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5 Good Reasons to Blog Every Day… and 5 Good Reasons Not To

I prefer to blog 5 times a week.  It keeps me connected to the fishbowl in a way that blogging intermittently would not.  And since a combination of travel, weather and the holidays have derailed my normal blogging schedule these past few weeks, I’ve learned a few first-hand lessons about Read more…

By Justin, 16 yearsFebruary 17, 2010 ago
Armchair Sociology

Do You Want Them to Remember You Tomorrow?

When I was in art school, we had one English class. Our instructor wasn’t used to teaching art students, and she was confused by our habit of rewatching the same movies over and over again. “I don’t get why anybody would watch the same movie twice,” she told us. For Read more…

By Justin, 16 yearsDecember 2, 2009 ago
Armchair Sociology

5 Reasons You’re Not Awesome

Christopher Penn wrote an uplifting, empowering post about obliterating your own limitations.  And I agree with him.  But one of his central tenets is that, in order to succeed, you have to be awesome. But most of us are not.  And here are five reasons why. You’re boring. What you Read more…

By Justin, 16 yearsAugust 11, 2009 ago
Freelance Tips

How to Build the Audience You Want (or, There’s Nothing Wrong with Redheads)

Lately, I’ve become aware that the audience I most easily attract isn’t necessarily the audience I’m writing for. Not that I don’t appreciate every blog reader or Twitter follower who considers me worthy of their time. But what I want and what I’m attracting may be different things. In my Read more…

By Justin, 16 yearsAugust 7, 2009 ago

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