A buddy, Steve Duncan, has some cool blogs.  Here’s a post I came upon that I want to keep. Is there a book in your blog? Convert WordPress to Scrivener

I’ve not wanted to create a “book” out of my blogs (especially the JibberJobber blog) for a few reasons.

One blogger said that blogs make horrible books, and I think I agree.  To connect my blog posts together into something that flows, and the value grows as you read each page, would take a lot of work.  As a blogger I write what I want when I want, I don’t follow a schedule and plan throughout a year or month.  I might have a week-long series, but that’s as sophisticated as I get as far as flow.

Almost seven years later, though, I think it makes sense to pull certain posts out to create several books.  Seven years of writing is A LOT!

I could have a book on personal branding.

I could have a book on job search technology and very specific tips.

I could have a book on career management.

I could have a book on LinkedIn. Oh wait, I already have that :p

I could write a book on alternative revenue streams.  Oh yeah, already working on that.

Perhaps I could pull enough posts together (and fill in the blanks) to write a book on small business, and the ups and downs.

Interesting.  I really have put this off for a long time but when I saw Steve’s post it made me think maybe it’s time.  One reason is because I have a feeling I need some new “products” that I can either move/sell OR just get some buzz around.

I’ll have to noodle on this idea… in my “spare time.” :p

Here’s what I have open… good stuff! I am posting this hear so I can come back to it later, but I want to close the tabs in my browser :p

How Klout got Klout.com (the domain name).  Fun story of an entrepreneur who really wanted the domain name…

The Most Effective Habit For Entrepreneurs – love this because it totally supports one of my most favorite JibberJobber posts from years ago called Substantiate Yourself

Facebook’s Zuckerberg: If I Were Starting A Company Now, I Would Have Stayed In Boston. I love this for a few reasons.  First, I hate how everyone in IT/web thinks they have to move to Silicon Valley in order to have a successful business/company. Second, I hated the Facebook movie.  It was dark.  It was shady.  It wanted to make me distrust all-things-business.  I know they haven’t done everything perfect, but where was the playbook?  Seriously.  The stuff in this post makes Mark seem so more real and down to earth and genuine than the movie did. And the quote at the end?  KILLER:

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk…In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

Amen.