Don Dingee
@dondingee.bsky.social
Freelance technology writer, SABR member Rogers Hornsby Chapter (ATX/SATX), traded "tools of ignorance" for college textbooks, dad of rescue Great Pyr, steely-eyed missile man (model rockets nowadays), INTJ, allergic to poison ivy | #WeAreCPP #USCViterbi
Frozen burritos were a delicacy
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Frozen burritos were a delicacy
Z-10000 meters is still one the greatest power moves ever
November 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Z-10000 meters is still one the greatest power moves ever
When is the carrier coming to pick up the Yankees?
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
When is the carrier coming to pick up the Yankees?
"stuck" did a whole lotta work there - heads up by the Dodger outfielder to plead the case by tossing up his hands, but c'mon, one finger pulled that out
November 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"stuck" did a whole lotta work there - heads up by the Dodger outfielder to plead the case by tossing up his hands, but c'mon, one finger pulled that out
Really dislike the "he got a glove on it" theory of scoring
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Really dislike the "he got a glove on it" theory of scoring
Hold the big girl close in your memories
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hold the big girl close in your memories
"Why, it's just a blog?"
No. It's a briefing with SMEs. It's research. It's conceiving a story line. It's chasing down graphics from the client. It's a draft. It's reviews. It's a revision.
Then, it goes into the production queue of the blog outlet, which can be up to a week.
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No. It's a briefing with SMEs. It's research. It's conceiving a story line. It's chasing down graphics from the client. It's a draft. It's reviews. It's a revision.
Then, it goes into the production queue of the blog outlet, which can be up to a week.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Why, it's just a blog?"
No. It's a briefing with SMEs. It's research. It's conceiving a story line. It's chasing down graphics from the client. It's a draft. It's reviews. It's a revision.
Then, it goes into the production queue of the blog outlet, which can be up to a week.
#FreelanceFriends
No. It's a briefing with SMEs. It's research. It's conceiving a story line. It's chasing down graphics from the client. It's a draft. It's reviews. It's a revision.
Then, it goes into the production queue of the blog outlet, which can be up to a week.
#FreelanceFriends
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Oooooof, my largest client has an PR rep, she routinely upsets the apple cart by demanding her blogging request get moved to the top of my pile, and it messes up all the 2-4 week projects in the queue and I start getting hate mail. Told her several times that lead time is a month. #FreelanceFriends
October 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Oooooof, my largest client has an PR rep, she routinely upsets the apple cart by demanding her blogging request get moved to the top of my pile, and it messes up all the 2-4 week projects in the queue and I start getting hate mail. Told her several times that lead time is a month. #FreelanceFriends
Same here, I lose my mind if I get more than three active clients (currently have two and one low-intensity non-tech pro bono). Putting people off more than a couple months has never worked for me.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Same here, I lose my mind if I get more than three active clients (currently have two and one low-intensity non-tech pro bono). Putting people off more than a couple months has never worked for me.
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RocketReach can be your friend when hunting down email addresses.
An email "packet" would have to be creative to differentiate it from a basic cold email, no? HTML email? PDF attachment with a graphic preview?
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An email "packet" would have to be creative to differentiate it from a basic cold email, no? HTML email? PDF attachment with a graphic preview?
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October 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
RocketReach can be your friend when hunting down email addresses.
An email "packet" would have to be creative to differentiate it from a basic cold email, no? HTML email? PDF attachment with a graphic preview?
#FreelanceFriends
An email "packet" would have to be creative to differentiate it from a basic cold email, no? HTML email? PDF attachment with a graphic preview?
#FreelanceFriends
Can see where that would work for you. I have NDAs but they usually aren't that tight when work is actually published, I just can't talk about briefings or behind the scenes stuff, and I try to keep from taking clients in the same space (product offering + applicaton segment).
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October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Can see where that would work for you. I have NDAs but they usually aren't that tight when work is actually published, I just can't talk about briefings or behind the scenes stuff, and I try to keep from taking clients in the same space (product offering + applicaton segment).
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