Comments on: the sex & cash theory http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Tue, 22 May 2012 00:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: It's complicated | Polymath Programmer http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-35231 It's complicated | Polymath Programmer Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:13:41 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-35231 [...] they hate. It might not tell you a lot about their interests and character. It’s the “the sex and cash” theory. What people do to feed themselves may be different from what they do for enjoyment. [...] […] they hate. It might not tell you a lot about their interests and character. It’s the “the sex and cash” theory. What people do to feed themselves may be different from what they do for enjoyment. […]

]]> By: Dictum of Business - 3 tips from in-business friends. | Karthick Gopals Home Pages http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-29997 Dictum of Business - 3 tips from in-business friends. | Karthick Gopals Home Pages Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:54:45 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-29997 [...] Love vs Need thing Hugh Macleod has this great Sex vs Cash Theory. I urge you to read it. I have been shown the Love vs Need theory. Which sort of derives from the [...] […] Love vs Need thing Hugh Macleod has this great Sex vs Cash Theory. I urge you to read it. I have been shown the Love vs Need theory. Which sort of derives from the […]

]]> By: fakeGeek http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1356 fakeGeek Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:23:45 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1356 <strong>Creative and different....</strong> I really like this guy cartoons and all that. He has even written some great articles on creativity,... Creative and different.…

I really like this guy cartoons and all that. He has even written some great articles on creativity,…

]]> By: http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/index.html#112938568736465461 http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1355 http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/index.html#112938568736465461 Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:31:11 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1355 <strong>The Sex & Cash Theory</strong> While writing about Technorati's list of the top 25 blogs tagged "public relations," I came upon gapingvoid, a popular U.K. blog by cartoonist and "blogvertising" consultant Hugh Macleod. It's a great read and highly recommended. The Sex & Cash Theory

While writing about Technorati’s list of the top 25 blogs tagged “public relations,” I came upon gapingvoid, a popular U.K. blog by cartoonist and “blogvertising” consultant Hugh Macleod. It’s a great read and highly recommended.

]]> By: B.L. Ochman's weblog - Internet strategy, marketing, public relations, politics with news and commentary http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1354 B.L. Ochman's weblog - Internet strategy, marketing, public relations, politics with news and commentary Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:41:53 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1354 <strong>Interview: Hugh Macleod of GapingVoid, Poster Child for Unemployed Creative Types Seeking Blog Fame and Fortune</strong> Hugh Macleod, publisher of GapingVoid, is the poster child for underemployed creative types who want to find fame, fortune, success and notoriety as bloggers. Blogging since 2003, and online since 2001, Macleod's blog is the fourth most popular blog i... Interview: Hugh Macleod of GapingVoid, Poster Child for Unemployed Creative Types Seeking Blog Fame and Fortune

Hugh Macleod, publisher of GapingVoid, is the poster child for underemployed creative types who want to find fame, fortune, success and notoriety as bloggers. Blogging since 2003, and online since 2001, Macleod’s blog is the fourth most popular blog i…

]]> By: SXV http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1353 SXV Tue, 17 May 2005 21:24:59 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1353 <strong>Chingon</strong> the sex & cash theory Chingon

the sex & cash theory

]]> By: well http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1350 well Tue, 04 Jan 2005 02:58:34 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1350 Well, Nathan Dornbrook, that was really a great post. Not at all mediocre. Wow. Well, Nathan Dornbrook, that was really a great post. Not at all mediocre. Wow.

