tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68840143314651045652011-06-03T10:33:57.308-07:00Furnishing news and essays on the Freelance Writing ExperienceThe Eye on Hospitalsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884014331465104565.post-18971202212909843372009-04-02T16:17:00.000-07:002009-04-02T16:19:20.547-07:00

This blog is transitioning to a new and expande one at Have PC—Will WritePlease visit us there.

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Sometimes once-a-day backups are not enough. If you've just written a very important memo or created a critical spreadsheet, don’t take a chance on losing it just because you forget to make a copy. Add-ons for backup software automatically can create secure backups on a hard disk or external drive. Learn about a product that painlessly saves backups to an external or internal site as you work.How

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Designing user-friendly and graphically pleasing web pages is not difficult, but the process does require adherence to some basic elements of good web design. Following some simple but important web design tips in this linked article will get you started. Five Basic Elements of Good Web Design

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Just because you’re operating a business out of a home office do not think you can be careless about retaining business records. In this increasingly litigious society, anyone can be sued by anyone for any reason. Learn what records to keep and how long to keep them.Read the rest of the story at Bright Hub

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If you wait until the beginning of your work day to think about organization, you're already probably facing disorganization. Get some hints here how you can be proactive instead of reactive about staying organized. Get some tips here on getting organized. Preplan Next Day's Work

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Despite the “paperless” office, writers still need to print out copy at times. No one would take a disk with a few pages on it to a copy shop for printing. What about printing out a 40-page user manual or 90 pages of sample chapters for a book proposal? Do you print at home or take it to a shop? In these times of economic troubles, controlling home office costs is more important than ever.Check

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If you have to give public presentations in your line of work, you probably start by creating a talk in a word processor. Writing in the Outline format will help organize your thoughts into a logical flow without shuffling note cards around. Read more of this article on Bright Hub

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Richard H. Pitcairn, DVM, PhD, and Susan Hubble Pitcairn. Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats. 3d ed., rev. and updated. (New York, NY: Rodale, 2005). 466pp incl. index. $18.95.Just as with humans, our pets can benefit from a holistic approach to their health, care, and nutrition. Read about alternative treatments for pet diseaes and try out some healthy food and treat

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For quite some time, flax oil or flax seeds have been promoted for cardiovascular and anti-cancer properties due, in part, to the 40-60 percent fatty-acid ALA (alpha-linolenic acid) component. However, flax seed supplementation has a controversial history. Read the rest of this article on brighthub.com ]

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Here's the first paragrah of an article on the current attempts to put Americans further into debt.Secretary Paulson and other financial geniuses (the term is used loosely) in Washington keep harping on the importance of restoring the ability of Americans to borrow money. These people toss out fine sounding phrases such as "Get the credit market flowing again." Borrow money not just for home

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Here's a brief introduction to a short story that was just published:Some people do not like cats. Harry hated cats. Each visit to his Aunt Tillie's house was a nightmare. His hatred for her cat was exceeded only by his contempt for Tillie. Aunt Tillie was the sweetest, kindest, nicest person in the world. She was quite short, barely clearing five feet and somewhat on the overweight side. Her

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I've been a writer almost as long as I've been an indexer. As I said in my last posting months ago, I was retiring from the indexing field. Since then, I have been writing--probably more words than in the past 24 years!I furnish Web content for a number of providers. Besides general short notes on being a freelance writer, I will be posting snippets and links to many of these articles.I hope you

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As I have announced on several email lists, after nearly 38 years as a professional freelance indexer, I am retiring from this business today, August 31, 2008.I will be focusing on several other areas: writing, which I've also been doing for many years resulting in multiple articles plus two books; programming, another area of interest (I published one successful indexing utility and have

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Google's Virtual Book project including a patent application is described here. Besides the list of other online virtual bookshelf sites, check out the section further down in the article where the different types of metadata are described, particularly #18 and #19--bookmarks to specific lines or pages and user annotations.

