It’s been a couple years since my last post here, and once again it’s December and I’ve been doing a fair bit of reflecting. I love this blog. I love writing. But I’ve decided to try something new. I’ve launched a newsletter called Focused Chaos. I’ll be writing there about startups, investing, venture studios, product […]
Rebooting
It’s been almost a year since my last post. Wow. Incredible. I think that’s been the longest gap in my writing since I started this blog a thousand years ago. It’ll take me a little while still, but I will come back. It’s time to reboot this bad boy and see where it takes me. […]
Resurfacing Old Blog Content
The most frustrating thing about writing blog content is that it typically “disappears” after a couple days. Some very popular posts last much longer (I have a couple that are near the top of Google for common searches), but most don’t get a lot of long tail attention. In some cases the content does get […]
Why I Blog
I’ve been blogging for a long time. I’m not as prolific as some, but I try and post weekly, and occasionally I do better than that. I’ve had long droughts too. Every once in awhile I ask myself, “Why do I blog, anyway?” As I’ve pointed out in the past, I can trace almost every […]
Help Me Help You – Join the Instigator Blog Feedback Group
I love writing. Although I’ve struggled to write consistently of late, I always enjoy hitting “publish” and seeing the content go up live on the blog. I think the content is worthwhile for people, although commenting has slowly declined over the last few years. I think that has a lot to do with Twitter though, […]
New Design for Instigator Blog – Lightweight and Simplified
Every so often I feel compelled to redesign this blog. The first redesign was in 2007, followed by another in 2008. It’s been a couple years since the last redesign, and this one is a big departure from the last. It’s still a work-in-progress, but I’d love to get your feedback. I really wanted to […]
What Should I Write About? You Tell Me!
Every blogger suffers writer’s block at some point. It’s inevitable. And extremely frustrating. For some it means months without creating any new content, while others can recover much more quickly. Skribit (the project of Paul Stamatiou and others) is a service that’s designed to help you defeat writer’s block. It also has the potential of […]
Why I Switched Instigator Blog to Thesis WordPress Theme
I’ve known about the Thesis WordPress theme for some time, having followed its launch and use by a lot of friends and colleagues. I always knew it was a worthwhile theme, but never had a project to use it on until recently. Recently my wife launched her own site – I Spy Montreal – for […]
Is Linkbait Dead?
The simplest definition of linkbait is a blog post that attracts people’s attention enough to get them to link back to the post. Getting links to a blog post is crucial for SEO. Generally speaking: more links = better SEO. And better SEO = more traffic. I’m simplifying, but the basic premise is there. For […]
New Hosting for Instigator Blog
I’ve moved hosting companies because my old one was falling apart. This is a quick test post to make sure the DNS is propagating properly. You should not have to update your RSS feeds, but when you see this message in your RSS feed, please click through and take a look to make sure everything […]
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