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Clay Moore

How I keep up with technology without it costing a fortune

May 21, 2012

There is one thing that I don’t like about being a technology and programming trainer and that is trying to keep up with the changes in the programming languages I know.  I used to buy books all the time.  Now I don’t so much anymore.  After the break, the secret to my success.

Characterization: Put people in their place

May 18, 2012

In our study of characterization we have looked at your character’s clothing.  Now I want to put those character in their place.  After the break a discussion of place and how it helps describe out character’s person.

Working with tables in Scrivener

May 16, 2012

The Scrivener writing tool is more than an editor.  It is a place to store backstory, character sketches, and other story information.  I find articles on the internet related to whatever the project is about and put them in the research portion of my Scrivener file or folder.  More about tables in Scrivener after the [...]

How to put DRM-free Books on your Kindle fire

May 14, 2012

If you’ve been buying ebooks for a while chances are that you’ve bought some books without DRM(digital rights management.)  As a book publisher OReilly has been on the cutting edge of offering their ebooks without DRM.  The problem with buying your books this way is that it is not obvious how to get these books [...]

Using Windows Live Writer for Posting to your Blog

May 4, 2012

In a move designed to cater to all of my readers I am covering the Windows side of things as well as the Mac side.  Posting to a blog is something I do on a regular basis and I usually use an offline editor for making my posts.  On the Mac side the best offline [...]

You can Judge a book by its cover

May 2, 2012

As you can tell by the title of this post I will be showing you how to use clothing and adornment to reveal much about your character. Let’s look at the use of some of these techniques, and then I will have some homework for you to do. Clothing Think of someone Kingly. What came [...]

Roku 2 XS vs. Apple TV part II

May 1, 2012

Yesterday we looked at the Roku 2 XS. Today we look at the Apple TV. Apple TV Apple maintains that the Apple TV is a hobby for them. For a Hobby it sells pretty well. Currently Apple TV is in its third iteration. I have the second iteration version. I have Apple TV for one [...]

Roku 2 XS vs. Apple TV

April 30, 2012

For the last Year I have been without Cable TV.  This is not because I could not afford it.  It is by choice.  I got a little tired of watching TV on the channels schedule.  I know I could shift the programs time with TIVO, but that is a limited resource.  Programming the thing was [...]

Two new Cloud Storage Systems: Google Drive and Microsoft’s Skydrive

April 27, 2012

I’ve used Dropbox consistently for over two years now.  For the last year I have had a 50 GB account for which I pay about $99.  That is about $2 per GB I use.  That was nice, and I loved the idea of having my files stored elsewhere, sort of a backup on the fly. [...]

Characterization: Bringing People to Life

April 25, 2012

Our art is different from other art.  Our art is highly collaborative.  We depend on our readers to come with a  set of abilities that no other art demands.  We demand that our readers be able to read.  They should have a common set of cultural ideals.  They need to be able to understand us. [...]

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