, or you get a third party to pay you to do your work. But it’s a bit more detailed than that, and that details is something I go into at the Creative Choices blog. Most ventures start from an initial idea that you have, and to that is added your personal time and effort… which of course is a cost you consciously pay. In all the budgeting you do, remember that your time is worth something as well. But for any creative project, you’ll need resources, which

Some Thoughts on Creative Commons

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Over on the Creative Choices Blog, I’ve posted some thoughts on the use of the creative commons licence. It’s very much a primer article, nothing in depth or controversial, but your thoughts would be much appreciated on it… Looking around the web, you’ll see a lot of sites branded as CC. Now this isn’t some insidious marketing for the Creative Choices site, but rather Creative Commons, a form of licence that many people use on their work. At its most basic form, it allows people to share what they create, and let others work with it without them having to

Writing About Considering Everything

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I’ve started to do some writing over on the Blogger Advocacy section of Creative Choices, a website set up to “[help] individuals takie control of their own career decisions [by making sure] they are well informed and supported in their desire to succeed. My first post is about browser and computing compatibility online: In extreme circumstances, where a website doesn’t load correctly, you might have people skipping over your site purely because it doesn’t work 100% perfectly in their web browser, even if the information they’re looking for is in front of them.. Woe betide you if you pop up