Simple Blog Writing Framework

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I love outlines. Most of my writing starts with an outline, which becomes the functional framework for all my content creation. Headline I like having a simple keyword in the headline. It makes it easy to attract the eye of folks scanning my website, their RSS feed, or their social streams. Here are a few [...]

What’s in Your Notebook?

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Inspired by Jon Swanson’s From My Notebook. Our notebooks are filled with possible seeds of greatness. The individual notes are little sparks from our mind (maybe even a higher power) working. Seeds need to be watered and nurtured. Sparks need to be stoked and fanned. If you do this, the strongest seed will grow and the [...]

A Short List of People You Should Read

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One upon a time I had a very short list of morning “must reads.” People that I deeply loved reading and always made it worth my while. The problem is…the simplicity of online publishing has now created an explosion of these kind of people. I’m curious who is on your short list of must reads? [...]

People and Blogs I Get Inspiration From

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Dave Winer (Scripting.com)-I tune into Dave’s thoughts everyday. This can be challenging at times since our politics are so far apart. When a cross-post to Huffington Posts hits Scripting.com I often want to hit the unsubscribe button on my RSS reader. I don’t because that would only make me dumb. I most admire his simplicity. [...]

Dave Winer is Bringing Back Blogging

As Om Malik says, Dave Winer has again sounded a couple of his prophetic warnings. Both of which seem to point back to the importance of the evolution of blogging. The common thread to these warnings: the danger of a single company being the sole provider of Web plumbing, infrastructure, or coral reefs. Twitter and [...]