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I came across this site that seems to have some intereting freelance advice on a regular basis: http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/category/marketing/ It is UK based but some of the categories under the Advice section have possibly helpful information.

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If you're thinking about developing a new brochure or similar marketing piece, here's a possibly useful article on using Microsoft Publisher for this purpose.Create Marketing Materials in Publisher by Helen Bradley, August 4, 2008.

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I learned about a new development that may interest subscribers who are concerned or just interested in Internet Privacy.Presumably, we all know about cookies and how to view, change settings, or delete them from our PCs. There is a new kind called Adobe Flash Cookies. These allow more options for tracking your movements and store a lot more information about you than with normal tracking cookies

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I know it's been quite a while since an update. Although I still search diligently for pertinent news related to indexing, I just haven't seen anything lately that qualified. I did pick up one item today that might be of use.On another subject, though, while I've enjoyed doing this news blog, it really hasn't been all that attractive to subscribers--only a few people have signed up. Probably most

The Eye on Hospitalsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884014331465104565.post-30806981121926581572008-07-11T09:22:00.001-07:002008-07-11T09:25:47.613-07:00

This article from SmallBusinessComputing.com should be of interest to anyone concerned with Internet/Browser security.Browser Security: IE vs. Safari vs. Firefox, By Kenneth van Wyk, July 9, 2008

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I can hardly believe it has been so long since I updated this blog, which makes the current piece of information all the more relevant. Also, I guess I didn't realize how a blog could help optimize your search engine listings. According to the article below, by including optimal keywords in your blog, it may increase hits on your website. In other words, if I mention the-indexer.com, indexing,

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If you were an indexer working in the middle of the Sixteenth Century, here is what you would need according to an article by Frederick L. Brown:"In the middle of the sixteenth century, before sitting down to his task, Conrad Gesner[1] assembled the following items: glue, scissors, string, paper, pen and ink. We know these materials were associated with the indexer's craft from the lengthy

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For those Vista readers who have not yet upgraded to SP1, here's an interesting review of gains and losses:Vista SP1: Dissected The hugely anticipated Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista hits the mark in some instances. In others -- not so much. June 2008 • by J. Peter Bruzzese

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After a dearth of news lately, here are several interesting items:1) Microsoft’s CAPTCHA successfully brokenIf anyone is using the CAPTCHA routing to prevent unauthorized access to such things as email accounts, this is a warning sign.2) Protect Your PC Without Spending a Cent, By Joseph Moran, June 2, 2008.This is an article from the Small Business Computing service. It lists various vendors who

The Eye on Hospitalsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884014331465104565.post-82139429419694067832008-05-24T10:45:00.000-07:002008-05-24T10:49:42.438-07:00

Microsoft shutting down their book indexing operations[Source: Search Engine News May 24th, 2008]I thought from the title that Microsoft was going to begin outsourcing the indexing of their publications. However, the story deals with Microsoft's giving up an attempt to match Google's project to scan and index existing books for the Web.

The Eye on Hospitalsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884014331465104565.post-77136587589165709052008-05-21T10:32:00.000-07:002008-05-21T16:35:32.580-07:00

That title probably raised some hackles, didn't it? Perhaps it will even encourage comments. In a dead period, I started thinking about the income and value of indexing work. Value, being as far as I can tell, just about impossible to measure in any concrete, dollars and cents terms, I looked at pay rates. Since I began indexing in 1972, I had some place to start. In Chicago at that time, the

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Here is a link to three more articles on Indexing by Shoshana Hurwitz.http://elephant.org.il/indexing/

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Here's an interesting summary of the history of indexing by an indexer.All About Indexing #4: A History of Index Creation

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I came across this while surfing--one more Google operation.The Future of Indexing Video is Goog-411??, Carrie Hill, 30 December 2007.

