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Just wanted to take a second and point out a great post on the Creating Passionate User blog. The post is called Ignore the Competition and it talks about stopping yourself from adding too many features to your product and chasing the competition. Good food for thought.
My two and a half year old Toshiba laptop is having a little overheating problem…actually it burns me and then shuts off after about 10 minutes of use. So, it is going into the shop tomorrow, and because of that, my blogging activity might be a little less than usual.
And thank you Mom for insisting on buying that 3 year warranty for me…mother does know best :)
Mz. Pocket pointed this out to me today – a List of the Biggest URL Flops of All Time.
Funny stuff.
Inspiring stuff – check out Bansky. Also see some picture of the art of Banksy at Flickr.
While the excitement and wonder of the Million Dollar Homepage is long gone, it looks like there is a new version of the “Million Dollar” concept.
Ladies and Gents, may I present the Million Dollar Building.
If only the poor imitating bastards had thought of this one…
[Bonus: Rubber Band Gatling Gun]
Almost every creative professional knows very well that true creativity is not the result of inspiration, but instead comes from hard work and focus. I’ve authored or co-authored 44 books, and not one of them has come from a moment of inspiration.
If I waited for that flash of inspiration, I’d still be laboring over page one of my first book. The idea is to be able to create by reaching deep into yourself and not to wait for a bright light to flash inside your head. If you do opt for that bright light, you’re in for a long dark wait.
---Jay Conrad Levinson, from the article “The Importance of Being Creative” in Revenue Magazine May/June 2006
Listen to Jay…
The most popular video blog on the Web, Rocketboom, has blown the f-up. It seems that the host and apparently 49% partner, Amanda Congdon has either been fired or has decided to go Hollywood and leave the show.
Like the West African Warthog Wrestling Team, things are getting dirty. I will sum it up here:
The Official Rocketboom statement
The Blog of the Angry Ms. Congdon
The Huffington Post Take on the Replacement
Amanda’s Last Bitter Rocketboom Post
So for those of us getting into video blogs, looks like there is room for a new Rocketboom.
As usual I have to give the credit for the best comment to Hugh -
How to kiss $40,000 a week good-bye.
I just got back from a week in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Had a great time and got some reading and relaxing done. More on the reading later.
For now, here is a picture from downtown PV.
Welcome to Marketing Punk. I’m James Omdahl and I am a Denver, Colorado based online marketer and blogger. This blog is a compilation of the things that interest me online and offline. Topics will vary from blogging to search marketing to finding passion in your life to art to pretty much anything else that interests me. Thanks for visiting, come back often, and please take the time to leave a comment and let me know what you think about my posts.
