Tag Archives: Tools

the cable wrangler

Cable Wrangler for the DM6000AR multimeter

Consumer products have to be designed for the typical user. It’s the only way manufacturers can hope to sell them by the millions. But if you find yourself using them…

Talking About Tools

My talk at When Words Collide 2013 in Calgary about software tools beyond word processors that can invigorate the creative writing process.

How having a heartbeat can kill your writing

In a previous article, I introduced one of the tools that I hoped would provide me with a lot of useful data about my writing practices, that I would later…

Slick ways to present your work online

Whether you’re an impoverished beginner who is self-publishing and still trying to build an audience, or an established pro who bathes in honey on a twice-weekly schedule, every writer needs…

Plain text editor

Reduce your tool clutter to crank out the words

As I have mentioned elsewhere, I’m not a fan of doing the heavy lifting on any long-form writing project in a word processor. (You can read postingsĀ here and here to…