My subscriber numbers are going to take a large hit in the next day or so.  I’m going to take Broadcasting Brain’s RSS feed out of my FriendFeed account.

I’ve never been happy with the way that FriendFeed tends to exaggerate RSS subscriber numbers.  I reviewed my blog stats from the past year and I found that there was very, very little traffic clicking through from FriendFeed to read my blog posts (like less than 10 per month).  Since FriendFeed doesn’t include anything more than the blog post title, there’s no way that I can possibly claim that people are reading the blog through FriendFeed save for less than 10 times per month and I have no idea who is doing it that way.

I’m keeping my FriendFeed account.  Links to my blog posts will still be in the stream because I normally Tweet a link to each new post, so it will still be there in a different form.

As for Google Buzz, I really haven’t decided yet if I’m going to put my blog’s feed into it.  I just don’t like the magnifying effect that it could have on subscriber numbers.

As always, I’m glad when anyone subscribes to the blog.  If you’re reading this blog for the first time and you want to receive it by E-Mail or within your favorite RSS reader, you can do that by clicking on this link.

I don’t really understand how PostRank Analytics (formerly AideRSS) works, but they did say that I can post these nice badges so… why not?

PostRank Topblogs 2009 – #27 in Canada

PostRank Topblogs 2009 – #97 in Social Media

Here’s the web page that I found this information on.

Gas and milk still cost the same, though.  Oh well.  Thanks guys!

I’ve set up Broadcasting Brain to use Google Friend Connect.  I’ve had the MyBlogLog widget on my blog’s sidebar for about two years and it’s a neat little thing to track who comes and goes.  However, I’ve read that MyBlogLog is to be retired in January 2010 and I like the idea of having a community here, so Google Friend Connect seemed like the best option.

EDIT:  on Dec. 23, 2009, the Yahoo Developer Network blog had a post saying that MyBlogLog was under review, but it might not necessarily be shut down.  For now, I’ll keep the MyBlogLog widget in my sidebar and see what happens.

The widget for Google Friend Connect is on my blog’s sidebar.  I hope you join the community and count yourself among the many fine brains that read this blog.

Oh, go ahead, you know you want to…

I’ve been thinking about offering services for some time. I can help people with their content (not limited to blog posts by any means), with idea generation and development, with general content reviews, and, to a certain extent, mentoring.  And problem solving, too, or at least assistance in problem solving related to content creation, business ideas, and so on.  If you’ve read the blog you have a good appreciation of my writing and thinking skills. I’m willing to help out newer bloggers as well.

Book and eBook reviews would continue to be a feature that would appear here on the blog and I’ve already made it known that I review books as well.

Basically, people would E-Mail me (or Twitter me) if they are looking for assistance in any of the above areas.  I would reply back to them (ideally within one business day) and we’d determine how I could help.  I do have a day job and other responsibilities, so response time is something that I’d need to work out as I go.

At this point in time, these would be free services (no money changing hands), though “in kind” or bartering might be something that I’d be interested in doing.

As you can tell, this is a “trial balloon” sort of post where I’m trying to see if there’s any interest.

If you’re interested in my help, please e-mail me at markdykeman@gmail.com or contact me through any of the other social media services profiles that I maintain (i.e. Twitter, Facebook etc.).

I hope everyone’s had a good week and a special thanks to everyone who have made this a VERY successful week at Broadcasting Brain!  Like, the best week in months.  Thanks again!

Surprise! Here’s a list of posts that I published in 2009 that were most popular in terms of overall page views.

Well, why not?  Lots of other people were doing it, too.  

Without further ado, in descending order of popularity:

1. The Reasons Why Other People Ignore You
2. Book Review – The Road Less Traveled – M. Scott Peck
3. What is a reboot and why do they usually suck?
4. Should you update your Facebook status using Twitter?
5. Worst Twitter bio in the world
6. Does brainstorming really yield good ideas?
7. Why social media is like playing slot machines

And that’s a wrap for 2009!  Stay tuned for more goodness in 2010!

Yes, it’s a new blog header.  Yes, I created it myself.  Yes, it’s… well, it’s OK for now, but I expect to do better over time.

Still, thanks to @mattsearles, @miragi, and @bhc3 for their honest and relatively painless feedback.  I really appreciate that.

Oh, and if you’re a whiz with graphic design, blog templates, and you’re willing to work for less than peanuts, I’d certainly appreciate any help you have to offer.  I’ll do my best to make you famous if you decide to help me. 

EDIT:  Dec. 29/09 – the blog header was replaced by a much better logo created by Pamela Weir of Market To The Moment.