Have you ever experienced a random act of kindness?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 12th, 2009
A “random act of kindness” is described as a selfless act performed to help or cheer up a complete stranger, done with no expectation of repayment or return. Have you ever experienced a random act of kindness? Have you ever committed one? Tell us about it.
Who do you ask for advice?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 11th, 2009
When we face a difficult situation, we often seek the advice of others to help us look at all the angles of a situation and think through the possible repercussions. When you face a tough decision, whose advice is important to you? Why do you respect that person’s opinion? Are there people you ask for advice because you tend to do the opposite of what they suggest? Would you go to different people for different kinds of advice?
What would your celebrity interview be?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 10th, 2009
Imagine that you’ve been hired by a national publication or television show for a day. You’ve been told that you can interview anyone you want, and that person will answer 10 questions you put to them. Who would you choose to interview and what questions would you ask? For each question, explain why you’d like to see them answer that question and what you imagine the answer might be.
What’s fast food can’t you live without?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 9th, 2009
If you were required to give up all fast foods except one, which one would you keep and why? What’s special about that particular food? Why is that one so important to you? If you’ve given up fast foods, which one do you miss the most?
What would your ideal mate be like?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 8th, 2009
Each of us probably carries in our heads the vision of what an ideal mate would be like. What’s yours? What would they look like? How would they behave? Would your family and friends get along with them? Describe the person in as much detail as you can imagine. (Suggestion: If you’re in a committed relationship, I’d be careful with this one.)
What would your ideal romantic evening be?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 7th, 2009
If you could have the ideal romantic evening with your signficant other, what would that evening be like? How would you dress? What would you do? Where would you go? What would make it a really special evening?
Coming Up With a Blog or Domain Name
Posted by: admin in Blogging Resources on March 7th, 2009
I read an article recently that claimed the best domain names are those which combine two memorable words. It gave examples like:
- face + book = Facebook.com
- user + friendly = Userfriendly.org
- new + egg = Newegg.com
- word + press = Wordpress.com
- app + deploy = Appdeploy.com
If you’re looking to name your blog and/or domain, here’s my recommendation for an easy way to come up with a good name.
First, sit down and think about the topic or topics that you’re going to blog about on your site. For example, let’s say you want to write a blog about the Ford Mustang. Start by writing down as many “interesting” words you can think of that relate to the Mustang and cars. You will likely end up with a list like this:
- car
- muscle
- Mustang
- pony
- dipstick
- battery
- gasoline
- oil
- fuel
- tire
- hubcap
- steering
- windshield
- shifter
- intake
- sunroof
- spark
- alternator
- radiator
With your word list in front of you, start pairing up the words you’ve written down to see how they sound. For instance:
- intakespark
- radiatormuscle
- ponyshifter
You may find a pair of words that sound kind of silly together, or which happen to sum up what you’re planning to blog about. Once you have some pairs that work, try registering them as “.com”, “.org”, etc. to see if they’re available.
Who would you trade places with for a day?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 6th, 2009
If you had the power to exchange places with another person for a day, who would you choose? Perhaps you might select someone whose life you admire. You might instead choose someone you think is out of touch with “ordinary people” in the hopes that they spend a day living without their wealth, fame, power, etc. Who would you choose and why?
What would your “bucket list” be?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 5th, 2009
I’ll admit, this idea was inspired by the movie “Bucket List” even though I haven’t seen it…
If you knew that you only had six months left to live, what would you like to spend those six months doing before you died? Would you travel? Spend time with loved ones? Try to change the world for the better? Just enjoy yourself? Share your “final to-do list” with us.
What would you choose as a new name?
Posted by: admin in Blog Ideas on March 4th, 2009
Although I realize that it’s very possible, and probably not that difficult, to change your name legally, most of us never bother to do that. But what if you did? What name would you select to match your personality and how you see yourself? How would that name better reflect who you are than the name you were born with?