An early AM post…Wrap up the day before I start…special thoughts are with Twitter which is undergoing surgery: “We will be performing planned acupuncture of the Twitter server from 1AM-3AM PST, so if you’re typing an update between those times do it very slowly.”. Ouch.

- Congrats to JDA on entering fatherhood and reporting his child’s measurements like a fish.

- A nice discussion regarding Twitter Versus Blogger. The value is in the comments.

- Sam also goes on to write about Google and Gadgets. I wrote about that too- at leat a bit of history. I like Vista’s Gadgets…. Oddly enough Yahoo! was way ahead of the game, but I don’t think people got “Konfabulator”. Now Google will monetize them. I seem to recall Cashpile having an application circa 1998 or so that was much like a widget, but the high CPM’s killed it. It was called a “Pallate”, or something to that effect.

Sam says:

“The link is dead. Content customization based on a relationship (even as simple as user registration or co-registration) and micro-systems of delivery of that content is the new black. Affiliate marketing, with its ability to make relationships, has a great opportunity to make use of widgets and widget delivery to set the larger industry standard.”

Co-registration is pretty weak, in terms of a relationship, but a relationship it is. The race for your desktop and your cell phone are on.

- I have been playing Trendio a bit- now this is a game that is perhaps best played via a widget with a website to support it…i found it when the creator added me to his Twitter pool. Word of advice to guys in Stockholm- Geotarget IPs so Americans are served up ads where they can shop- or perhaps not- maybe exposure to other venues is good…I wish someone would tell me where to find the source code to Solar Realms Elite- an old BBS game.

- Which leads me to the “tagging meme” on productivity- per Andrew Wee. I paricipated in this one and was pleased to see it circle around and found this blogger in Malayasia- Cikgu Azleen. She writes, “I’ll share you one of my secret. Go to other blogs and write about their post. Don’t just write about anything they wrote. Choose something that is related to your niche and blogs about it. Create something sensational or curiosity.”

My humble advice is to write about what you are passionate about- what motivates you- in your own voice and style. Take chances and take risks with your thoughts and ideas. You won’t need the adsense blackhat book.

Part deux coming up.

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