Gaping Void
Do What You Don't Hate
I have mentioned on the blog and my podcast that I think the advice "follow your dreams" and "do what you love and the rest will follow" is unintentionally cruel. It makes anyone who has a regular day job into a failure unless that job is their dream. The market realities do not...
read articleMediashift
I was contacted by Mark Glaser of the Mediashift blog for PBS the other day about the food fight brother Gillmor and I had over the Earthlink ads. He published his final piece today, and I'm extensively quoted. In fact, I'm probably quoted too much. Some stuff that was kind of silly that I was...
read articleComic Strip Blogger v. Gaping Void
I cannot unequivocally say that Comic Strip Blogger is certifiably insane because I haven't seen the paperwork, but it wouldn't surprise me. That nuttiness is doing a pretty good job of keeping me amused. I think the best one so far is this strip about Hugh Macleod, with a really credible parody of...
read articleSex, Cash and Podcasting
Mark Cuban posted about cash and podcasting, which included this: Podcasting is hot. Podcasting is cheap and easy. Podcasting can be fun. Creating your own podcast and trying to make a business out of it is a mistake. Unless you are repurposing content from another medium, it will be rare to find...
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