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Comment on How to Find Inspiration by Robyn

Robyn — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:06:51 +0000

to get my inspiration, I go outside with pad & pen.
like Fred states, turn off the computer………the thoughts start flying.

well thought out article, I related to the blog topic being narrowed to a niche and readers steering you to a direction, I find that’s happening to me.

thanks!!!

Comment on How to Find Inspiration by Michael Noker

Michael Noker — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:48:38 +0000

Yes, it is definitely wise to set yourself a time limit in research. I must say there have been many days where I just couldn’t write because I felt like I was adding nothing new to the topic that hadn’t been discussed ad nauseum. This is why I refuse to write Twitter posts.

Yemoonyah, I’ll have to try to do something new every day from now on. I had never thought something so simple would lead to something so grand, but it makes sense.

I suppose the trick is just to get outside of your typical surroundings once in a while. You’ll never become inspired if you live a life of Office Space.

Comment on How to Find Inspiration by Yemoonyah

Yemoonyah — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:33:46 +0000

I’m an artist so I always need new inspiration. What works for me is a single simple exercise: do something new every day even if it’s something small like eating a new ice cream flavor or read a book by an author you don’t know. One new experience a day will keep you inspired for ever!

Comment on How to Find Inspiration by Fred

Fred — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:31:59 +0000

Such a well researched, well written article, well packaged, well wrapped up… hummm, it is hard to find an angle to add & contribute; I need inspiration ;-)))

Let me share how I got over my fears of “falling short” of expectations…
I shut down the internet! if you think about it, everything you can think of has been done, re-done and over-done by someone already; there is a limit beyond which research is detrimental to your health: you end up second guessing yourself and looking for approval. I set this limit in time: I allow so much time to research a subject, period – sometimes as little as 30 minutes; sometimes as much as several years – but fix a time limit; then shut down the internet and start writing.

Start writing right now: YOUR ideas and your opinions, take a position, iron out the wrinkles and publish.

There you go – you likely have written an inspired piece.

How to set a time limit for your research, may be a good idea for a future article…

Comment on Are Celebrities Destroying Twitter? by Michael Noker

Michael Noker — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:54:22 +0000

Don’t you know? All former-southerners-turned-New-Mexicans are telepathic.

Anywho, yes, it will get much worse, because everybody’s discovering it.

My mechanism to avoid spam? Apathy.

Seriously, the best solution is to just not care at all. Not denial. I know it exists. Not attack. I don’t want to spend any time destroying it. Just… stop caring.

Comment on Are Celebrities Destroying Twitter? by Honza

Honza — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:06:45 +0000

It’s interesting that you’re bringing up the issue of polluting the twittersphere. I’ve had this topic on my mind, but I never got to writing it down. Your mind reading powers serve you well. :-)

The commercialization of Twitter is only going to exacerbate, because more and more brands are discovering it. Sadly enough, only few of them are relevant. Apparently, we need a better mechanism to weed off the spam. Any ideas?

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Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:07:46 +0000

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Comment on Web Standards in the Web 2.0 World by Michael Noker

Michael Noker — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:14:56 +0000

Rachel,

For IE-only testing, you can try http://iecapture.com/. I haven’t tried it myself (I can wait for Browser Shots), but it seems to have decent reviews for the few people I’ve asked.

Other option is to just… ask other people if it renders properly. That’s what I usually do to find out for things like IE 5 or 6 (I have 7 installed) or Safari.

And yeah, the big famous sites not validating is my best argument against stressing over validation. Like I said, it’s about the quality of the content/service you’re providing — not how well-formed your code is.

Of course, for cases like Twitter, it’s more about how well word-of-mouth marketing works for you, rather than the quality of your website… but that’s another article.

Comment on Web Standards in the Web 2.0 World by Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:03:09 +0000

Thank you for this post, it is really useful. I couldn’t believe that those big famous sites didn’t validate and now I know I don’t need to be all worked up about it.

Do you know of any good resources to check how a website renders in different browsers? I know of browsershots but I’m impatient and sometimes it can take a long while for it to render!

Comment on 8 Reasons Why List Posts Are Killing You by Michael Noker

Michael Noker — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:53:24 +0000

Well, Fred, I’m glad you appreciate my style. I don’t absolutely hate all list posts. As I said, they have their place and their advantages. I’m just tired of people abusing them. It’s at that point that I get fed up — when I realize that people are writing them just to get a back link. Some sites do execute them well, though, like List of the Day.

As for you taking the opposite view just because it’s the opposite, I happen to have a list of reasons why people do that…