You might consider spending 10 minutes of that "assembling and organizing" time in proofreading your articles for errors. I'm assuming that you're using a voice-to-text app which would explain the grammatical errors that continually show up in your articles? I understand that I'm being a bit nit-picky, but to me, it's simply a sign of the degradation of our society in general when we all decide that the little things that used to matter no longer apply. Technology is truly a double-edged sword.
I know. Fair point as I hate how sloppy the writing on many sites has become, too, and I get disgusted when I go back and reread mine (AGAIN) after cramming for my AM deadline to find mine is turning out no better because I flew through the proofread as quickly as I could.
The problem is worse than voice-to-text. It's a Mac with a keyboard that is so worn out some of the keys are cracked; twelve are missing their letters entirely; one even has a hole through the top; and two are sticking, which autocorrect then changes to entirely different words. The computer is seven-years old, so too close to obsolete to be worth fixing.
That, and I'm always rushing in the early AM to get The Daily Doom out because I start at 5AM and still wind up finishing after 9AM PDT, working straight through for four hours. (After that, I take a break then go to work researching my Deeper Dive for the week or do an interview.) I may have to put the deadline or the number of headlines carried each day secondary to the proofing.
I've been waiting to replace the seven-year-old computer until I see whether enough Patrons stay on with support this week for me to justify continuing this venture because I can put up with the derelict keyboard if I'm just just reading the news for personal reasons and not doing much writing anymore.
You might consider spending 10 minutes of that "assembling and organizing" time in proofreading your articles for errors. I'm assuming that you're using a voice-to-text app which would explain the grammatical errors that continually show up in your articles? I understand that I'm being a bit nit-picky, but to me, it's simply a sign of the degradation of our society in general when we all decide that the little things that used to matter no longer apply. Technology is truly a double-edged sword.
I know. Fair point as I hate how sloppy the writing on many sites has become, too, and I get disgusted when I go back and reread mine (AGAIN) after cramming for my AM deadline to find mine is turning out no better because I flew through the proofread as quickly as I could.
The problem is worse than voice-to-text. It's a Mac with a keyboard that is so worn out some of the keys are cracked; twelve are missing their letters entirely; one even has a hole through the top; and two are sticking, which autocorrect then changes to entirely different words. The computer is seven-years old, so too close to obsolete to be worth fixing.
That, and I'm always rushing in the early AM to get The Daily Doom out because I start at 5AM and still wind up finishing after 9AM PDT, working straight through for four hours. (After that, I take a break then go to work researching my Deeper Dive for the week or do an interview.) I may have to put the deadline or the number of headlines carried each day secondary to the proofing.
I've been waiting to replace the seven-year-old computer until I see whether enough Patrons stay on with support this week for me to justify continuing this venture because I can put up with the derelict keyboard if I'm just just reading the news for personal reasons and not doing much writing anymore.
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