The big web story today is about how Instagram just removed its API from Twitter. My old friend, Dave Winer (also one of the great web pioneers of the last decade or so) wrote a great post about it. I drew the cartoon in response to Dave. True enough, most “civilians” don’t give a damn about […]
“You have to decide what you believe.”
“Everyone should write a blog because it makes it harder to be a hypocrite. You have to decide what you believe.” Seth Godin Everybody should start a business for that very same reason…
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[I’ve really been enjoying using Instagram these last couple of months– it’s fast and dirty, it’s spontaneous; it reminds me of my earliest days blogging, a decade-plus ago. To see more, follow me on Instagram (Username: gapingvoid) or check out the archive on the Tumblr page. Thanks!]
“Big-city wages, small-town prices” is a damn fine business model
Here we go. The insanely-bright Harold Jarche (who I really enjoyed meeting in Toronto a few months ago) gives a few reasons why/how blogging transformed his life: 1. I live in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada; population 5,000. Even our timezone is unknown to many people. Without my blog, nobody would ever have heard of me. This […]
Any hardcore blogging mavens out there? Here are some cartoons for you to use as you see fit:
Yay! As you probably already know, I wrote a wee book, “Freedom Is Blogging In Your Underwear”, which just launched. It is my little love letter to the blogosphere. We’ve also set up a special webpage: FreedomIsBloggingInYourUnderwear.com Please click on it — it’s more than just a page about the book. It’s a movement, or at least, […]
My latest book launches today: “Freedom Is Blogging In Your Underwear”
Amazon. Amazon UK. Barnes & Noble. 800 CEO Read. In this era of everybody talking about the latest shiny app or the latest shiny billionaire, I decided to write a book about blogging, and why it matters: “Freedom Is Blogging In Your Underwear”. [From the intro:] In May of last year, my blog, gapingvoid.com, turned ten […]
The new hardback copy arrived…
Look what my publishers just sent me. The first hardback copy of “Freedom Is Blogging In Your Underwear” [Kindle version here]. Awwww.… I’m so happy! I love the purple cover… it’s kinda appropriate: It was after reading Seth Godin’s “Purple Cow” that the idea of writing books occurred to me. “That looks like fun, I can do […]
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