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An exchange on the indexersdiscussionlist yesterday prompted me to revisit the costs of printing large documents (PDF proofs for example) on laserjets vs. inkjets.When I first switched from an inkjet to a laserjet in 2001, I started a spreadsheet to track printing costs. I included cartridge, paper, and printer amortization costs. This was after calculating the true cost of the printer after

The Eye on Hospitalsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884014331465104565.post-82847780754282005752008-04-22T08:56:00.000-07:002008-04-22T08:59:15.088-07:00

I thought this blog announcement from Robin Harris was interesting--not so much for an immediate aid to indexers, but as a sign of what is coming.Holographic storage ships next month!

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This is a bit of triviality for a Sunday morning in Seattle where about thirty minutes ago we had some snow falling and now the sun is shining. It is particularly apt for those dealing with softwware or hardware technical support people."It is easy to suggest solutions when you know nothing about the problem."[Found in a Fortune Cookie while Vicki Nelson and Mike Celluci, characters in the TV

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Ten Do’s and Don’ts for New Indexers in Developing an Online PresenceThe most difficult task for beginning indexers is building a client base. Cold calling and mailing resumes may help, but advertising your services on the Web is vital.1. Don’t pay some Web designer a fortune to develop a glitzy site using fancy techniques such as Macromedia Flash and Shockwave. Editors are extremely busy and can

The Eye on Hospitalsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884014331465104565.post-75908694803043878522008-04-03T16:04:00.001-07:002008-04-03T16:08:44.883-07:00

I missed this when it was published in Publisher's Weekly, but I think it still has some useful information. Notice especially the XML emphasis:"15 Trends to Watch in 2008"By Mike Shatzkin -- Publishers Weekly, 1/7/2008 3:00:00 AM

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My, how time does get away from one when finishing a rush project! Sorry about the dearth of postings in the past few days.Here's what looks like a very helpful one-stop site to get links to a number of freelancers directories:Freelancers Directories and Editorial Services

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The discussion linked below is a bit lengthy, about 1-1/2 years old now, and focused on English indexing. However,I think it has some interesting things to say about authors doing their own indexes vs. professional indexers. There might be some useful information in the discussion that could be shared with an author.The TLS Authors and Indexes debate

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If anyone is in need of some diversion (and possibly useful information), check out the Webcast coming up March 24-27. Microsoft Small Business Summit (online)P.S. If you register, perhaps you'll be one of the lucky dogs to win a Response Point Phone System worth up to $2,500 in the daily giveaways.

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Needing a bit of a smile this morning before tackling the tax software, I visited a page on "Computing Out Loud," which collects humorous misrecognitions that speech recognition software has made. Sometimes what the speech software thinks you said is not exactly what you meant. I don't know if or how many readers of this blog besides myself use DNS for indexing, but even if you don't these are

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Here's a review of various programs for tracking project time. A Buyer's Guide to Time-Tracking Software, By James A. Martin, March 13, 2008.After using my own timekeeping software for many years I certainly agree with the last paragraph in the review:"It takes discipline to regularly track the time you spend on work projects. But eventually, it can become second nature. And the insights you’ll

The Eye on Hospitalsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884014331465104565.post-63636159652778657452008-03-13T08:49:00.000-07:002008-03-13T08:54:47.100-07:00

This advertisement (of sorts) shows up fairly often on a Google search for freelance indexers. I'm wondering if anyone has bothered to reply.http://www.rlpgbooks.com/Common/Jobs/FreelancingOpportunities.htmlThere's no date on the page, but I recall seeing it occasionally for at least the past year.I do some Google searches on freelance indexers and book indexers every so often to see how our

The Eye on Hospitalsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884014331465104565.post-17484380826690301662008-03-10T10:31:00.000-07:002008-03-10T10:37:22.774-07:00

If you use Vista, then you will have noticed that navigation isn't quite as simple as it was in Windows XP. The article below from smallbusinesscomputing.com furnishes some useful shortcuts to cut out unnecessary Vista screens.Master Vista With Keyboard and Desktop Shortcuts, By Vangie Beal

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A subject of interest, if not happineness, to us all is income taxes. Here are a few sites that may be of some help:The IRS own attemptMicrosoft's small business offeringFocus on home-based businessesFeel free to suggest other resources through comments.

