Anatomy of a Wheel: The Hub and Spoke Model

Say you’ve got somewhere to go and you’d like to get there sooner rather than later. You could run instead of walk, (...)

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Mar 18, 13 | 2 min read

Ad Hominem and Reductio ad Absurdum

There are many ways to make a good argument. When engaged in article ghostwriting, this is very often your job. A f(...)

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Mar 9, 13 | 3 min read

Tying Paragraphs and Thoughts Together: Using “Furthermore” and Other Joining Words

When writing, whether you are writing something fun, a non-fiction or fiction book, a marketing project or a white paper(...)

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Mar 6, 13 | 2 min read

11 Infographics About Infographics

People who create infographics do their work partly because they believe infographics are a great way to communicate inf(...)

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Feb 18, 13 | 2 min read

10 Reasons to Date a Writer

Maybe it’s because I’m single, yet again, for Valentine’s Day. Maybe the taste of spring time we experienced this (...)

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Feb 14, 13 | 3 min read

Why D3.js is So Great for Data Visualization

When D3 came out in 2011, it became clear pretty quickly that it was going to be a powerful tool for creating data visua(...)

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Jan 29, 13 | 3 min read

5 Letters that Almost Were in the Alphabet

A, B, C, D… Yohg? Strange but true: At least a dozen letters were nearly included in the modern alphabet, but didn’t(...)

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Jan 14, 13 | 2 min read

What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

The question of whether the chicken came before the egg, or the egg before the chicken is both familiar and seemingly un(...)

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Jan 4, 13 | 2 min read

Positive Arguments and Negative Arguments

Making a good argument is something that every writer needs to know how to do. Though it may not always be necessary whe(...)

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Jan 3, 13 | 3 min read