02/19/13 News Roundup

What can you do when you’re stuck on a problem? Also in today’s News Roundup: five tips for succeeding at freelancing, part 2 of Grammarnoir 5, bated, and zimmo.

Top pick

• “The Value of Taking a Productive Pause”: When you’re stuck on a problem, the best solution sometimes is to walk away. (99U)

More great articles

• “Five Ways to Kill It as a Freelancer”: One is to work on a project that you’re passionate about. (DailyWorth)
• “Grammarnoir 5, The Shame of the Prose, Part 2”: In which we go to see the capo. (You Don’t Say)
• “Bated or Baited?”: Let’s get this confusables pair straight, shall we? (LibroEditing)
• “Things Are Going Zimmo”: Hunting down the meaning of zimmo. (Bats)