Plagiarism Sucks, and Here's 8 Reasons Why

To me, plagiarism is 100 times more difficult to (A) Prove, (B) Combat, and (C) even Catch -- all because today's internet world cranks out 150K new websites a day. The reason for posting this is to point out one way to find where your work is being plagiarized. It's call Google, a search engine.

The standard "duh" response comes to mind, but for those who don't know, just use the quotes. If you search for a unique line from your writing and place it in quotations in the search box, it will find entries on the internet that only occur with those exact words, that exact order. Just as an example, give it a few days and search for this line:

If we eat raw media, our social minds will implode.

Put quotes around it and see who plagiarized this story. The answer should be nobody, but you never know. If you try the search without the quotes, you'll get around 100k results. Once this page is indexed, you'll get only the results from this blog. If you get anything else, please let me know. If you do, I'VE been plagiarized! Wouldn't that be funny?

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One Journalist, Times Job, 9 Stops Along the Way

When I was young, I was idealistic. I felt that the best way to position my skills was to become a journalist, exposing the evils of the world while promoting things that people need to hear.

One year and one childbirth later, I noticed that my fellow journalists were driving Pintos, Datsuns, and occasionally even bikes to work while the advertising executives were cruising in Beemers and big trucks. Need overcame ideals, and I found myself switching to the dark side.

This piece touched me because it represents what could have been had I stuck to my guns. But hey... then I wouldn't be here putting out content on these blogs!

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