Another great resource to help you through the editing process. Includes an "Editing Checklist."

A credible source that gives several great tips on how to edit/proofread a document.

A template for creating a formal report

Component by component guide to creating formal reports.

The 7 Bad E-Mail Habits that Make People Want to Kill You

This site gives some quick answers to questions about copyright and fair use. I like this simple explanation: "Someone owns just about everything. Fair use lets you use their things--but not as much as you'd like to. Sometimes you have to ask for permission. Sometimes you are the owner - think about that!"

Another really cool idea! I might actually join this network. The description on the site says it all: "By joining the Creative Commons Network, you will be joining a worldwide community dedicated to building the Commons - the pool of content, of knowledge, that is freely and legally accessible to everyone - a vital public resource in this digital age."

I thought this was a pretty interesting find! It's a free tool that evaluates fair usage. You enter the context, purpose, and nature of your intended use and it's effect on market value or the value of the copyrighted work, and then it calculates the fairness for you.

I was a little confused by some of the widgets/plugins. Here's a site that explains 10 of the more important ones, and posts links to downloads.

Here are some more themes--Wordpress' selection is pretty limited. Seems like a lot of people just end up using the same themes, and I think it's important to make your blog unique! (Of course, I should probably take my own advice and use one of these...).

This is an interesting little presentation that compares American (or Western) values, attitudes, and behaviors with those of other cultures, and discusses how these differences can create problems in the workplace.