113. From Sarah Parker

Blog Title Going Bananas Blog
Blog URL: http://www.goingbananasblog.com
Blog Tagline: Living on fruit and greens only since January 2007
What makes the blog worth visiting?
I invite you to follow my radical self experiment as I leave the world of cooked food behind and enter a raw vegan/fruitarian lifestyle in an attempt to recreate my health. Am I just another nut or have I actually discovered the world’s greatest secret? Come and decide for yourself!
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
I blog because I love everything about it – the freedom of a blank canvas to splatter the contents of my mind on in technicolor, the intense creation of posts, the ability and responsibility I’m given to reach so many people and the conversations I am privileged to have with strangers who usually do not remain strangers for long. My only advice: Proofread and rethink, then proofread and rethink again before hitting that “Publish” button.

114. From George Krueger & Mary-Lynn Foster

Blog Title Bigg Success
Blog URL: http://biggsuccess.com
Blog Tagline: The how-to, can-do place for people on the move.
What makes the blog worth visiting?
Spend five minutes or so with us daily as we share lessons we’ve learned about personal and professional success as well as a few laughs. Come share your knowledge with us.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
Bloggers are some of the most giving people we’ve ever met. Don’t be afraid to reach out to fellow bloggers who have been where you are.
Taking our own bigg blogging advice, we attended SOBcon this year. We’re so grateful for all the incredible people that we met and the advice we received from them. And then there’s Liz … what more can we say?
There’s just one downside … we had to go to work!
As a result, you’ll see some changes to Bigg Success in the next couple of months:
Still personal and professional development.
Still lessons and laughs.
New focus on making your world fit your terms, instead of changing your behavior to meet the world on its terms.
So let’s put our worlds together and help each other grow!

115. From Jon Burg
Blog Title Future Visions
Blog URL: http://jburg.typepad.com/future
Blog Tagline: It’s not about what’s next, or what’s new. It’s about where we were, why we’re here, and what’s driving us to tomorrow.
What makes the blog worth visiting?
The future is will not be driven technology alone. Future Visions explores a four-fold evolutionary dynamic: (1) historical user behavior, (2) technology trends and capabilities, (3) the resultant evolution of the user/market digital experience, and (4) the media/marketer’s perspective on change – because after all, someone has to foot the bill.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
Blogging isn’t a channel. It’s a dynamic. It’s a conversation. And it’s a soapbox. But most of all, it’s about the human connections. The world is changing. Working together, we can direct funnel these efforts toward a better tomorrow.
Had I only thrown in the words viral, 2.0, ecosystem, community, traditional media, and the microtrend du jour (semantic meta-liveblogging anyone?), that could have been an actual piece of inauthentic dribble. What a shame…

116. From Claire Tompkins

Blog Title Your Organizing Coach
Blog URL: www.cluttercoachblog.com
Blog Tagline: This blog provides tips and tricks so you can get organized and stay that way.
What makes the blog worth visiting?
My aim is to encourage and help folks be as organized as they need to be, as easily as possible. I like techniques that have a big payoff relative to the time spent, such as taking 5-10 minutes at the end of the day to tidy up your desk and write a few notes to help you get started quickly the next day. This not only speeds up your work the next day, but it allows you to formally stop working today and enjoy your evening.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
If you need to do some decluttering but find yourself putting it off, try this tip. A friend of mine likes to put on headphones and listen to music while she’s going through piles or boxes of stuff. The entertainment value helps the time go by, of course, but the headphones also serve to isolate her from the things she’s handling and that makes it easier for her to release them. When she’s in her own little musical world, she feels detached from everything else around her.
A big reason that it’s hard to get rid of things is that you get caught up in the “backstory.” If you find it hard to get rid of stuff because of all the associations and reminders and emotions it brings with it, try a little music and tune out.

117. From Martin Wildam

Blog Title One-Two-Solved
Blog URL: http://1-2-solved.blogspot.com/
Blog Tagline: Life is making mistakes and learn. Learning the lessons is the intention…
What makes the blog worth visiting?
There is suffering – there are problems, they shouldn’t be suppressed – they should be faced, analyzed and be solved.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
There was a question from the audience at a buddhism event I attended by accident many years ago: “Is the computer a bad thing that we should avoid?” – I expected the speaker to say: “Yes, it is a bad thing”. But he answered: “A computer is a wonderful thing that can help us having satori (enlightment)”. Later I understood that the computer taught me analyzing and solving problems and nowadays the computer makes it possible that all you nice bloggers help me with your good posts. Thank you very much.

118. From Muhammad Siyab

Blog Title PuttingBlogsFirst
Blog URL: http://www.puttingblogsfirst.com
Blog Tagline: Laser Targeted Tips for Effective Blogging
What makes the blog worth visiting?>
Advice to lead you in the right direction as a blogger, presented in a clear and comprehensible way. Only you and the content; nothing else.
Blogging advice or a short bloggy quote:
“A blogger is like a river. As long as he stays near the village and fulfills the people’s need for water, they’re happy. But as soon as he changes course, the same people are angry at him.” – Muhammad Siyab