http://www.maxhansen.net/alphamind Go to blog.alphamind.biz to find the new Alpha Mind Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:28:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over on the real Alpha Mind blog, I gush and slosh (you'll understand when you get there) about Dan and Chip Heath's book, Made to Stick.  It's about crafting ideas and messages that stick. http://www.maxhansen.net/alphamind/2007/02/05/i-gush-and-slosh-about-made-to-stick/ Kami Huyse:Connie has appointed herself the champion of the vowel “E”, which we have seemed to drop in our haste to appear that we “get it” – or was it because all the best URL’s were already taken?  I still love Flickr, but Connie has a point!Actually, the reason for all those ... http://www.maxhansen.net/alphamind/2007/02/01/kami-huyse-and-connie-on-the-missing-e/ For your new blog to go big, you want people to link to it. It helps if they are important people, but every link, from whomever, helps.  Here's how to use Google Alerts as a tool in getting links to your blog.Think about things you are interested in writing about ... http://www.maxhansen.net/alphamind/2007/02/01/using-google-alerts-to-promote-your-blog/ On March 1, I will shut down the old Alpha Mind blog here at www.maxhansen.net/alphamind . Between now and then, most of my posts will be cross-posted to the new Alpha Mind blog at blog.alphamind.biz/ .I am doing this because, in addition to RSS subscribers to the old blog, I'm ... http://www.maxhansen.net/alphamind/2007/02/01/new-alpha-mind-blog-cross-posting/ Excellent post by Shel Holtz on customer focus. The Alpha Mind has a somewhat different perspective. One of the main themes of my research agenda is how ideas succeed and how persons contribute to the process. Shel’s focus is on a company’s need to develop and sustain solid customer relationships. Along the ... http://www.maxhansen.net/alphamind/2006/07/20/yeah-but-what-do-you-do/ Neville Hobson has added a "Terms of Use" page to his blog.  Alas, it will probably be something we'll all need to do.  Neville has modelled a pretty good way to do it.  His Terms page also includes his own commitments, such as that he will act in good faith check facts correct ... http://www.maxhansen.net/alphamind/2006/07/20/nevilles-terms-of-use/ Today I had a silly problem with FeedBurner.  I had some difficulty subscribing to a couple of blogs. Most of the silliness was mine, although I could point out a flaw or two in FeedBurner's tech writing. But the delay caused by my having to puzzle something out before I could ... http://www.maxhansen.net/alphamind/2006/07/19/feedburner-what-am-i-missing/ Who's this "sir"? Is it is the one G. M. Hopkins addresses in "Thou art indeed just, Lord/if I contend with thee; but so, sir, what I plead is just..."? Did I in some rash moment, now forgotten, utter the prayer, "stop me before I blog again!"? Many of us who ... http://www.maxhansen.net/alphamind/2006/07/17/please-sir-may-i-blog-now/ Rhetorica analyzes Bush's introduction of Snow as press secretary. I don't know if I've ever linked to Rhetorica before, but I sure love the blog. Must reading for all persuaders as well as all citizens. http://www.maxhansen.net/alphamind/2006/04/26/i-wont-say-snow-job-i-wont-i-wont/ Shel Holtz defends himself ably (the attack was pretty lame, after all) and also ably extends has arguments about the importance of transparancy in blogging. http://www.maxhansen.net/alphamind/2006/04/26/transparency-shot-at-from-duck-blind/