Brennan's Old Blog

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. -Jack Layton

 

My Writing Process

Let’s get down to the bare bones to start with: Prepare yourself and focus. Brainstorm and allow yourself to have bad ideas. Outline a thesis. Draft and edit. Cut the non-essential. Now, let’s expand on these ideas! Today is the...

A Personal History of Blogging

Obligated Preamble By the fourth day, you come to get into a sense of flow. There’s less pressure to put your best foot forward, and more pressure to just put *anything at all* forward in order to not derail. There’s...

Bonfire Night

It is very late on a Sunday night. I’m tired but I want to write. I want to write something good. I don’t want to merely churn out something formulaic that would satisfy the daily word counter. My expected goal...

Manipulation Tactics

Manipulation Tactics Years ago, these kind of cheap tactics did work in boosting web pages up Google’s search results. That isn’t the case anymore. When you search for something — anything —poorly designed or user-hostile websites never appear on page 1 of...