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There's a good brief discussion of what happens to your hard disk to cause fragmentation of files and gradually slowing operation on the Error Forum One of the things I appreciate about Windows Vista is the deframenting method, which, instead of locking up your computer for extended times when you ran it under XP or 2000, now runs automatically in moments when you aren't using your PC.The article

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I consider the following article, "A Tale of Two Passwords," by Joseph Moran, published on smallbusinesscomputing.com February 29, 2008 and linked below to be very important. It has to do with a relatively new type of hacker attack called pharming, which is similar to phishing except much more dangerous. According to reports, attempts at this new type of theft already have been detected "in the

The Eye on Hospitalsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884014331465104565.post-50533022110309097322008-02-28T10:03:00.001-08:002008-02-28T10:28:29.808-08:00

What follows is one indexer's list of most used reference books (for indexing). There may well be later editions.Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia. Harper & Row, 1987.Bernstein’s Reverse Dictionary. New York Times Book Co., 1975.Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed., University of Chicago Press, 2003.Merriam Webster’s Biographical Dictionary. Merriam Webster Inc., 1995.Mulvany, Nancy. Indexing Books.

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Please bear in mind that I am not recommending or advising against using a Registry Cleaner on your PC.If you are having problems with a slow-running PC, the following link in my opinion offers some good advice. The best answer according to people who read the question about whether or not to use was by jim52. Scroll down the page until you see "Previous week's Q& A" and then to "Vote for the

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Were you under the impression that the Help file with Cindex for Windows could not be seen under Vista? Wrong!You just have to download and install a Windows program named winhelp32.exe. To do this, go to www.microsoft.com/downloads and enter "winhelp32.exe" in the search box to the right of See all downloads. You will be led to the typical Windows authentication screen first and then on to

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27 Proven Freelance Marketing Tips, by Matthew Stibbe, posted today on the somewhat oddly named (at least to me--but I guess it makes sense) site www.badlanguage.net, makes some very helpful suggestions about marketing services online. I think quite a few of these apply to indexers. I was particularly struck by tip #27, "Stuff that doesn't work." Stibbe feels that fancy business cards, brochures,

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The following article comes from smallbusinesscomputing.comJill Whalen writes: "There are many misconceptions about search engine optimization (SEO) that have sprung up over the years, says Jill Whalen, CEO and founder of High Rankings, that make it difficult for those in charge of online traffic to know exactly how to optimize their Web sites correctly . . . ."Romancing the Rankings: Five SEO

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http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/solutions/building/article.php/3716956

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From the Pro Blog Tips website comes this advice:The pillars behind an accessible creative business web site designMany suggestions at this link are easy to implement, but perhaps not always obvious when first designing an indexer's page.

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Well, this is quite interesting!NEH DIGITAL HUMANITIES AWARDSBy Charles Ellwood Jones(Charles Ellwood Jones), reported on the Ancient World Bloggers GroupTitle: A Machine Aided Back of the Book Indexing SystemAward Amount: $131,465Institution: Duquesne UniversityProject Director: Patrick JuolaTo Support: Development and evaluation of a prototype system for helping indexers, including authors and

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If you are at all technology-minded, or even know little more than how to turn on your PC, the a subscription to one or more of the CNET newsletters can provide not only interesting reading, but real solutions to problems that occur with hardware or software. A subscription is free--and can be cancelled at any time. Click on the link above to start .Here's an example of a recent question (signup

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The BLT (Below Lone Tree) Peer Review Group of the Rocky Mountain ASI will hold an informal index peer review at Panera Bread, 7344 North Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80920, (719-522-1100) on Thursday February 21 from 10 am until noon. Panera Bread is bakery + coffee shop + restaurant. We will have the use of a private room in the restaurant until noon on the 21st. After the meeting we