]]> By: Nathan Dornbrook http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1349 Nathan Dornbrook Sat, 18 Dec 2004 02:13:29 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1349 Not me, baby. I always dreamed of living life in haiku instead of blank verse, of being permanently constrained, of perfecting the looks of exasperation that come from endless days of middle management meetings. I wanted to live a life of quiet desperation, a corporate shill, a vacuous empty shell filled with false patriotism for a soulless, faceless corporation. This isn't just ironic lip service. I wanted a tan sedan with the radio permanently tuned to the local lite rock/adult contemporary radio station, a three bedroom semi-detached in Milton Keynes with a small conservatory out back. I wanted a nagging wife, worries about whether I could afford my kids' braces and a knick-knack shelf full of Hummels. I wanted to be bald and pudgy, have a wry, resigned cynicism and the survival instincts of a cockroach. I wanted a liquor cabinet full of middle-shelf whiskey, a handicap of 20 and a normal life. A normal life. I've strived for mediocrity. I have failed. Not me, baby.
I always dreamed of living life in haiku instead of blank verse, of being permanently constrained, of perfecting the looks of exasperation that come from endless days of middle management meetings. I wanted to live a life of quiet desperation, a corporate shill, a vacuous empty shell filled with false patriotism for a soulless, faceless corporation.
This isn’t just ironic lip service.
I wanted a tan sedan with the radio permanently tuned to the local lite rock/adult contemporary radio station, a three bedroom semi-detached in Milton Keynes with a small conservatory out back. I wanted a nagging wife, worries about whether I could afford my kids’ braces and a knick-knack shelf full of Hummels.
I wanted to be bald and pudgy, have a wry, resigned cynicism and the survival instincts of a cockroach.
I wanted a liquor cabinet full of middle-shelf whiskey, a handicap of 20 and a normal life. A normal life.
I’ve strived for mediocrity. I have failed.

]]> By: misnomer http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1348 misnomer Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:53:50 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1348 This is all very well and good untill you "reach the stage of no return" Lets say, you followed some of your fantastic theories and decided to branch out of your normal realm, of say mechanic, and spend four years at university studying graphic design, So to support yourself during those 4 years you work between studying hoping that when you finshed you could concentrate soley on your sexy job. Somewhere near the end of your studies, the plane crashed, it became IMPOSSIBLE to keep fixing cars while designing , (dirty hands and clean print outs dont mix) I reached the "POINT OF NO RETURN" I reached a point where i realised that the "cash job didnt weigh up, and that it was causing more harm to my creativity than good, it was destroying my will to live, and i advise young artists not to ignore this feeling and quit...before your entire soul is sucked clean... and you become a former shell of a person... Most of your examples, had a pretty cool cash jobs, how many had to crawl under a car during pouring rain and replace someones startermotor. Or clean out filthy toilets, etc. So i want to point out to artists, that if your smart, and clever you can craft your life to live without out needing a cash job, but you have to be willing to give away many things, (like any self respecting partner) This point of no return is i think a healthy excercice for all artists, i know one george orwell, most certainly reached the point of no return many times, (see keep the aspistria flying) or sartre (nausea) or even steppenwolf most of the characthers of these novels where doing diddly squat....and had profound realisations and existential delemias... so ... you decide... This is all very well and good untill you
“reach the stage of no return“
Lets say, you followed some of your fantastic theories and decided to branch out of your normal realm, of say mechanic, and spend four years at university studying graphic design,
So to support yourself during those 4 years you work between studying hoping that when you finshed you could concentrate soley on your sexy job.
Somewhere near the end of your studies, the plane crashed, it became IMPOSSIBLE to keep fixing cars while designing , (dirty hands and clean print outs dont mix)
I reached the “POINT OF NO RETURN“
I reached a point where i realised that the “cash job didnt weigh up, and that it was causing more harm to my creativity than good, it was destroying my will to live, and i advise young artists not to ignore this feeling and quit…before your entire soul is sucked clean…
and you become a former shell of a person…
Most of your examples, had a pretty cool cash jobs, how many had to crawl under a car during pouring rain and replace someones startermotor.
Or clean out filthy toilets, etc.
So i want to point out to artists, that if your smart, and clever you can craft your life to live without out needing a cash job, but you have to be willing to give away many things, (like any self respecting partner)
This point of no return is i think a healthy excercice for all artists, i know one george orwell, most certainly reached the point of no return many times, (see keep the aspistria flying)
or sartre (nausea) or even steppenwolf
most of the characthers of these novels where doing diddly squat.…and had profound realisations and existential delemias…
so … you decide…

]]> By: The Study of Design http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1352 The Study of Design Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:58:16 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1352 <strong>Gapingvoid</strong> Go to gapingvoid and read How To Be Creative, Sex & Cash Theory, and All Products Are Conversations.... Gapingvoid

Go to gapingvoid and read How To Be Creative, Sex & Cash Theory, and All Products Are Conversations.…

]]> By: john http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1347 john Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:17:17 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1347 i want to be a porn star i want to be a porn star

]]> By: Kathy Sierra's Blog http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1351 Kathy Sierra's Blog Fri, 10 Dec 2004 05:51:27 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1351 <strong>Does it really matter if your tool is cool?</strong> Is "picking the right tool for the job" truly the responsible approach? Is wanting your tools to be cool really a sign of immaturity? Can we and *should* we still be passionate about Java? Does it really matter if your tool is cool?

