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My HighTech friend Angie Pedersen tagged me for the Be Original project. The object behind this meme is to write about how I create original blog posts and share the ideas with bloggers all around. Okie dokie…here we go.

I have to ‘fess up a bit that this project made me realize I am under-utilizing all the great resources at my fingertips. I could only come up with two methods I use to create original blog posts. As soon as I’m done posting I’m going to make a checklist of all the great ideas about creating original posts. I’ll be starting with Angie’s one about using Gmail’s autofilters. That’s a gem. A big sparkly one.

1. Interaction with the Real World
I write a lot about tools I use in my real life. If I use software, buy a piece of equipment, discover a new site or read something useful in a magazine, I post about it. If I find it useful or interesting then chances are that someone else will too. So I share. Nothing more original than good old real life (as opposed to the surreal feeling I get while reading dozens of blogs one after the other in my news reader. Know what I mean?)

2. Things I Want to Say to My Friends
Given that some of my very good friends can barely browse the web without getting help (really!) I post about things I would tell my friends if only they were HighTech friends. I find this helps my posts to have that friendly voice I want to have. While this may not actually help me come up with ideas, it does help me present them better.

Now it is my turn to tag some bloggers. I’m choosing just one.

I tag Wendy Piersall, of eMomsatHome.com.
Of the aforementioned dozens of blogs I read, I find that Wendy’s is one that I just HAVE to read. I always know she’s going to have great posts, tons of information I can actually use and she serves it all up with just the kind of writing I love to read. And her new blog design rendered me speechless the first time I saw it. I would love to know how she does it. Since her blog is about “starting, running + succeeding in home business and blogging” it actually fits her content as well.