The interesting stuff I saw online on Aug. 18

August 19, 2008 by Kurt
Filed under: What I've Read

Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet on Aug. 18 from 5:44 pm to 5:51 pm:

Nine Ways to Promote Your Blog Posts | chrisbrogan.com - "Write blog posts that others will find useful. I know it’s not a technology answer, but it’s the truth. If your posts aren’t that useful to other people, they won’t be popular." Useful can mean a lot of things — entertaining, informative, educational…
Blog Posts - Reporting & Writing for Online Media - Mindy McAdams at the University of Florida requires her students to blog. Check out the grading criteria: "timely and current posts," "interestingness," "stay on your topic" and more.

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- It took about five minutes for #sarahpalin to become the No. 2 trending topic on Twitter. about 4 hours ago from twhirl
- @PDMojo Roger Federer. Now with more feder! about 8 hours ago from twhirl
- Finally saw PBS's "Musical Minds" on DVR last night. Recommend it if you get a chance. Oliver Sacks=fascinating. http://bit.ly/ZZa3I about 8 hours ago from twhirl
- Forgot Memorial Drive was closed today. Ooops. Had to drive right thru downtown on 70 and double-back. Maybe this will help the rest of you! about 9 hours ago from twhirl
- RT @TammiM @sethlong unemployment appears to be making some of our ex-journalists more web-savvy than they ever were when they were employed 03:39:14 PM July 02, 2009 from twhirl
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