Leo Babauta of Zen Habits has launched a second blog, Write To Done with the tagline Unmissable Articles About Writing, Twice Weekly. Leo writes on the About page:
I’ve created Write To Done as a way to share some of what I’ve learned as a writer, with new (and experienced) writers looking to improve their craft [...]
I run my blogs for two reasons: I love to write and I love to share knowledge. If my blogs also can make some people interested enough in me and my business to hire me as coach, consultant or writer that is a bonus.
Personally I am not keen for ads, I do not want any [...]
Leo Babauta over at Zen Habits has a new concept, Open Source Blogging: Feel Free to Steal My Content. Leo writes:
I’m granting full permission to use any of my content on Zen Habits or in my ebook, Zen To Done, in any way you like. I release my copyright on this content. From now on, [...]
We all sometimes run out of topics to write about. Here are some links to posts that can help us get the creative juice flowing again and also about how to use the creativity wisely.
Skellie writes about 110+ Resources For Creative Minds, an impressive and very varied list.
Tips, tutorials, exercises and inspiration from the fields [...]
I found 50 Best WordPress Plugins for Power Blogging and went looking for plugins that would enhance my blog without cluttering it.
The TrackBack Validator plugin works behind the scene, it performs a test on all TrackBacks in order to stop spam.
Peter’s Random Anti-Spam Image for WordPress creates an image with text that has to be [...]
Seth Godin has published a free e-book titled ‘Money for nothing (and your clicks for free)’. Quotes from his post:
There’s an enormous amount of superstition about what makes some pages rank high while others languish. When you look at the actual figures, though, much of that fades away.
It turns out that the new playing field [...]
I like using images in my blog, it spices up posts and makes the blog look more attractive. It was not easy to find images that I knew for certain I was allowed to use. But then I came across Skellies post A Complete Guide to Finding and Using Incredible Flickr Images and since I [...]
I signed up for a free Clutter-Busting Review of my blog done by Skellie from Skelliewag.org. Here is what she wrote and my comments on that.
1. I’d suggest making your tagline more directed at the reader. Instead of ‘unlocking people’s potential’, what about ‘unlocking your potential’? It tells each new visitor “this blog can help [...]
WordPress now has the tag function built in but still in a way that is not that user friendly. I have added two plugins to make my blogging life easier.
Click Tags makes setting tags a breeze. In the dashboard you get a set of tabs, one for each of your existing tags. Just click on [...]
DailyBlogTips has a post about Targeting StumbleUpon Users. It is about building community, commenting and stumbling in order to get the same back.
DoshDosh has several interesting posts about StumbleUpon:
StumbleUpon Networking: How to Easily Share Content and Build Relationships,
Five Ways to Grow Your StumbleUpon Network: An Ode to Altruistic Stumbling,
How to Become a Top StumbleUpon User [...]
