The 2009 Broadcasting Brain Underdog Posts
A number of bloggers are publishing the “best of 2009” lists for their blogs. I was tempted to do that, but I decided to take a different approach. I’m going to highlight posts from Broadcasting Brain that I really liked writing but didn’t seem to get a whole lot of traffic. Unfortunately, traffic can be a bit fickle sometimes and timing can make or break the amount of traffic to a post.
Here are ten of my favorite posts from 2009. None of them had even 10% of the page views of The Reasons Why Other People Ignore You, which got a decent amount of search engine traffic this year. Nonetheless, I liked these posts and I’m hoping you’ll give them a look.
Image by photo.buddha (no, this isn’t really Underdog, but it was tagged as underdog on Flickr, so work with me…)
Mark’s 2009 Underdog Posts
The blogosphere is as real as the public in public opinion – this post was a reaction to Paul O’Flaherty’s nearly radioactive post about the blogosphere (the collection of blogs and bloggers out there in today’s world). I suggested that the blogosphere is not real because of all of the different types of bloggers and different points of view.
Rehearsal or redundant practice – where is the value? – put simply, in an age where we now outsource our memories and brains to electronic devices, is there any value in practicing skills when they are just a mouse click away?
The smirkability factor – your gateway to content creation success – OK, I was being a bit tongue in cheek/smartass when I wrote this post, but nonetheless I think that content that at least makes you smirk has some decent value.
The danger of letting your enemy define you – this post was inspired by various marketing posts which suggested that a way to define yourself or your organization is by selecting a target and positioning them as the enemy.
Is creativity in danger of becoming the new Web 2.0? – musings about how we tend to misuse, overuse, and downright abuse terms, focusing on the term creative.
The cost of keeping an open mind – the pros and cons of being open minded (or subject to whims, rash decisions, etc.) using the example of a (possibly fictitious) story about writer Douglas Adams and his “backwards writing” technique.
How to lighten your mind to create better content – how to scrub out and release those nasty surface thoughts that tend to sabotage you.
The secret origin of blogging that no one discusses – how I believe that blogging and Web publishing was strongly influenced by zines, amateur presses, and publishing by photocopies.
Folk media – the roots of social media – the roots of public communication.
Top ten things to do while Twitter is hosed – OK, this is just pure snark.
I hope you enjoyed this retrospective as 2009 winds down. I’m working on great content for 2010, so stick around, will ya? And, since I haven’t made a point of asking lately, why not subscribe so that you never miss my different thoughts about thinking differently in 2010 and beyond?
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