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I'm Mignon Fogarty. You probably know me as Grammar Girl, but I also founded and help run a podcasting network and find that I have things to say about business, marketing, podcasting, writing, language, and life. I'll say them here. mignon [at] behindthegrammar [dot] com.-
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Tag Archives: life
On Keeping Your Opinions to Yourself
My brother will be looking for a job soon, and so far he’s ignoring my advice to clean up his Facebook profile. The problem isn’t wild party pictures, he’s quite the diligent student, it’s his wild political views. My philosophy … Continue reading
Can Your Computer Be Too Easy to Use?
A couple of days ago I had to go to a hotel because the water was turned off in my building. I grudgingly left behind my beloved desktop Mac and packed my laptop. I grumbled that I wasn’t going to … Continue reading
Is It Worth Going to an Expensive College?
I had a fun surprise this morning when I saw Pandora’s Tim Westergren on CNBC. I worked a summer job with Tim many years ago when I was a graduate student at Stanford. He was running a program to encourage … Continue reading
The Volume of a Drop
Sometimes I get a question that doesn’t have an answer. Today’s question was about the rules for using a shortened name. For example, when do you write “Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC)” and use “TMCC” in the rest of the … Continue reading
Social Networks and Death
Now that I have hundreds of social media friends I try to keep up with every day, I’ve noticed that my view of the world is changing. A while ago three people in my network had someone close to them … Continue reading
Can You Turn Your Passion Into a Job and Keep the Passion Alive?
Chris Guillebeau recently asked me to contribute to a post on his blog about whether financial success follows if you “follow your passion” as so many gurus recommend. There ended up being a bunch of great opinions from a number … Continue reading
