Mike's Life POW 10th October 2009

Here are my favorite posts from around the web over the last week:

Build an affordable brand for your blog

by Steitiyeh on Steitblog

There are lots of posts around about branding, but this one, on a new blog, is as good as I’ve read, with some in depth stuff and focused on keeping the cost down.

5 ways to unleash the beast

by Nathan on Nathanhangen.com

Great post that talks about how to really get in “the zone” when you’re writing.

Need a new point of view? Have a sex change

by Roman on howthisblogmakesmoney.com

Roman is one of the quirkiest bloggers I read. This is typical – interesting, bizarre, but full of good points.

Google Wave crashes on a beach of overhype

by Robert Scoble on scobleizer.com

I’ve been really excited at the prospect of Google Wave, but this post has burst my bubble a little. What do you think?

Free anti virus from Microsoft is available

by Jason Faulkner on pcmech.com

You don’t often see “Free” and “Microsoft” in the same sentence. I’m going to add “good.” I switched from AVG (which has become a huge resource eater) on the strength of this post, and I’m delighted.

Typhoon Ondoy Videos

by Jed Chan on jedchan.com

Jed live tweeted his way through the typhoon, and then gathered these videos to show us the effects. Social media news in action.

That’s it for this week. Why isn’t your blog on this list? Do I know about it yet? If not, let me know in comments please.