Posts Tagged ‘blogs’

9 Wonderful Ways to Get Started in the World of Personal Productivity

One day, an innocent worker goes online and decides to see if there are any tips out in the big wide world on getting more done, more quickly, more often. But soon, the poor sod becomes entangled in a complicated trail of information; a few quadzillion blogs on the subject, millions of books, and a whole lot of fancy terms like "ubiquitous capture" and strange rituals such as weekly… Continue reading

November 3 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: blogs, books, getting started, gtd | 15 comments»

How To Prevent Running Out Of Blogging Steam

Something that almost inevitably happens to bloggers starting out their own niche site, is they run out of stuff to say. Generally, as a new blogger, you can shoot for around 3-4 months of solid content until the ideas begin escaping you.This could possibly be caused by the lack of one or more of these:

1. Inspiration

2. Motivation

3. Confidence

InspirationAt some stage you will become uninspired. Thankfully, this really is the… Continue reading

May 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blogging, blogs, freelance, writer, writing | 32 comments»

ZenHabits Top 50 Productivity Blogs

Lifehack favorite, ZenHabits, has put together a Top 50 of productivity-focused sites, like their own. We're priviledged to have made the 'A List' and hold ZH in the same regard.Check out the list for some Pro-Discovery. Finding 50 resources to help you work better is some good and productive procrastinating of it's own.The

April 19 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blogs, Productivity | 3 comments»

Right Tool Right Job- Social Media

I had this idea that I bet Leon and the others can riff on. Basically: there are plenty of tools out there for lots of aspects of life. Let's make sure we propose the proper tool (or our take on a good tool) for the right job. From managing our tasks and priorities to determining how best to engage our communities, let's all start looking around for the right tools… Continue reading

April 9 2007 | By Chris | Tagged: blogs, flickr, howto, network2, pbwiki, podcamp, socialmedia, software, twitter, web2.0, webapps, wiki, wordpress | 9 comments»

The top 40 blogs

If you're consistently prowling the web to find great content, like me, stop over at the Frantic Industries weblog. Frantic Industries recently published a list of the 40 most popular weblogs according to FeedBurner. In case you miss us, lifehack.org is rolling in at number 18.FeedBurner is a popular RSS feed manager, with over 600.000 feeds in their roster. One of the advantages it offers is… Continue reading

March 27 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: blogs, Communication, feedburner | 1 comment»

10 Ways To Good Blog Branding

The sequel to Chris Garrett's choosing a domain name article is all about keeping your brand for your blog. You've got the name, you've got the idea - now let's make sure not to throw things out the window.

1. Be Consistent. [The] Number one way to damage your brand is through inconsistency. Your brand is how people think about you, your product or your company. Through your words

February 21 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blog, blogging, blogs | 3 comments»

Blogging for Kids

Warning: No, you're not on Parent Hacks all of a sudden, but I want your take on this.I was never a big fan of report writing, especially the research portion. But when I could make it into a dazzling project, then it was kind of fun. My mom helped me with this big report on the Black Rhinoceros. I remember facts about that creature today (26 years later- ouch)… Continue reading

August 10 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: aidan, blogging, blogs, kidblogger, kids, research, web2.0 | 21 comments»