Five crucial tips for bloggers to profit from forums

Kickstarting your creative infrastructure in a Web 2.0 world

Ten things you could have done instead of losing sleep and sanity whilst shopping during Black Frida
You could have had a V-8 instead!  Wait, I mean…  here’s ten other worthwhile things that you could have done instead of braving the hordes while trying to get the best deals possible during the ginormous sales that occurred on Black Friday. In no particular order:   Taunted the helpless shoppers with fiendish text message like:  “Drinking beer and eating corn chips while you suffer in the stores – see ya, wouldn’t want to be ya!

Cool ways to save the newspaper industry
You may think some these ideas are crazy.  This Paid Content article, that uses World of Warcraft as a case study for how to attract users to subscribe to a service, has some interesting observations on why people pay to use a game or an online service.  I found this idea particularly interesting: —Reader rewards: The addictive quality of WoW comes from “leveling”, the process whereby players earn points and progress a series of ranks to gain new skills. News sites should consider whether they can drive usa

Captions on the front of digital photos
I’m starting a new creative pursuit whereby I take photos with funny, useful, or otherwise interesting captions.  Right now I’m storing them on TwitPic right here. The idea is most definitely inspired by “cartoons on the back of business cards” creator Hugh MacLeod and his Gaping Void blog. 

The nice but not gushy guy
I’ve had this post in mind for awhile, but I’m struggling to find the right words. Screw it, here it is. Sometimes I wish I had more comments here on this blog.  Social proof and all that. Then I look at other blogs, where people are: spamming fawning and gushing droping their names rather than really contributing to a conversation etc. I realize that I have a pretty high quality of comments here, even if the quantity is lower than I might like sometimes.  I think that’s the right end of the continuum to be on. It makes me think of the method that I try to follow whenever I comment on ot

Thinking Inside The Brain – Episode 1
Once again I try my hand at short video.  The results are a bit better this time (I think).  This video post is about problem solving and creative thinking. I hope you find this interesting – would love to hear any feedback that you have in the comments section.