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The BLT (Below Lone Tree) Peer Review Group of the Rocky Mountain ASI will hold an informal index peer review at Panera Bread, 7344 North Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80920, (719-522-1100) on Thursday February 21 from 10 am until noon. Panera Bread is bakery + coffee shop + restaurant. We will have the use of a private room in the restaurant until noon on the 21st. After the meeting we

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The BLT (Below Lone Tree) Peer Review Group of the Rocky Mountain ASI will hold an informal index peer review at Panera Bread, 7344 North Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80920, (719-522-1100) on Thursday February 21 from 10 am until noon. Panera Bread is bakery + coffee shop + restaurant. We will have the use of a private room in the restaurant until noon on the 21st. After the meeting we

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It makes sense with large publishers who focus on traditional "Spring" and "Fall" lists that there would be cycles in when indexing work is needed. On the other hand, my experience with small presses is that work could come at any time during the year. Between these two types of clients, I've always been able to get as much work as I wanted, which these days is certainly less than full-time. At

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Web sites with more complicated pages might well benefit from the article below on Pro Blog Tips:Choosing Page Names For Your Web Site

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Windows 7: The Anti-Vista?Link posted without comment!

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The Chicago/Great Lakes Chapter Fall Workshops will be held October 24 and 25, 2008 at the Hilton Garden Inn Des Plaines, Illinois. Featured topics are: Indexing Editing, Publishing Cycles, and a workshop "Taming the Wild Project List; Organizing Tools for the Complex Life."

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This looks like a good site to keep up with developments and reviews of printers:Special Report on The Power of PrintThe "Quick Printing Without the High Price" article by Jamie Bsales listed suggests another source for business cards (per a recent discussion on indexersdiscussionlist).

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This looks like a good central link to keep up with printer developments and reviews:http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/essentials/index.php/13241

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I came across an interesting site if any subscribers are also would-be (or published) authors.It's run by a production editor at "one of the most prestigious literary publishing houses in New York" and seems to have lots of useful advice.The site is Be Your Own EditorSorry about the three day hiatus here--seems as if nothing much was going on related to indexing in the news.

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I came across an interesting site for writers--and thought perhaps some subscribers are would-be (or existing) authors.It is called Be Your Own Editor and is run by a production editor at " one of the most prestigious literary publishing houses in New York." There seems to be a lot of useful advice if you're interested in this area.Sorry about the three day hiatus in posts--seems like not much

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Romancing the Rankings: Five SEO TipsAn article by Jill Whalen posted on SmallBusinessComputing.com makes an interesting point in paragraph number 3. I had not thought before about working more on keywords on individual web pages on my site, concentrating rather on the home (index) page which introduces everything. However, I can see some attraction here since it might broaden the base of

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I don't belong to the Editorial Freelancers Association, but I've seen other indexers mention it. In connection with a big but somewhat dubious project that would require setting aside some substantial time, I wondered about things that could go wrong. I cover cancellation with less than two weeks notice and late payment in my contract. However, since it is possible that I would have to block

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I don't belong to the Editorial Freelance Association, but I've seen other indexers mention. In connection with a big but somewhat dubious project that would require setting aside some substantial time, I wondered about things that could go wrong. I cover cancellation with less than two weeks notice and late payment in my contract. However, since it is possible that I would have to block out

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I don't belong to the Editorial Freelance Association, but I've seen other indexers mention. In connection with a big but somewhat dubious project that would require setting aside some substantial time, I wondered about things that could go wrong. I cover cancellation with less than two weeks notice and late payment in my contract. However, http://www.the-efa.org/res/code_2.htmlReservation Fees.

