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Semicolons have often been considered the “most feared punctuation mark.” But don’t fret too much: follow the rules for using semicolons below and you’ll do just fine. Truth is, once you get the hang of these puppies, your writing will see dramatic improvement. The next time you write, give semicolons

This awareness test was created based on inattentional blindness research done by Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris. The research found that 50% of all people who take the test have a hard time paying attention to details. Watch the video. How aware are you?

A good friend of mine recently posted the cartoon you see above on Facebook; I was mildly bothered by it and so I hastily decided to post a quick, if not somewhat glib, jab back: “I’m not sure insulting people’s intelligence is productive either.” That was my initial, gut response

With the government officially shutting down on October 1, 2013, I opted to write a short letter to those who make decisions about how this country works. In the list of all the government workers and agencies furloughed, there’s a little technical mistake in who they required to go without

There are a number of reasons why you might want to capture an audience’s attention: giving a talk, presenting a marketing pitch, teaching a workshop, or selling a product online. Whatever the case may be, capturing an audience’s attention is critical to being persuasive and to giving effective presentations. Our

If you look at the Disney’s 2002 Lion King release poster, you may be subjecting yourself to a subliminal message. If you haven’t paid attention to the image before, take a moment to see if you see anything in the image other than a lion’s face in the clouds. What your

PowerPoint has gotten a bad rap over the years. In fact, during graduate school, my program director actually told us at one point that we couldn’t use PowerPoint for our comprehensive exams (which is an oral presentation in front of all the faculty and students required for graduation) because PowerPoint

Yes, it is actually as awful and awkward as it sounds: Pepsi created the marketing blunder of the year on this one by inadvertently advertising…rape? After what was supposed to be a cool co-promotion between A Bathing Ape (AAPE), a Japanese clothing company, and PepsiCo, a silly (and confusingly offensive)

My Rating: 3.5/5 About the Book Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability is a beginner’s guide to website design and usability testing. In twelve chapters, the author covers topics such  web site conventions, accessibility, wordiness, organization and hierarchy, homepage design, and other related topics. Readers can