List of Writing Related Feeds I Follow

I saw the following tweet from Melissa Donovan:

"My feed reader is still pretty dead. Come on peeps! Got any #writing blog recommendations"

This prompted me to check out the writing related feeds I follow and prune them down to only those currently active.

Here is a listing of those that remain, in no particular order or ranking:


Writing, Clear and Simple
Write to Done 
Writing Matters
Time to Write
The Blood-Red Pencil
The Adventurous Writer
DailyWritingTips
Blue Pencil Editing


Of course, Melissa's own Writing Forward is also included in my feeds.


I hope this helps Melissa, and my readers interested in writing.

Aging In Place Technology Watch Blog

I recently discovered the RSS feed for the blog for this site.

There is a lot of great information regarding technology, specifically as pertains to seniors and boomers.

I have even left a comment on the "Simplifying computer usage with easy-to-use software...and other musings" post of March 25, 2009, suggesting "computer user groups would be a great place for these kinds of vendors to get good feedback by providing copies of their software, which after review would be published in the group's newsletter and/or website, thus reaching like minded people, rather than the general public".

If you are a senior, boomer, or caregiver of a senior, or boomer, interested in technology at all, I recommend this blog, and associated website.

Interesting Blog - Daily Cup of Tech

I ran across this interesting blog recently and am adding to my Blog Roll.

Daily Cup of Tech

This blog by Tim Fehlman, contains a lot of useful technical information. What really caught my interest was his 31OCT06 posting Build a USB Drive Mail System, in which he gives detailed instructions of how to set up a totally portable email system on a USB drive, using free software.

I have been using Thunderbird Portable and earlier versions for quite some time now, but have a 256MB USB drive that I am going to set up this way, so that all I have to do is plug it in and take care of my email when away from home.

This fits in very nicely with the presentations "5 Things You Can Do With a Portable USB Drive" and "Portable Applications" given at the 17OCT06 BPCA meeting.

Tim is a self professed "USB drive nut" and many of his postings are regarding USB drives.

Check it out for yourself, and let me know how you like it.

Blog - Lifehacker

Occasionaly, I will post about a blog I find interesting or useful. These blogs will not be computer related necessarily.

The interesting blog for today is Lifehacker, which touts itself as a "Productivity and Software Guide".

Typically there are multiple daily entries, mostly dealing with technology. Sometimes announcements of interesting technology, sometimes how to articles, etc. I usually check it out once or twice a week, as I find time and have yet to have a day when there wasn't something of interest.

For instance, check out the September 20, 2006 post by Adam Pash "Download of the Day: tinySpell (Windows).

The post tells you about a Freeware cross-application spell checking utility. I have read it and followed the link and think this will be something worthwhile to try. If this works out for me, I will let you know in a latter posting.

Try it out for yourself and let me know what you think.

This post and any following posts regarding blogs I frequent will have Blogs as its label to make them easy to find.