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SOHO Storage Needs Grab Titans' AttentionBy Judy MottlHere's an interesting article about coming developments in backup softare for small office/home office users (SOHO). I have used EMC backup software for years (mentioned in the above article). It was (is?) called Retrospect. Apparently it is now part of a broader solution called Lifeline. However, it is targeted at OEM (Original Equipment

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Place, Space, and Pace: Essential Ingredients in Staying Happy while Indexing.A felicitous partnership (between indexer and project) needs agreement or compromise in three areas: Place— Geography and housing; Space—Personal comfort level; and Pace—Lifestyle and time sense.If the indexer approaches each new project with the following three factors in equilibrium, then he or she should be able to

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Recently I was invited to bid on two different very big jobs--the kind of thing that involves lengthy runs of material from fifty to one hundred years.It's not the first time in 35+ years of indexing that I've been in this situation. In fact, one of my very earliest jobs, an annual index to government proceedings, involved something that, with inflation would have been a five-figure job. I got

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This past week I found, following one of Seattle’s somewhat infrequent power outages—at least in my area-- that the UPS through which I run my PC and monitor failed. It should have provided me with sufficient time to do a safe shutdown. It did not.I have (had) a Tripplite Smart USB UPS. After checking some things with Tripplite support, I learned that based on the serial number the battery was

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An article posted today to another blogspot site raises some good points about legal issues of working at home.ISSUES TOUCHING FREELANCE MARKETING

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Principles of Creating a Good Business Web SiteThis article strikes me as having some excellent advice. I have seen some indexers web sites that tend to violate some of these principles, particularly with the use of fancy fonts and animations.

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Although the author doesn't seem to know a lot about literate writing (or correct English), the link below does furnish some interesting thoughts about color and Web site design.Colour Wheel Theory

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From Small Business Computing comes this discussion of WEP vs. WPA for wireless networking.Wireless Networking: WEP Security is No Security at AllBy Joseph Moran

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The Indexing Companion (Cambridge University Press, 2007) is something I came across browsing in Google. There is a fair amount of text available online. I found one chapter, "Threats and Opportunities in Indexing," (Chapter 11, of which it appears the full chapter from 195 to 204 is available online, quite interesting.

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If you are thinking of sprucing up your Web page. . . perhaps moving beyond what came with your Web page software or was available through your ISP, then perhaps check out the Open Source Web Design site.To quote from their "About Us" page: "To put it simply, Open Source Web Design is a collection of web designs submitted by the community that anyone can download free of charge!"They have some

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Get the Best of Both E-Mail WorldsBy Joseph Moran

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It's dated February 2007, but looks quite comprehensive. I did point out to them that I have a number of articles on Suite101.com about indexing-maybe they will update it.INDEXING RESOURCES ON THE WWW

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Optimize Your Website: Video TutorialConsistency Keeps Traffic Returning

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The Blog will be taking a short break until next week due to Christmas, arriving family members, et al.Thanks to my subscribers for being interested in these postings.Charles Anderson

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As a user of Trend Micro Anti-virus/Anti-Spyware I was interested in this review of the 2008 product. Anyone considering changing from their current software might want to consider this. I gave up on Symantec, McAffee, and Zone Alarm Pro mostly because of poor technical support. Zone Alarm won't even talk to a user for under $2.95/minute.I don't own any stock in Trend but have used it this year

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Well, at a bit of a cost, here's a way to clean up some desktop clutter if you use a second monitor to view PDFs while indexing.2008: The Year of the Wireless MonitorBy Troy DreierDecember 13, 2007

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I was reminded by a posting on the indexersdiscussionlist about a phishing attempt using a fake PayPal notice that the urban legends site www.snopes.com has some reports on these and related scams.Just search paypal or phishing on snopes for a list.

