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26.11.08
24.11.08
JK Rowling's Future Writing Career - An Exhaustive Analysis For Those Who Care
Despite the dramatic finish of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling's successful writing career is not at an end. She will take advantage of the released pressure, but by no means has indicated that she will be abandoning her career as a writer. She has said that she may write under a pseudonym, although the press would discover it "in seconds". Jo has already embarked on writing projects other than Harry Potter. In 2006 in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, she revealed that she has already written a few short stories, and is working on a story, aimed at a younger audience than Harry Potter's, which she describes as a "political fairytale" about a monster. It is unlikely, though, that she will return to writing another book in the Harry Potter series: "I can't say I'll never write another book about that world just because I think, what do I know, in ten years' time I might want to return to it but I think it's unlikely." She has admitted that there are "weak moments" where she has said okay to an eighth book, but these are unlikely and reiterates that Harry would not be the central character. Luckily, though, she has said she is likely to publish a large encyclopedia containing information about Harry Potter and his world not revealed in the books. She has not started writing it, and says she could take more than ten years to complete it: "It's not coming along, and I haven't started writing it. I never said it was the next thing I'd do." "There is no point in doing it unless it is amazing. The last thing I want to do is to rush something out" In July 2007, J.K. Rowling said she is currently writing two books, one for children and one for adults, reminding her of the situation when she was writing Harry Potter as well as another book in the early 1990's , before Harry Potter took over. " The weird thing is that this is exactly the way I started writing Harry. I was writing two things simultaneously for a year before Harry took over. So one will oust the other in due course, and I'll know that's my next thing" she says. None of her future publications are likely to be fantasy, lest she should borrow too much from Harry's world. She has said that "to go and create another fantasy universe would feel wrong". In March 2008, she revealed that her "political fairy story" was almost finished, and that it will "probably be the next thing" she publishes. It is possible that this story has taken over the novel for adults. She also said that she had resumed writing in cafes, reminiscent of what she did 15 years ago, writing the first Potter book. Ultimately, though, we cannot expect too much, too soon, as she says she will take "lots" of time off to spend with her family, and she has noted how much she will enjoy the lack of pressure on her: "... the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss. Heaven. No pressure."
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Harry Potter Fansite - MuggleMix - http://www.mugglemix.com/ JK Rowling's Website - http://www.jkrowling.com/
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23.11.08
Book Review - Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership
No President cut a broader swath through the federal government than Theodore Roosevelt. Having served in a number of public offices including governor of New York and under secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was experienced at public administration upon arriving at the White House in 1901 on the death of President McKinley.
Strock examines Roosevelt's unique approach to leadership throughout his life and especially as President. He identifies a dozen primary areas where Roosevelt demonstrated extraordinary leadership skills.
T.R., as he was affectionately known, seized the role of leadership where ever he went. He knew no fear and confronted every challenge with vigor and courage. Roosevelt was a lifelong student, reading all the time. In fact Roosevelt read on average a book or two every day! He maintained that pace while President. He was as a consequence able to converse on any subject with people of all nature of expertise.
He was a team builder. He knew how to build loyalty and maintain it. He always got the very best on his team. He also knew how to challenge and motivate men and would get the best out of them. In part he did this through his own incredible stamina and accomplishments. He set the standard and example for all who worked for or with him.
He was a great public speaker and writer. Long before President Reagan was elected T.R. was a great communicator.
He was a firm believer in personal responsibility and integrity and never wavered from his loyalty to country and family.
In this book Strock does a good job of studying the man and demonstrating through example how he mastered and used all these powerful leadership traits to accomplish more than most Presidents before or since.
At the end of each chapter Strock summarizes the chief leadership principles that he has discussed. His summaries are often direct quotes from TR or are paraphrased. As an example, after the first chapter he lists seven important traits of a leader including focus of energy; seek leadership on one's own terms and avoid indebtedness to others; love their people; be committed to service; build a life based on service; do one's duty and seek to deserve success rather than seeking success.
This book is a little goldmine of Roosevelt's best leadership traits and philosophy. At 238 pages it is a good read.
Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership James Strock © 2001 by JamesStrock.com, Inc. Published by Prima Publishing, Roseville, California, div. of Random House.
Daniel R. Murphy -- helping people build wealth through self education and development. For more Free Special Reports and other information leading to personal success and financial independence visit http://www.books2wealth.com Check out what we have to offer. Sign up for the free ezine, Creating True Wealth, bringing you book reviews and helpful articles twice per month to help you build wealth, manager your time and achieve success. You will secure your future through your continued education and self improvement.
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Strock examines Roosevelt's unique approach to leadership throughout his life and especially as President. He identifies a dozen primary areas where Roosevelt demonstrated extraordinary leadership skills.
T.R., as he was affectionately known, seized the role of leadership where ever he went. He knew no fear and confronted every challenge with vigor and courage. Roosevelt was a lifelong student, reading all the time. In fact Roosevelt read on average a book or two every day! He maintained that pace while President. He was as a consequence able to converse on any subject with people of all nature of expertise.
He was a team builder. He knew how to build loyalty and maintain it. He always got the very best on his team. He also knew how to challenge and motivate men and would get the best out of them. In part he did this through his own incredible stamina and accomplishments. He set the standard and example for all who worked for or with him.
