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Please tell me you know how to write a formal letter. Or at the very least, you know not to CC all.
For possible story inspiration, or maybe just some potty humor, toilet stall graffiti from around this great country.
Can’t get your chronology straight? A helpful list of timelines.
Via Sreetips, some things not to do while making PowerPoint presentations. Although I have to say adding gunshot and breaking glass sound effects does add a certain something.
And via Lifehacker, how to stop Spyware and other “badware,” plus the ever-helpful Ask Metafilter roundup.

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion's Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook's Morin Oluwole, and bitly's Tim Devane. Register now.