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    Structured Daydreaming
    Ray
    • Aug 18, 2017
    • 2 min

    Structured Daydreaming

    Designers should make time to daydream. As the cultivators and ushers of good ideas, it's our job to make sure we're finding the best ones.
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    5 Tips for Writing Great Design Docs
    Ray
    • Sep 1, 2015
    • 6 min

    5 Tips for Writing Great Design Docs

    The first problem any designer must overcome is getting their team to want to read a design. The second problem is...
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    Author Interview about The Day Eight Series
    Ray
    • Nov 10, 2012
    • 5 min

    Author Interview about The Day Eight Series

    I remember learning about an array of approaches to A.I., and thinking, "None of these approaches will ever create real intelligence..."
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    Thank You for the Reviews!
    Ray
    • Sep 9, 2012
    • 2 min

    Thank You for the Reviews!

    As I was piloting a heat-shielded helicopter around an electromagnetic ash cloud and into the caldera of a reawakening volcano...
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    A Foray into Novel Promotions, Final Results (Day 3)
    Ray
    • Sep 3, 2012
    • 3 min

    A Foray into Novel Promotions, Final Results (Day 3)

    Today was the final day of a 3 day promotion where The Reborn – the first part of my technothriller novel series – was free on Amazon...
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    A Foray into Novel Promotions, Day 2 Results
    Ray
    • Sep 2, 2012
    • 4 min

    A Foray into Novel Promotions, Day 2 Results

    Day 1 was roughly 2x as successful as Day 2, but Day 2 started with a bang (see the brag-sheet I made above... sorry, I got excited...
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A Foray into Amazon Promotions & Best Seller Lists
    Ray
    • Aug 31, 2012
    • 7 min

    A Foray into Amazon Promotions & Best Seller Lists

    ...another reason it’s nice to be in the top of a free list: when people are browsing top sellers and looking at the likes of George R.R....
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    The Promise: An Author's Statement of Purpose
    Ray
    • Jun 23, 2012
    • 3 min

    The Promise: An Author's Statement of Purpose

    Great novels have a message – some feeling or idea for the reader to take away. Great novels perform inception, changing the reader by...
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    What my Cactus and Shakespeare have in Common
    Ray
    • Mar 2, 2012
    • 2 min

    What my Cactus and Shakespeare have in Common

    This is my cactus. My wife picked it up at Home Depot and gave it to me for Valentine’s day, pointing out how I like strange and exotic t...
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    5 Ways to Improve Kindle for Authors
    Ray
    • Feb 20, 2012
    • 3 min

    5 Ways to Improve Kindle for Authors

    The Kindle has done so much, but it has only realized a small portion of its massive potential for interaction...
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    Great Beginnings
    Ray
    • Feb 6, 2012
    • 2 min

    Great Beginnings

    The label said not to eat it, so I ate it...
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