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Tag: writing

  • Copyright Notice Protecting Against AI And Machine Learning

    Copyright Notice Protecting Against AI And Machine Learning

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23551 – 1216 I started this post several weeks ago and it was just hanging out in my drafts folder. I usually leave all the tabs open that pertain to what I’m studying until I’m done with the sources but this time they got away. I could spend…

  • Who’s To Blame For Herb’s Poetry Habit

    Who’s To Blame For Herb’s Poetry Habit

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22138 – 709: As you may or may not recall I have at times fancied myself something of a poet. I think some of my stuff is okay while some of it is mind-rotted drivel of the lowest sort. And some in between. I have read books…

  • 100 hours or 1,000 hours – A Concept That Has Been Bothering Me

    100 hours or 1,000 hours – A Concept That Has Been Bothering Me

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22131 – 702: Many of you may remember that this whole streak of making at least one post per day, even if it is just one sentence, started with a blog post I read by a marketing maven named Seth Godin. He had been blogging for 11…

  • Place Your Fingers On The Home Keys Homeboy

    Place Your Fingers On The Home Keys Homeboy

    Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22122-693: A re-written piece from Jan 14, 09 Herbdate 17876: He sat staring at the blank screen the way the old-timers had stared at a blank sheet of paper in a typewriter. He couldn’t move. Paralyzed by depression and fear of rejection he minimized the word processing…

  • Missing Something – A Blast From The Past

    Missing Something – A Blast From The Past

    Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22108-679: Originally written and/or posted previously elsewhere on Herbdate: 17879 aka 01/16/2009: Missing Something Today’s prompt is from Herb’s book of real-life experiences: “A wannabe writer with a self-imposed deadline, who usually gets up an hour early just to write, discovers that he is missing an important…

  • Repost of 08-25-09

    Repost of 08-25-09

  • Experimenting

    Experimenting

    Over the next few days, I am thinking of testing different looks for the blog. I am not looking to modify it a whole lot, but there are a couple of looks I want to try. I will try to keep the interference to a minimum and still continue my…

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