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Re: Beatdown: De Santis and Sherwood React To McGregor-Dos Anjos, Holm-Tate Announcements

jeremyleejames — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 18:46:18 -0000

Never mind.

Re: Mike Rowe’s must-read response to an Alabamian who asked why he shouldn’t follow his passion

jeremyleejames — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 17:18:26 -0000

I tend to agree with Rowe on this. To a point.

Some people can, will, and should follow their passion. When those people read Rowe's advice, they'll ignore it, and a certain percentage of them will end up being the innovators, artists, and game changers upon which the advancement of our society depends.

Others, who merely *think* they're passionate about a given pursuit, will listen to Rowe's advice and quit, proving they're weren't truly passionate.

The vast majority of people, however, would be wise to listen to what Rowe's saying—although I think Cal Newport, in his book, SO GOOD THEY CAN'T IGNORE YOU (http://calnewport.com/books..., articulates the point even better (paraphrasing):

Get good at something valuable to society, and the passion will follow, not the other way around.

Re: THE LAST NAPHIL - Chapter 2 - "Very Hard To Kill" - Jeremy Lee James

jeremyleejames — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:10:15 -0000

This is one of the coolest features I've ever seen on a writer's website. But then, I built the website. :)

Re: You're a Flake

jeremyleejames — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:15:33 -0000

I enjoyed the article. More people need to hear this (like me at twenty).

Unsolicited design: Increase the contrast by lightening up your background a shade or two. Currently, it's difficult to read, and little depressing, mood-wise.

Re: Enter #TheMostInterestingWriterInTheWorld Caption Contest And Win Free Copies Of My Novels

jeremyleejames — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 17:24:15 -0000

I like it, Laura!

Re: Enter #TheMostInterestingWriterInTheWorld Caption Contest And Win Free Copies Of My Novels

jeremyleejames — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 10:10:38 -0000

Another one to get the juices flowing...

His love scenes are always written from memory. He is #TheMostInterestingWriterInTheWorld

Re: Enter #TheMostInterestingWriterInTheWorld Caption Contest And Win Free Copies Of My Novels

jeremyleejames — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 09:51:12 -0000

EXAMPLE ENTRY:

He would be a pantser, except that he always writes in the nude. He is #TheMostInterestingWriterInTheWorld

Re: BookBub Highlights: Noah Lukeman - BookBub Unbound

jeremyleejames — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:11:34 -0000

Great article. I've been a fan of Noah's for a long, long time. If I change my mind about seeking representation, he's an agent I'd query.

Re: Jeremy Lee James – Writer. Web Geek. Optimist. » Chapter One – “Young For Your Kind”

jeremyleejames — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 12:17:05 -0000

paragraph 1

Re: Jeremy Lee James – Writer. Web Geek. Optimist. » Chapter One – “Young For Your Kind”

jeremyleejames — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 10:26:44 -0000

testing something

Re: Is Exercise The Answer To Weight Loss?

jeremyleejames — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:05:42 -0000

Excellent article. And you are exactly right. Sugar, wheat, liquid calories, and processed carbs--that's what killing people.

Re: Getting Started with Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools

jeremyleejames — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:29:47 -0000

All of your images are blank. Please fix. Thanks! Otherwise, great article.

Re: Evernote Reminders Are Here on Mac, iOS and Web

jeremyleejames — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:44:22 -0000

It would be great if dates could be applied to individual "tasks" / checkboxes *within* a note.

Re: Is college the best way to get career skills?

jeremyleejames — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:24:11 -0000

And let's not forget http://devbootcamp.com for Ruby / ROR / Javascript / etcetera.

Re: T -57: It’s feeling closer

jeremyleejames — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:17:30 -0000

It's going to be a good time to say the least.

Re: Exercise 33: While Loops — Learn Ruby The Hard Way

jeremyleejames — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:57:04 -0000

I forgot to add one more step to get MacVim to use Ruby 1.93+ (my previous reply has yet to be approved):

sudo mv /etc/zshenv /etc/zprofile

(explained here: http://vim.1045645.n5.nabbl...

Re: Exercise 33: While Loops — Learn Ruby The Hard Way

jeremyleejames — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:49:48 -0000

Thanks for pointing this out. The fix to force MacVim to use Ruby 1.93+ (assuming you're using ZSH like I am--Bash users would probably do something similar) is to add the following line to your .zshrc file:

source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"

Of course this also assumes you're using RVM to manage your Rubies.

Re: Shoehorning startups into the VC model

jeremyleejames — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:32:05 -0000

This article should be a linked disclaimer in every single post that talks about seeking VC money. Well done.

Re: Exercise 33: While Loops — Learn Ruby The Hard Way

jeremyleejames — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:37:59 -0000

Peculiar. If I'm in MacVim and run this with:

!: ruby ./ex33.rb

no brackets...

If I run it from the command line, brackets.

I have verified that I'm using Ruby 1.93+

Re: How Google Plus Hangouts Will Revolutionize The Way You Work

jeremyleejames — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:50:25 -0000

Thanks! You rock!

Re: How Google Plus Hangouts Will Revolutionize The Way You Work

jeremyleejames — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:29:22 -0000

I'd like an invite. jeremyleejames@gmail[dot-com]

Re: Professional vs Personal: Should You Mix Social Medias? - Marla Miller .com

jeremyleejames — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:42:13 -0000

This is Jeremy posting when I'm logged into Disqus using my Twitter account.

Re: Southern California Writers Conference - Hyla Molander .com

jeremyleejames — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:45:25 -0000

I'm the webmaster for this conference, and though I may be biased, I have to say, it is the best writing conference I've been to. By far.

Re: File Oracle

jeremyleejames — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:18:27 -0000

Can this be used to get the "length" of an .mp3 file for RSS enclosures used to podcast? Like what the "feed enclosure" plugin does in EE 1.6?

If so, this will save my ass.

Re: Jeff Jarvis Stars in New Video Book - mediabistro.com: GalleyCat

jeremyleejames — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:52:08 -0000

Exactly what J.C. Hutchins said above. This video is a perfect example of a "value-add." It justifies the excuse to market a book with content that's valuable in-and-of-itself.

Publishers: learn what your product is. Hint: it's not bits and bytes.