Merlin Mann on the ingredients that make for a good blog, which includes a dose of good old fashioned obsession: People start real blogs because they think about something a lot. Maybe even five things. But, their brain so overflows with curiosity about a family of topics that they can't stop reading and writing about it. They make and consume smart forebrain porn. So: where do this person's obsessions ... Read full entry

I can't track down an online version of Ruth Williams' article on BHP Billiton CEO Marius Kloppers, that was published in the SMH's Good Weekend magazine of 26 July 2008, but thought one of the credos of the 18th most powerful person in the business world, was worth sharing: "I adhere to the same principles in my private life as in my business life," he ... Read full entry

Simple Idea: Focus Chris Wilson says FOCUS. Focus in on strengths. Then focus on making strengths stronger. Another in the short, simple and excellent Simple Idea series at The Marketing Fresh Peel.