Handcrafted

“Compared to the industrialized information factories of Buzzfeed, Facebook, and Twitter (or even the NY Times or Gawker), what I do is handcrafted. There’s no assembly line. I read a bunch of stuff and then write about just a few relevant things. It’s inefficient as hell, but most of the time, it results in a… Continue reading Handcrafted

Long Haul Reinvention, Thinking in Public, and the Idle Computer

Over the last few weeks, I was happy to stumble on a few familiar topics on other places around the internet. To begin with, it looks like James Altucher beats me when it comes to the long haul: Time it takes to reinvent yourself: five years. Here’s a description of the five years: Year One:… Continue reading Long Haul Reinvention, Thinking in Public, and the Idle Computer

Join me for C.A.K.E.?

On our mission to make blogging fun again, Milo McLaughlin and I yesterday launched our first bize-sized online course: The C.A.K.E. Method was developed for blogging warriors, worriers and wannabes and is available now for the ridiculously cheap price of $19. Basically, we will teach you our method to brainstorm new content ideas, put them… Continue reading Join me for C.A.K.E.?

Getting Geeky (and a bite-sized course about cake and blogging)

In the newest episode of our podcast, Milo and I meet up with Michael Nobbs to talk about vacations, our inner geek, and Amazon’s secret to making a profit from blogging. We also spill the beans about our upcoming bite-sized course, The C.A.K.E Method. We are building this course for those of you who’d like… Continue reading Getting Geeky (and a bite-sized course about cake and blogging)