Here’s some link goodness from the past week:

Random rules for ideas worth spreading – the man behind Unleashing the Ideavirus, Seth Godin, provides a list of ideas about… how to work with ideas.

The Dowager Shadow – Ian M Rountree and Leila Evans have started to publish a new web novel, in installments.  Looks like it’ll be full of mages, adventures, and other fine things.  This link takes you to a teaser page leading up to the start of the novel.  Keep clicking through to read the prologues, Chapter 1, and more as it’s published.  Worth checking out if you’re a fan of swords and sorcery, fantasy fiction, and all that magical stuff.

How To Break A Social Network – on his own blog, Ian M Rountree provides some interesting insights about his use of social networks, including an encounter which makes you wonder about how some people use them.

Would You Sacrifice Love For Greatness – Tara Hunt writes another moving personal anecdote about pursuing not just career success, but a life purpose and the sacrifices that you make when you do that.  Read the comments section, too – Kathy Sierra weighs in with some great thoughts.

How To Write a Blog That Matters – Justin Kownacki gives five reasons why your work probably sucks and three reasons why your blog should matter.  Plus, five ways to ensure that your blog matters.  Check it out, bloggers!

gapingvoid’s thoughts on blogging, 2010 – Hugh MacLeod serves up a dish of analysis with ten observations about blogging (he’s been doing this for years).  Bonus:  you might also want to check out Remember Who You Are.  (By the way, we’ve got ten thoughts from Hugh coming up here on Monday, so please check that out!)

Tell me, what have you found that made good reading this week?