Michael Lehman's Independent Innovation

I've just started a new separate blog over at http://independentinnovation.posterous.com/ which purports to be a zero-friction blogging platform. The appeal, for me, is that I can post blog entries via email instead of having to be connected either to this site or to my Windows Live Writer. As this will let me post easily from my ...

Ok, this is just too fun to pass up: http://putthingsoff.com/ In Nick Cernis' own words: "Put Things Off (PTO) helps freelancers, entrepreneurs and busy people just like you work smarter, play harder and live the lives they love. PTO talks about productivity, freelancing, running your own business, making money online, setting goals, ...

At the Web 2.0 Expo this week.  Interesting conversations with people who are at the forefront of moving the world to (and from) the web. Hanging in the blogger's lounge the energy is amazingly high (and this is during the keynotes!) Good connectivity, Flip is selling mini video cameras for $60 and the blog/twit-o-sphere is burning! DM ...

I'm in Las Vegas for the MIX08 conference.  Part of what I'm doing here is finally, and I promise that I really mean it this time :), blogging regularly again! So here's the first of many posts this week! To help out, I'm reading Chris Garrett's 41 Blog Success Tips from 10 Years of Blogging You Can Learn Today.

Independent Innovators face marketing challenges in ways funded startups do not.  Most Indies (at least the one's I've met) have extensive domain experience and little marketing background.  A blog, smartly written, can be invaluable.  How to write a "smart" blog?  Read what others have done, experiment and be ...