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Year: 2014

Follow 3 rules for quotation marks

Quotation marks are an important part of your writing, but are you using them correctly with other punctuation? There are some potentially confusing rules, but you need to get them right to make sure people understand what you’re saying.

Save time with transcription app

Audio transcription is tedious. Lis­­ten­­ing, typing furiously, re­­wind­­ing, toggling back and forth between audio and word-processing: it’s endless and inefficient. An application called oTranscribe aims to change that, and seems to be do­­ing a great job, John Paul Titlow writes.

In the face of layoffs and pay cuts, keep perspective

Q: “Several months ago, half the people in our office were laid off, and the remaining hourly workers were cut from 40 hours to 32. The salaried employees had their pay reduced by 8% and assumed some of the hourly duties. As a salaried person, I am now doing more work for less pay. The owner said everyone would be affected by this downturn, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. I am extremely angry about this and tired of being abused.” Disgusted

2 priority checks save time and stress

Too often professionals get overwhelmed with the sheer number of tasks and requests coming in, and fail to prioritize everything properly. This can waste an enormous amount of time. Instead of reacting to emails, calls and requests immediately, professionals should prioritize to figure out which truly need attention at any given time, Scott McDowell writes.