I love to share great links, and I do a lot of that on Twitter. But many folks will never see those links for many reasons: time of day, different social media site than what they prefer, they don’t use social media quite so much… whatever.
So to bring you yummy links I’m creating a weekly Saturday link post called Link Journeys. I’ll list the best of the links I’ve collected throughout the week and why I think they’re important. You’re free to click on them (or not) and (dis)agree with me about what they mean.
I cast a wide net. If I don’t keep an eye on my feed reader, unread feeds will number over 400 before the day is done. These feelers help me stay on-pulse and you get the Reader’s Digest version of that, lucky you (extra points if you actually know what that joke means).
In other words, these links and why I think they’re relevant are going to be at kind of a high level, sometimes. You could call it the Big Picture Level.
Links for Saturday, Feb. 27
- Michael Bungay Stanier – Box of Crayons is a great site for creative inspiration (they focus on developing highly creative, great work at companies). Michael is bundle of enthusiastic, contagious energy. His new book, Do More Great Work
, just came out. I learned about Michael from Jonathan Fields’s interview with him.
- 10 rules for writing fiction – there’s a ton of blogging inspiration in these. Note the recurring themes of “just do the work,” and “read lots and write lots.”
- How to publish your ebook on Amazon Kindle – Anyone can sell on Kindle. George Angus shows you the steps. If you’re not thinking about Kindle/iPad publication, you should be. Mobile reading platforms are the future.
- Why Men Are Sexist Towards Avatars in Tight Shirts – More and more virtual representation in the form of an avatar will take place. Guys, watch yourselves. The onus is on US, not women. The avatars are not “asking for it.” Let’s be gentlemen, not pigs, and use our better judgement.
- Procrastination – Dig this short animated film on the nature of procrastination on Nathan Hangen’s Posterous (and of course, as you watch it, know you are procrastinating as you do).
- Campbell’s engages in neuromarketing for new label designs – Think about blog design and info product design as you read this.
- Setting up WordPress for SEO – this is simply a super-practical post that echoes much I’ve said in the past regarding WordPress SEO.
- How to Use YouTube to Drive Business – exactly what it sounds like. You’ll be facepalming, wondering why you didn’t think of some of these before.
- Penzu – If you ever wanted a super-secure ultra-private online journal, Penzu is for you. All the default settings are secure and private, no sharing. You can even get military-grade encryption on your entries if you like. Personal journaling is an excellent companion to public blogging, and Penzu has it all figured out.
- Scribe SEO Review – My review of the combo WordPress plugin and web service for better SEO copywriting on your blog. This thing is amazing, check out the screencast video I made of it in action.