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February 21, 2008

It Is All About How To Give And Take

“I’m a new soul, I came to this strange world hoping I could learn a bit about how to give and take. But since I came here felt the joy and the fear, finding myself making every possible mistake.” No, I’m not talking about MacBook Air here, although since yesterday I’ve been all day listening [...]

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a bit from contests, design

February 14, 2008

Graphic Design Interpretations

What happens when a renowned Graphic Designer asks a rhetoric question: What is Graphic Design, and then offers prizes to the most creative answers? An explosion with over five hundred different interpretations.

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10 commented bits

a bit from blogiverse

February 10, 2008

Four New Kids In The Blogiverse To Watch For

How many of you have blogged on your birthday? Well, call it an addiction or a bad planning, but it is my birthday today and I’m blogging. In fact, I just checked to see whether I blogged on February 10th last year when Inspiration Bit was just in its infancy, and even I was surprised [...]

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a bit from blogiverse, guestblogging

February 6, 2008

The Psychological Profile Of A Blogger

Prior to becoming a blogger I had an impression that blogs are nothing but an online version of a personal diary, and since I was never good at keeping diaries, I was not at all interested in blogging. But when last summer I came across several interesting blogs that were far from being someone’s personal [...]

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a bit from blogiverse

February 1, 2008

If I Had 48 Hours In A Day

I’m sure I could’ve accomplished so much more if I had more hours in a day – at least 36, though 48 would’ve been even better. Then I could’ve easily read all 70 (no need to read mine again) tutorials that were submitted to DailyBlogTips project. The diversity of the tutorial topics there was incredible: [...]

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a bit from blogiverse

January 30, 2008

The 2008 Bloggies – A Joke Or A Smack On The Face?

I guess you can tell what I think about the Annual Weblog Awards judging by the title of this post. Looks like with each year it’s getting worse, but nevertheless its popularity of an Oscar-like award for bloggers has increased exponentially. It is understandable why the spot on the Bloggies site is so coveted – [...]

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19 commented bits

a bit from blogiverse, web 2.0

January 21, 2008

Social Media Mega Project

At the end of last year I’ve announced a new kind of group writing project in the blogiverse – a collaborative Social Media Mega Project that would unite 10 bloggers from all over the world to organize and host a GWP on their blogs dedicated to the chosen social media site(s). All participating blogs (including [...]

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42 commented bits

a bit from contests, web 2.0

December 31, 2007

Social Media Mega Project: Bloggers Unite

Earlier in December I asked all of you Would You Participate In A Collaborative Social Media Project? Thanks to everyone who has responded so far. This group writing project (and please, if you can think of a better name for it, do let me know) will be different from all others because it will unite [...]

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Hi, I'm Vivien. Thanks for visiting my Inspiration Bit. I often find myself scouring the internet looking for either answers to many questions I have or websites that inspire me, sites that I can learn from. On what topics you might ask — any topics that interest me, anything from web design to typography and art, from blogging to entrepreneurship, from programming to open source.
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When I'm not blogging, I design web sites, teach, play with my daughter and try to balance family, work, friends and a somewhat active social life on