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Although the linked article below is focused on selling something, I think it has some helpful things to say in general about Web site design. It seems to me that I've seen some indexers' sites that fit into the categories in the article — including mine!How to Know if Your Website is KILLING Your BusinessP.S. There's an interesting thing about the display -- at least on my screen. You may have

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If you run into cases where a publisher has to break up PDFs for a large book in order to get past your mail server limits, then a service that has a free option can help. I've had several clients send me PDFs through YouSendIt, and it cost me nothing to receive them. YouSendIt does have pay for service plans with more options, but I found the free version perfectly satisfactory, receiving

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If you like to tinker with your PC software or with Web page development, there are some free utilities from Microsoft that that might tell you more than you want to know——but I found them interesting. If you follow the link below you will see the list and how to download and install.Five are listed at .NET Toolbox Picks Two that I found most useful are: 1) the Internet Explorer Developer

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I searched quite a few Web stories on the release of the latest eBook venture—and found most of them very positive.However, on each review or news story, I used the Find command to try to locate any mention of indexing, with no success.So here's my Question of the Week: If/When the Kindle or a successor replaces at least a portion of hard copy publishing, will publishers hire indexers to create

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An IBM report, back in 2000, discussed the possibilities of holographic storage of data. The report is quite technical, and I certainly did not read the entire thing. However, I was struck by some information on something called "Associative Retrieval," particularly how it might effect the future of indexing. You can see one extract below or the full report by following the link. Searching within

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See Martha Osgood's outstanding answer to the question ofSHOULD AUTHORS INDEX THEIR OWN BOOKS?

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Martin Tulic, Indexer, has two very useful pages about indexing on his Web site. Start at http://www.anindexer.com/about/book/bookindex.html to see a list of books about indexing, and then click on "About Indexing" on the left. These might be more helpful for beginning indexers, but the second page, even for experienced indexers, is another source for information and might save you digging out

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Martin Tulic, Indexer, has two very helpful pages on his Web site.Start at http://www.anindexer.com/about/book/bookindex.html

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What's the catch? I don't know, but some indexers might want to take a look at this story:Want Free Content Publishing? Yes YUDUBy Lauren Simonds, Nov 1, 2007 Source: Small Business Computing.com

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I don't know how much readers can, or want to, tinker with their Web pages to improve rankings, but here is a link to an article with some hints.How to Promote Your Product with Organic Searchby Michael Fleischner.

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Assuming someone is really interested in putting into practice this method for random checking of index accuracy, here's how to do it. 1. For an example imagine you have indexed a book with 375 pages of text. Remembering the explanations of the following terms from Part 2, let’s start with a Confidence Level of 99% a Confidence Interval of three, and a Population of 375. Plugging these numbers

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For readers unfamiliar with the term, a tsotchke is a free gift given by businesses to potential clients to induce some sort of customer loyalty. Typical offerings are pens, note pads, day books, trinkets, or more expensive items. As one who was the recipient of many tsotchkes during a thirty year career as a librarian, I have some opinions on the value of this advertising approach, particularly

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The first posting on this subject referred to four items needed to get a statistical handle on checking index accuracy. They were: randomness, getting random numbers, Confidence Level, and Confidence Interval. If indexers with a statistics background will bear with me, I’ll briefly explain these terms as they apply to this topicRandomness in statistical sampling is used to guarantee that each

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The tax software programs for 2007 are already showing up in computer stores. TurboTax is already on the shelf at the local Office Depot and an empty display is labeled for H&R Block TaxCut.NOTE: Nothing in what follows is intended in any way, shape, or form as tax advice!I've seen indexer postings on email lists that discuss this topic now and then, with several people saying they use the "Home

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We all would like to turn in 100% accurate, perfect indexes each time. How reasonable is this desire? Even if indexing were 100% science instead of the mix of art and science that it is, as Joe E. Bishop said at the end of Some Like It Hot, “Well, nobody’s perfect.”What then is a reasonable amount of checking—proofing—to do after finishing input and editing of index copy? There has to be a

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The article linked below from the Small Business Computing Newsletter may be preaching to the choir, but it does have a good explanation of the different types of backups. There are also some suggested programs for backup.A Beginner's Guide To Data BackupBy Sally Curran, November 28, 2007

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