What Would the Computer Do? On SEO, AI, and Learning Foreign Languages
Having trouble understanding what AI is all about? It’s as simple as SEO.
Writing
I’m a writer. So I like to write about writing. I have also compiled a list of Writing Resources, which I may update from time to time.
How to Escape in Singapore
If you find yourself disillusioned in South Asia, a long weekend in Singapore may cure what ails you.
Hey, ChatGPT. Write a Post in the Style of Me
Does ChatGPT mean the end of my writing career? I put the AI software to the test.
Top 10 Email Subject Lines When You Just Want to Say ‘Hello’
Hi there. If you’ve gotten this far in the post, I want to say thank you. When I wrote this post, it was mostly as an inside joke. My friend and I went back and forth using the above formulas, the subject line being arbitrary except for the fact that it signaled a new conversation….
Great Big Beginners Guide to Affiliate Links
Tips, tricks, and tools for getting affiliate links on your website
Worth Your Time: Abandoned Cuban Ballet School, Erotic Books, Turkey’s Golden Age of Spying
Plan for Cuban Ballet School a Dance of Art, Politics — “…the school’s original structures are intact, a dazzling swirl of red brick shapes and huge domelike Catalonian vaults set against the lush green jungle. The winding corridors, stairways and sightlines come together in a cascade of twists and graceful curves, like music turned…
Elif Shafak reflects on Ankara, Turkey
“Mid-1970s Ankara was a grim place. At times the air was so polluted you had to wear a mask, there were long queues for basic necessities, and political strife had become so common, our favorite game as children was “communists versus fascists.” Still there was room for magic. Going to Youth Park on a weekend…
Best Book: The Poetry of Paths in ‘The Old Ways’
Robert MacFarlane’s “The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot” is one of the New York Times’ 10 Best Books of 2012 and an ideal gift idea for lovers of travel literature.
‘The Anomaly,’ France’s Hot Quarantine Novel, Now Out in English
L’Anomalie, the only book that has ever been nominated for the Goncourt, Renaudot, Medicis, and Décembre prizes in France, has now been published in English as “The Anomaly.” And, it looks like American readers will be gobbling it up soon. Here’s the synopsis: When an Air France flight from Paris to New York experiences extreme…