Category Archives: Ephemera

Strategies For Gaining Influence on Twitter

20th
Oct. × ’09
By Ian Stewart
Want your twitter account to be more influential? Want to increase the number of your followers? Or increase the amount of traffic your account can generate? Me too. These are the strategies I use—with some success—on my own twitter account. Tweet Like an Influencer There’s no point trying to gain influence on Twitter if you’re not going [...]
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What Kind of Pie Do You Like?

4th
Aug. × ’09
By Ian Stewart
From an email exchange at work regarding pie as a reward. K: Don’t eat desert boys. Ian, what kind of pie do you like? Ian: Fresh blueberry pie. But the blueberries MUST be picked by hand. I’m afraid I have to insist on this. One can tell the difference. I would also like FRESH whipped cream. Organic [...]
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I’m Tired of Being Embarrassed for Not Updating

29th
Dec. × ’08
By Ian Stewart
Hello, again. I suppose I need a place to be ridiculous online after all. More, eventually.
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10-Year Old Book Blogger

21st
Dec. × ’07
By Ian Stewart
We have a new book blogger to read, one who fills what I consider a desperately unfulfilled niche, good books for kids (please point me in the direction of good blogs if you feel I’m wrong)—and he’s only 10! I have lots of ideas about what 10-year olds should read—mostly unimaginative. Just how many times [...]
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The 10 Best First Lines of Novels

15th
Jun. × ’07
By Ian Stewart
I am a sucker for a good first line in a novel. It’s really easy to fail to write a good one. And the pressure! No one wants to have another “It was a dark and stormy night.” I’ve only read a few of these first lines in context but I don’t plan on leaving [...]
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