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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Cooking With Squid(oo)


Squidoo has an awesome community of users (we call them lensmasters). At any given time, someone is cooking up a new promotion or challenge. It's hard not to stay busy and, in fact, easy to get too busy. Here, though, is a community project that's worth making time for.

Lensmaster Rewards4Life (actually David and Marta) is putting together a Squidoo community cookbook, a real, hard-copy book full of recipes provided by lensmasters on Squidoo. The book will be available to purchase and, believe me, this will be a one-of-a-kind cookbook that you will want to own.

Thing is, David and Marta need more recipes to bring this project to life. They've set June 1st as the deadline for recipe submissions and today, with less than a week to go, they must have 41 more recipes to keep the cookbook project going.

It's quite simple to submit a recipe. All of the steps are outlined in their lens, Squidoo Recipes Cookbook, but to summarize here is what you need to compile and email to David and Marta: Your recipe, the category (side dish, dessert, etc.), a list of ingredients, the directions, your picture or avatar, and a photo of the completed dish. They also want to include a link to your lens about the recipe, if you have one, and a short bio of you.

With all the magnificent recipe lenses on Squidoo and all of our talented chefs, certainly there are enough people to provide the remaining recipes. What a shame if this project doesn't fly because of lack of support. So, why not set aside a few minutes today and gather your favorite recipe and submit it with the supporting documentation to David and Marta at the address on their lens.

Let's eat!

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Kris Allen and Me

Kris Allen lens of the day on SquidooWhat do Kris Allen and I have in common? We've both recently been surprised with an unexpected honor.

Kris, of course, is the new American Idol. I, on the other hand, have received the honor of having the Lens of the Day on Squidoo today for, whadya know, my Kris Allen, American Idol lens.

Kris Allen was surprised with his honor. I was surprised with mine, too.

Wow. I'm in great company.

Congratulations, Kris! Go, me!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Have You Caught the Spirit of Squidoo?

I love Squidoo, love the lensmasters, love the whole spirit that permeates the place.

What I love best is the way that lensmasters cheer each other on, and there are no better cheerleaders than the Giant Squid Organizers (GSO's for short). Frankly, I don't know how Bonnie, Robin, and Patti do it. They run a very popular section of the SquidU forum, they have blogs that promote the Giant Squid program on Squidoo, they review lenses and award purple stars weekly, and they continue to make high-quality lenses of their own, just to mention a few of their regular activities.

Besides the GSO's, the whole Giant Squid community, as well as the wannabe Giants, promote challenges and other activities designed to encourage excellence in lensmaking. If you're new to Squidoo and don't really understand what I'm talking about (yet) then you must visit the So You Want to Be a Giant Squid? section of the SquidU forum and see the spirit of Squidoo in action.

Catch the spirit of Squidoo! Your lensrank will thank you for it.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Somebody's Having a Birthday!


Today is our favorite chef's birthday. I won't tell you which milestone he has reached, but you'll figure it out when you visit his birthday pages, here and here.

Be sure and leave him a birthday greeting.

Happy, happy birthday Achim, and many more!