Josh Orum

There’s a great article on Tech Republic about “Ten ways to become a better blogger.” I’m never sure how long these things will stay up, so I’ve reproduced the whole thing right here.
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The first thing they taught at Product Management school was that if you want to create a successful product, you first needed to focus on the need it was filling, not what it was going to do, and certainly not how it was going to do that. Define the problem first, then figure out the solution.
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Many people still think there’s a secret sauce to Search Engine Optimization — to getting a high search engine ranking, and if they could just get their hands on it, they’d get all the traffic they could handle. The truth is that there is no secret sauce and if you want to get a good ranking, you need to think like a search engine.
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I was inspired by this post on Slashdot about rechargeable batteries to consider why I dislike rechargeable batteries. Because I theoretically like them — they are environmentally good and cost efficient. But I don’t.

It’s because when I need new batteries, I need them now. I don’t need them several hours from now, after they are finished charging. And I don’t like having random batteries lying around the house recharging. They just get in the way, clutter up things, and make my living space messier than it already is (and it is messy).

So I think rechargeable batteries are stupid. Next topic!

I wish some software maker (and this includes web apps) would come out with an upgrade that made their application smaller, less feature-rich and more stable. The new iTunes has some really sweet functionality (I love browsing albums now), but I can’t upgrade it on my home media center because it’s also a resource hog.
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