He was a great public speaker and writer. Long before President Reagan was elected T.R. was a great communicator.
He was a firm believer in personal responsibility and integrity and never wavered from his loyalty to country and family.
In this book Strock does a good job of studying the man and demonstrating through example how he mastered and used all these powerful leadership traits to accomplish more than most Presidents before or since.
At the end of each chapter Strock summarizes the chief leadership principles that he has discussed. His summaries are often direct quotes from TR or are paraphrased. As an example, after the first chapter he lists seven important traits of a leader including focus of energy; seek leadership on one's own terms and avoid indebtedness to others; love their people; be committed to service; build a life based on service; do one's duty and seek to deserve success rather than seeking success.
This book is a little goldmine of Roosevelt's best leadership traits and philosophy. At 238 pages it is a good read.
Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership James Strock © 2001 by JamesStrock.com, Inc. Published by Prima Publishing, Roseville, California, div. of Random House.
Daniel R. Murphy -- helping people build wealth through self education and development. For more Free Special Reports and other information leading to personal success and financial independence visit http://www.books2wealth.com Check out what we have to offer. Sign up for the free ezine, Creating True Wealth, bringing you book reviews and helpful articles twice per month to help you build wealth, manager your time and achieve success. You will secure your future through your continued education and self improvement.
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22.11.08
Developing a successful Facebook application
Developing a successful Facebook application
Facebook is one of the most renowned social networks across the internet. A huge number of people from around the world are using Facebook. Facebook users can enjoy of different features that are a part of the network for example building the users own personal profile , adding and sharing pictures, visiting different communities and joining them if the users feel like and many other such features add inn a lot more value to this social network .
Apart from its own attributes and features, some additional applications are developed for the Facebook users that are called Facebook applications. These applications are developed to facilitate the users of this social network, and make their Facebook usage easy productive and enjoyable. By far a large number of Facebook applications have been developed and many of Facebook users are using. Facebook applications for all kinds of users are available on this social network keeping in mind their likes dislikes and interests. But the question is that what does it take to build a successful Facebook application?
In order to develop best Facebook applications the following things should be kept in mind :
• The application should be easy to use
How user friendly is your application? This is the most important part of any application. The more simple and easy to use the application is the more the users would enjoy working on it. Complex applications are always disliked by the users. So keep your ap
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plication simple and easy but productive and result oriented.
• Importance of the social and viral component
A Facebook application should be having a social and viral feel in it. It must be socially charged and active because the network it is being developed for is a large social network. If it can’t be social, being viral would be a must for the application in order to spread amongst the users very swiftly.
• Don’t build a totally foreign application
Building a totally foreign application that has no link to Facebook is a bad idea. So keep in mind to maintain a connection with either the features Facebook or if not this then you must develop a very catchy and exiting application which is viral and enough for the users to try it.
• Importance of quality
It’s better to build a simple application and let it grow with the passage of time. If your application has various features its essential for it to maintain a high-quality as well. A proper hardware is required if more than the expected number of users start using the application. No users would carry on using a slow or broken up application.
Keeping in mind these points, if you develop you Facebook application chances for you application to be a success are more likely. But following these steps isn’t a must you can always try to develop complex applications if you think handling them at both the developers end and the users end won’t be a mess.
http://www.facebookster.com
Facebook is one of the most renowned social networks across the internet. A huge number of people from around the world are using Facebook. Facebook users can enjoy of different features that are a part of the network for example building the users own personal profile , adding and sharing pictures, visiting different communities and joining them if the users feel like and many other such features add inn a lot more value to this social network .
Apart from its own attributes and features, some additional applications are developed for the Facebook users that are called Facebook applications. These applications are developed to facilitate the users of this social network, and make their Facebook usage easy productive and enjoyable. By far a large number of Facebook applications have been developed and many of Facebook users are using. Facebook applications for all kinds of users are available on this social network keeping in mind their likes dislikes and interests. But the question is that what does it take to build a successful Facebook application?
In order to develop best Facebook applications the following things should be kept in mind :
• The application should be easy to use
How user friendly is your application? This is the most important part of any application. The more simple and easy to use the application is the more the users would enjoy working on it. Complex applications are always disliked by the users. So keep your ap
window.google_render_ad();
plication simple and easy but productive and result oriented.
• Importance of the social and viral component
A Facebook application should be having a social and viral feel in it. It must be socially charged and active because the network it is being developed for is a large social network. If it can’t be social, being viral would be a must for the application in order to spread amongst the users very swiftly.
• Don’t build a totally foreign application
Building a totally foreign application that has no link to Facebook is a bad idea. So keep in mind to maintain a connection with either the features Facebook or if not this then you must develop a very catchy and exiting application which is viral and enough for the users to try it.
• Importance of quality
It’s better to build a simple application and let it grow with the passage of time. If your application has various features its essential for it to maintain a high-quality as well. A proper hardware is required if more than the expected number of users start using the application. No users would carry on using a slow or broken up application.
Keeping in mind these points, if you develop you Facebook application chances for you application to be a success are more likely. But following these steps isn’t a must you can always try to develop complex applications if you think handling them at both the developers end and the users end won’t be a mess.
http://www.facebookster.com
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