April 14, 2012
by Dave McClintock
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I was happy to hear my article “Benchmarks for Estimating Editing Speed” will be discussed in Heather Severson’s workshop “The Mercenary Writer’s Guide to Setting Fees: How to Bid a Project in 5 Minutes or Less” on Tuesday, April 17, … Continue reading
November 5, 2011
by Dave McClintock
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Today, on Thirteen (TV, not online), I saw Run for Your Life, the documentary on Fred Lebow, the runner who dreamed big, lived what he loved to do, and created one of the most successful start-ups the City has ever … Continue reading
June 22, 2011
by Dave McClintock
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My MBA classmate Liz DiMarco Weinmann just released her first book, Get DARE From Here! ($23.95, 330 pp.: https://www.createspace.com/3626200). Soon after we started our MBA program at NYU, in 2007, Liz told me she was thinking of writing a book … Continue reading
June 16, 2011
by Dave McClintock
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In 1996 or so, my newly wed bride and I were invited to my boss’s husband’s 50th birthday party. We were excited. It was our first grown up party since our wedding, to be held in Ponte’s, a nice restaurant … Continue reading
May 30, 2011 by Dave McClintock | 0 comments
My daughter recently discovered this in a sketchbook – it’s a portrait of me from two years ago, when she was eight. Propped up with my laptop on a lap desk, I’m well stocked with news and candy. She knows me well :o)
March 3, 2011
by Dave McClintock
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Three friends just had babies, two nieces and an honorary nephew had birthdays, two friends dodged an earthquake, and a friend with a wife and two kids just landed a finance job after a long post-meltdown stretch. Let’s keep that … Continue reading
January 30, 2011
by Dave McClintock
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My Grandpa passed away on January 12th. He would have been 96 yesterday. One summer, he played this song for me (Stevie Wonder’s I Just Called), in between some Tennessee Ernie Ford and country classics, while he drove me through my … Continue reading
December 4, 2009
by Dave McClintock
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In a post on MediaBistro’s PRNewser (Nov. 30, 2009), Joe Ciarallo cites a study by Sysomos that asserts that only 23% of Facebook pages have more than 1,000 fans. On Facebook, brands and bands and other organizations can create a … Continue reading