The Awesomeness Manifesto - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Revie by Umair Haque | 2:47 PM September 16, 2009 Innovation: it’s the ultimate source of advantage, the undisputed heavyweight champion of the economic ring. Innovation is what every organization should be ruthlessly pursuing, right? I’d like to advance a hypothesis: awesomeness is the new innovation. Let’s face it. Innovation relies on obsolescence. Innovation dries up our seedcorn. Innovation often isn’t. It’s time to ask: have the costs of innovation exceeded the benefits? A better concept, one built for a radically interdependent 21st century, is awesomeness. Ethical production. Insanely great stuff. Love. Thick value. The vast majority of companies — in my research, greater than 95% — can only create what I have termed thin value. Let’s summarize. I’ve talked to many boardrooms about awesomeness. What makes some stuff awesome and other stuff merely (yawn) innovative? You might be innovative — but are you awesome? Want to help kickstart awesomeness?
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The Psychology Of Going Viral: 12 Proven Ways to Craft Content That Gets People Talking (About You) The web is a busy place… it’s become tough to get noticed I think that’s why so many folks have become obsessed with the idea of “viral” content. When something takes off, it’s fun to watch… but are there any commonalities between those things that seem to take-over the internet for a short while? There’s got to be… right? Luckily, you no longer have to guess, because today, I have the research that will show you. How To Push People’s Buttons I’ve just finished re-reading the book Buzz Marketing, authored by a guy named Mark Hughes. Mark was known as the VP of marketing for Half.com back in the day, and was famous for… get this, convincing the town of Halfway, Oregon to rename itself Half.com! Yes, he got a town to agree to name itself after a website. Apparently, this guy knows a thing or two about creating buzz! In his book, he outlines the six buttons he’s found in his marketing research and experience that always seem to get people fired up, when presented in the right way. Ready? 1.) Yowza!
36 Awesome Idea Hubs to Spark Creative Thinking, Innovation, &am There’s no limit to the number of good ideas out there that could help change the world. Many times, innovative solutions grow from previously existing ideas that are tweaked and customized for current needs. That said, below is a list of Idea Hubs from around the web to stimulate your mind, from conferences to user-submitted idea warehouses to resource centers. Videos to Inspire 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. ideaCity: An eclectic gathering of artists, adventurers, authors, cosmologists, doctors, designers, entertainers, filmmakers, inventors, magicians, musicians, scientists and technologists. twitter: @ideaCityNews Good Reading 22. 23. 24. User-Submitted Ideas Exchanges 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. the Idea Shower: A launchpad of new ideas for the web. 32. idealist: A platform for designers and creators to publish and share their creativity, get feedback from the community and increase the popularity of their ideas. 33. 34. 35. 36. Like this:
Blogging Toolbox: 120+ Resources for Bloggers An aspiring blogger can be overwhelmed with the vast amount of resources, tools, and advice for bloggers available on the net. While in no way definitive - there's simply too much going on in this space to cover it all - we did our best to bring you a comprehensive list of blogging resources, which should be equally useful to beginners as well as veteran bloggers. Enjoy. WordPress WordPress Themes ThemeViewer - The number one location to find WordPress themes to make your page cool, which you will most certainly want to do.Templates Now - A smaller collection of WordPress themes, but still worth your while to check out.TemplateMonster - If you want more professional quality themes then this site can be useful. Best WordPress Plugins Akismet - The best blog comment spam prevention plug-in. Wordpress Plugin repositories Movable Type Movable Type Styles Best Movable Type Plugins Movable Type Plugin repositories Blog Hosting Solutions Dedicated & Shared Hosting Services Paid Blog Hosting Services Tips
How to Start a Blog that Matters Thinking about starting a blog or reinvigorating an old one? Today we’re launching a new course called How to Start a Blog that Matters that can help. This course is meant for three groups of people. This course might be for you if: you’re thinking about starting a new blog, from scratch, or you’re unhappy with the results you’ve gotten from a blog you recently launched, or you’re doing OK with your blog, but want to re-brand and re-launch it to take things to the next level In any case, the course is a step-by-step 90-day action plan for starting a blog that makes a difference. Starting a blog is incredibly easy these days. Anyone can create a blog in 5 minutes, but very few people will create blogs that matter. What’s the difference between most blogs and the select few that attract huge followings or otherwise make a difference in the world? That’s a question I started asking myself long before I started my first blog. How Does this Fit with the Million Dollar Blog Project? P.S.
Press It Languages: English • ไทย • (Add your language) Note: This feature was removed from WordPress 2.5, and was replaced in WordPress 2.6 with the Press This function. You are pouring over your feeds, viewing a website with an article or story that catches your eye, and you want to share that information with your WordPress site viewers. A quick trick is to use the WordPress Press It feature. WordPress makes it easy to quickly add links and information to your site through the use of a bookmarklet called Press It. If you find something of interest on the Internet, you can click the Press It link and a window with your site's Administration Write Post panel will popup with the page you are viewing listed as a link. The Press It bookmarklet is found at the bottom of the Write Posts panel. Favorites, Bookmarks, or Links list or toolbar. To activate, simply click on the "Press It" bookmarklet link. The link is Javascript, and its form is: Give it a try.
CSS WordPress relies heavily on the presentation styles within CSS. With the use of Themes, you have an almost infinite choice of layout options. WordPress Themes make it easy to change your website look, and open up the field to help you create your own Theme and page layout. CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. This article briefly describes the use of CSS in WordPress, and lists some references for further information. WordPress and CSS WordPress Themes use a combination of template files, template tags, and CSS files to generate your WordPress site's look. Template Files Template files are the building blocks which come together to create your site. Template Tags Template tags are the bits of code which provide instructions and requests for information stored within the WordPress database. Stylesheet The CSS file is where it all comes together. WordPress Generated Classes The same classes are used to align images that have a caption (as of WordPress 2.6). Templates and CSS CSS Resources
WORDPRESS GOD: 300+ Tools for Running Your WordPress Blog As one of the leading open source blogging platforms, WordPress has inspired hundreds (if not thousands) of plugins and tools to customize your blog. In this article, we've compiled a list of more than 300 of our favorites. This information is compiled from previous Mashable articles. For the blogger AjaxWP - Adds AJAX to all aspects of your WordPress site, which speeds up the load times. Alexa Rank - Display your Alexa rank with pride. Ajax Comment Preview - Allows readers to preview their comment before submitting. asTunes - Retrieves data from your Audioscrobbler/last.fm profile and posts it as a list on your blog. Codebox - Creates a side scrolling box for displaying code snippets. Crossroads - Adds thumbnails and comments from your Flickr account. FireStats - Full featured statistics including referrers and popular pages. Google PageRank - Allows you to display your Google Page Rank on your blog. Hardened-Trackback - Generates a single-use trackback to help fight trackback spam. Fight Spam