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  1. Back from great dinghy sailing in Turkey and ready for a very busy November, with a number of interesting projects lined up. 1:09 AM Nov 2nd from CoTweet
  2. Gerry was just looking for some information and then the men in white coats came and took him away... http://bit.ly/CQb4U 8:22 AM Oct 4th from CoTweet
  3. The longest single-syllable word in the English language is "screeched"! anyone better that? 11:59 AM Sep 30th from CoTweet
  4. Scotland has more geological variety than any other country of its size - just one fascinating fact I met during this week's writing. 6:25 AM Sep 25th from CoTweet
  5. Reading John Simmon's "We, Me, Them and It" about tone of voice. Yes, it's all about the audience, but it's about ME too - apparently! 1:21 AM Sep 18th from CoTweet
  6. 5000 words for a proposal over the last couple of evenings - it's like writing university essays but faster than back then I think. 5:32 AM Sep 16th from CoTweet
  7. "Writers are individuals: a company's words are collective... a wonderful challenge to try and resolve." J Simmons 8:09 AM Sep 15th from CoTweet
  8. @ChrisAMeikle Good article - I'd say the same applies to off-line networking - it only really works if it becomes a real relationship. 11:22 AM Sep 7th from CoTweet in reply to ChrisAMeikle
  9. Working with a CMS today that makes publishing pages a slow and laborious task - makes me more appreciative of some I use daily. 6:32 AM Sep 4th from web
  10. SU Big Celebration at Lendrick Muir tomorrow marks the end of an amazing summer. 9:56 AM Aug 21st from CoTweet
  11. Burritos for lunch at La Cantina in Leith. Recommended Gerry McGovern's Killer Web Content to a colleague. 8:25 AM Aug 21st from CoTweet
  12. 24 September for the next Writing for the Web course at Publishing Scotland in Edinburgh http://bit.ly/1901eY 1:25 AM Aug 18th from CoTweet
  13. 2000 words today - the mag will happen after all and so will the weekend. 8:16 AM Aug 7th from CoTweet
  14. Just back from a full-on week running a kid's actvity holiday. Feels like the beginning of term. 3:53 AM Aug 3rd from CoTweet
  15. Traditional marketing is about getting people to do things. Web marketing is about helping people do things. So says Gerry McGovern 8:16 AM Jul 20th from web
  16. RT @VirtuallySorted Did you know that when interrupted by a phone call it takes 15 mins to return to your previous level of concentration? 11:11 AM Jul 15th from web
  17. Around 79% of people scan the text on websites rather than reading it. 1:54 PM Jul 13th from web
  18. "Don't make me think!" says web usability guru Steve Krug. 5:37 AM Jul 3rd from web
  19. CygnusExtraSocial Media? No one seems sure how to measure success. All convinced about the world takeover tho. http://twitzap.com/u/J0E 6:51 AM Jul 2nd from web
  20. Oh - actually stands for intelligent auto - the machine clearly has excellent sense of self worth! 3:23 AM Jul 2nd from web
  • Name Hilary Phillips
  • Location Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Web http://www.cygnus...
  • Bio Webcopywriting and training in Edinburgh, Scotland - making long stories shorter, using joined up writing.
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