March 30, 2006

I was in the middle of another, completely different blog post this morning (which I'll continue to write, but not publish quite yet) when I was completely derailed by reading some fabulous blog posts.  I don't take nearly enough time to just run amok in the blogosphere - but today I allowed myself to do so, and was completely stopped short by four posts.

Here's how it went:

1) Tara said - "Have you been to gapingvoid lately?  He's doing some extremely funny things."  Now Hugh Macleod is a guy who draws very funny cartoons on the back of business cards.  First of all, his RSS Subscription "chicklet" made me laugh out loud.  Seriously.  But I was taken by his "New Hot Thing" cartoon, because a) it was colorful, which is relatively new for him, and b) he said it was inspired by a post by Evelyn Rodriguez. 

2) I've met Evelyn at a couple of industry events, and found her to be highly intelligent, a beautiful writer, and full of soul.  Imagine being able to meet someone at (I'll repeat) an industry event who exudes these qualities.  You can imagine how they stand out.  So of course, I had to follow Hugh's link to her post.  In it, she asked:

    "How many times has reading a blog been revelatory lately?"

Which got me thinking critically about how I write for Marqui's World.  Instead of going into a potential spiral of despair, I continued to read on and follow her linked references, one of which took me to a post by Rebecca Blood.

3) Rebecca has been a speaker at a couple of events at which I've spoken, and (while I've not yet been able to meet her) she puts blogging and the blogosphere in excellent historic context, and compares and contrasts a lot.  Of course, I love that.  In this particular post, she wrote about how blogs can seem threatening because:

"...they unequivocally demonstrate that commercial publishing does not necessarily represent the best writing that is available."

Amen to that. 

4) Evelyn also referenced 'the zone of mediocrity' in her post - which led me to a completely new place, Creating Passionate Users from the people who've written the Head First book series - about how the brain works.  Evelyn's reference was to a post titled "Death by Risk Aversion," by Kathy Sierra.  The image at the top of her post grabbed me immediately, and compelled me to read further.  What a fabulous blog.  Her "Code Like a Girl" entry was funny enough to send to a couple of men I know.

So on a day when I felt relatively uninspired, turns out I've had a couple of great laughs.  My creative brain has been engaged - which is always a bonus for a marketer.  And, as I wrap this post, I've been inspired by others' best writing in the blogosphere.

Perhaps - in passing some of it along - more revelatory words and images will result.  

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