Other times I don’t post anything for a week or more, because I just don’t have a lot to say.

But then I found this old post from Chris Brogan. Chris is one of my few New Media heroes.

Over two years ago, Chris published a list of 100 Blog topics he hopes I write. I don’t know how he knew two years ago that he would want me to write these blog posts, but apparently he did.

SO…

This post, the first in this series, is #9 on the BROGAN 100.

I’ll be taking the list out of order (because that makes more sense). Some posts will be long, most will be fairly short. My plan is to write them in large batches and bleed them out as timed posts over the next 100 business days (20 weeks, that’ll take us into February 2010, I think). I will continue to write my longer, more thoughtful posts about as often as I have been.

Good. Let’s get started.

How I find Blogging Ideas – BROGAN 100 – #9

• Read Chris Brogan’s 100 Posts he hopes I write.
• Subscribe to, and read, over a hundred blogs in a variety of fields.
• Read “real” books constantly. I buy some, I ask for books as gifts for all occasions, I go the library a lot, I spend time at the bookstore mooching free reads.
• I read, with some irregularity, magazines like Inc., Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and a few others. For all you Bootstrappers out there- I read these at the bookstore, the library, and the gym. Free.
• While I generally avoid newspapers and TV news, I do listen to NPR whenever I happen to be in the car.
• I go networking. A lot. I try to get out to at least three events a week, and I’ve been known to go to as many as ten. Whenever possible, I go to educational events, rather than “salespeople pitching each other” events.
• Whenever anything weird or unusual happens in my life, I think, “Well- now I know what I’ll be blogging about tomorrow morning.”

Then I take all the input and do one or more of the following:

• Report information.
• Copy an idea (here’s MY top ten whatevers)
• Respond in agreement or disagreement to an opinion
• Rant a little at how stupid the (fad/trend/opinion/format) is
• Draw an analogy to some area of my business
• Gush about how much I liked it
• Attempt to offer advice based on it
• Intend to write a post and then completely forget. Oh well.

Hope that helps.

How do YOU find Blogging ideas?
Please let us know below.

So I was just delighted to see this video come through my RSS reader.

The video is Dan Pink speaking about how we (“western” businesses) destroy creativity when we attach rewards to it. Fascinating look at the science behind something many of us feel is true- intrinsic motivators spur creativity while extrinsic ones dampen it.

I saw this on the Lateral Action blog (which you should be reading).
It is originally from a TED talk (which you should be watching).