Is “picking the right tool for the job” truly the responsible approach? Is wanting your tools to be cool really a sign of immaturity? Can we and *should* we still be passionate about Java?

]]> By: Tom O. http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1346 Tom O. Wed, 08 Dec 2004 04:12:02 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1346 Interesting refinement, and much more realistic, than the "Do what you love, the money will follow" theory. I had always put just the minimum amount of effort I could get away with in the day job ("Cash" thing) just hard enough so I could devote as much time and energy as possible in being an electronic musician ("Sex" thing), thinking that sooner or later the music would 'pay off' (become the "Cash" thing) and I'd live happily ever after. It never worked out that way (and, I might add, there were times when I compromised myself in doing the music thing with others that no only did it not pay the bills but it wasn't all that fun, a double whammy in that regard), so I gave up the music so I could shore up the bill paying part of my life. Now, even though I don't have as much time as I'd like for the music thing, I get more out of it because (a) the tools have evolved so much that I can make really great sounding music, and more of it in less time; and (b) I only do it for my enjoyment, not out of some misplaced hope that it will ever pay the bills. Your XXX vs $$$ theory (and in fact the entire How To Be Creative series) have helped me realize how lucky I am to be able to do what I'm doing the way that I'm doing it. Thanks for that. SUBVERT THE DOMINANT PARADIGM! Interesting refinement, and much more realistic, than the “Do what you love, the money will follow” theory. I had always put just the minimum amount of effort I could get away with in the day job (“Cash” thing) just hard enough so I could devote as much time and energy as possible in being an electronic musician (“Sex” thing), thinking that sooner or later the music would ‘pay off’ (become the “Cash” thing) and I’d live happily ever after. It never worked out that way (and, I might add, there were times when I compromised myself in doing the music thing with others that no only did it not pay the bills but it wasn’t all that fun, a double whammy in that regard), so I gave up the music so I could shore up the bill paying part of my life.
Now, even though I don’t have as much time as I’d like for the music thing, I get more out of it because (a) the tools have evolved so much that I can make really great sounding music, and more of it in less time; and (b) I only do it for my enjoyment, not out of some misplaced hope that it will ever pay the bills.
Your XXX vs $$$ theory (and in fact the entire How To Be Creative series) have helped me realize how lucky I am to be able to do what I’m doing the way that I’m doing it. Thanks for that.
SUBVERT THE DOMINANT PARADIGM!

]]> By: mark http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1345 mark Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:03:23 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1345 I quit my cash job around 1990, and found myself living with a nutball sexy cartoonist cash copywriter above a hot mexican bakery in Chicago. It was worth it. opting for the sex side doesn't mean you still do not find yourself grubbing for cash. Unless you are supported as van gough was with a partron or trust fund or whatever, there is no such thing as choosing not to pursue cash - its just a matter of how much. and if you're talking about sex with someone other than yourself, having a little cash can really help. I quit my cash job around 1990, and found myself living with a nutball sexy cartoonist cash copywriter above a hot mexican bakery in Chicago. It was worth it.
opting for the sex side doesn’t mean you still do not find yourself grubbing for cash. Unless you are supported as van gough was with a partron or trust fund or whatever, there is no such thing as choosing not to pursue cash — its just a matter of how much. and if you’re talking about sex with someone other than yourself, having a little cash can really help.

]]> By: Hot Sauce http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/01/the-sex-cash-theory-2/#comment-1344 Hot Sauce Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:41:41 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=818#comment-1344 Reminds me of the "Hackers and Painters" essay. Reminds me of the “Hackers and Painters” essay.

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