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November 04, 2006

No One Cares What You Had for Lunch, by Margaret Mason

I guess this is my week to review books with odd titles. My friends at Pearson were kind enough to send me a review copy of Margaret Mason’s No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog. What a great little idea generator!

Although it’s an extremely quick read, my copy will become more of a handy, long term reference. Every blogger should have a copy of this book. The next time you’re tempted to write a goofy post about something totally meaningless, flip this one open to a random page and I’ll bet you’ll come up with something better to talk about. Honestly. It’s got me thinking about the approach I’ve been taking with my own blog and how I need to make some adjustments.

Here’s a good example: My blog tends to be pretty matter of fact without a lot of personality. Don’t worry…I’m not going to force bad humor on anyone. I do think this blog lacks personality though. I’ll consider it a challenge to try and inject a bit more of that into future posts.

I highly recommend this book to anyone participating in the blogosphere. If you know a blogger who tends to make lots of lame posts, buy them a copy as a gift; think of it as a service for the rest of us. Wait a minute… Does that mean my friends at Pearson are trying to tell me something?!

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