A few words of wisdom and a new trick for Google Images

Two different blog posts attracted my attention this morning.

The first comes from Brian Clark at copyblogger. Brian's' post titled "50 Trigger Words and Phrases for Powerful Multimedia Content" talks about the difference between the right word and the almost right word. He starts out by equating the difference between the two with a quote from Mark Twain - “the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”

For a writer the difference between the right word and the almost right word can have a significant impact. Using the right word can deliver a direct unambiguous message to your reader. The almost right word can lead to misunderstanding and a false sense of expectations.

One leads you to a solid sale while the other delivers headaches, buyers remorse and the potential for an unhappy customer. Which would you prefer?

The second 'post of note' comes from Google Labs. The folks working at the labs have a unique outlook on life and the internet. Google allows them to dream about new ways of delivering all that information collected from the web.

Today's interesting tidbit covers two new features recently rolled out at the Labs - Similar Image Search and News Time line.

Similar Image Search does just that. Enter a search word or phrase in the box and click the Search Images button. Viola! Here are your results with images that contain your keyword/phrase and a batch that might match. Behind the scenes the Labs compare visual similarities between images to define the results. Pretty cool huh?

News Time Line has a similar cool. Using your keyword/phrase returns a list of results organized by day, week, month, year or decade in an easy to format.

I hope you enjoy these links as much as I did . . .

A thought to share . . .

Robyn Greenspan sums it up in the "Thought for the Week" in her Exec-U-Net newsletter:

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.
— Napoleon Hill

Let's get moving on the recovery now, not after we see what our neighbor does first.

BTW -- I must apologize for neglected this blog over the past month or so and will get back in the habit of making regular contributions to the blogosphere shortly.