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Scoutblogging.com has 10 good tips on becoming a great corporate blogger. Heck, the tips apply for all bloggers!

The short list:

1. Understand the fundamentals of Blogger Relations
2. Create value
3. Grow and sustain your audience by providing real analysis
4. Report on community opinion
5. Respond with comments to build relationships and traffic
6. Track your conversations
7. Don’t be afraid of criticism
8. Conduct interviews to generate content and ideas
9. Promote your blog
10. Monitor the web for brand names and references

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Lots of rain coming down and the ground is all muddy. So why not kicks that match the brown mud and won’t get dirty looking? We’ll try out the outdoorsy Air Max ’93 with brown hues.

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Blurb.com is offering a service that makes a hard-bound book from the content and images of your favorite blog. Kinda neat. The NY Times has a blurb about Blurb.

What?! Windows only? 🙁

Kicks design inspired by this very site. Went with the Air Max ’90 again (Class of 90 is a good vintage) and came up with this.

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Want to try your hand at designing a pair of kicks modeled after Pulpconnection?

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ABC is possibly going to give away its hit television shows like Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, and Desperate Housewives via iTunes. There’s been unconfirmed stories that ABC will offer these shows for free but with commercial ads embedded in them. Sounds like you would still be able buy these shows for $1.99 per episode but these paid versions will be commercial free.

Maybe true after all, and perhaps Disney CEO, Bob Iger, (and Steve Jobs) can save network TV…

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Next up is kicks inspired by CCTWT. This was a tough one, and I had to go with the Air Max ’90 since its color palette was the closest one that resembled CCTWT. The Air Max ’90 was revolutionary as is the material on CCTWT. A dark base with high contrast colors and shades of grey.

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Want to try your hand at designing a pair of kicks modeled after CCTWT?

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Ah the fun of customizing kicks using Nike iD… I was recently inspired to try different color combinations and thought why not base the color schemes on my favorite blogs?

So here’s what I got as inspired by Wayne’s World. Clean lines and classic design of the Air Max 1. Minimal colors with vibrant highlights.

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Want to try your hand at designing a pair of kicks modeled after Wayne’s World?

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Went shopping at our nearby, non-lifestyled Safeway and found a new drink called Vault. Made by Coke, Vault “drinks like a soda, kicks like an energy drink” and seems poised to challenge Pepsi’s reigning champ Mountain Dew.

Drank it today, and it tastes pretty good and kind of familiar. Then I remembered. It tastes like Coke’s former drink Surge! Is Vault really rebranded Surge? Caffeine addicts rejoice!

After 290 calories of sugar and who knows how much caffeine, I’m all jittery and amped up!!

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Today’s Apple Special Event introducing new, fun products was kinda boring. No big surprises announced. Instead a revamped Mac Mini with an Intel processor was released along with the iPod Hi-Fi.

The iPod Hi-Fi is a rock solid, somewhat portable speaker system that pumps out crystal clear tunes. Cost is expensive at $349, but with people going crazy for the Bose SoundDock at $299, I guess the cost of the Hi-Fi is comparable. Looks like the Hi-Fi can crank out some serious sound compared to the SoundDock. I’ll pass unless it’s a gift or CCTWT giveaway! 😉

No DVR announcements from Apple yet. Although the new Mini is looking more and more like it could perform DVR functions. This article talks about using the new Mini for HDTV purposes. What’s HDTV? Go read up on CCTWT.

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Constantly interrupted at work? Are you a slave to your email? Then maybe it’s time to prioritize and assert some self-control. This article gives some advice about controlling the interruptions at your workplace so you can focus and get things done.

Some interesting findings:

office distractions ate up 2.1 hours a day for the average worker… employees devoted an average of 11 minutes to a project before being distracted… once interrupted, it takes workers 25 minutes to return to the original task, if they return at all.

Here I thought work interrupted my real work. But of course, with the smoothly running one team, work is an absolute pleasure!

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The concept of one team done right.

What makes this group great is they really understand the concept of ‘One Team.’ We play 12, 13, 14 guys every game, and nobody complains about playing time. Some guys know they’ll never shoot, but they’re content to set screens. We started off the season struggling a bit, but they came together as a team.

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