blogging
Independent Blogging is Healthier Than Ever and Still Dying
Andy Baio on the redesign of his popular personal blog Waxy.org [http://waxy.org/2016/11/redesigning-waxy-2016-edition/]: > "But there a few reasons why I’m sad about the decline of independent blogging, and why I think they’re still worth fighting for. > Ultimately, it comes down
Sabbaticals
It's that time of year again...my government "suggested" sabbatical [https://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/1995/fil9552.html]. I may be just a writer, but 8-10 hours of my day is writing for a bank. The question arrises every year in my head: what
You'll Go Blind
> “Journalists' favorite topic is journalism. Bloggers' favorite topic is blogging. Readers' favorite topic is anything but those.” – Dave Pell I've been guilty of this too much lately. I don't want to put limits on what is post-able, but this is a trap
"Everything is a Link"
> "Everything is a link." - Andy Adams [https://twitter.com/FlakPhoto/status/730024625011183616] Every idea comes from somewhere. None of this is original. Embracing the link means rejecting the ego [http://amzn.to/2bzWxFI] and respecting the reader. It means making connections between ideas and helping people
What Do You Have to Lose?
I was a guest on Andrew Hellmich's wonderful Photo Xperiment podcast [http://photobizx.com/photo-xperiment-episode-links/] last night (to be released next month). I was on an episode of his PhotoBizXposed podcast [http://photobizx.com/Focus+Less+on+Gear+Create+Images+that+Matter+CJ+Chilvers] last year as well.
The Benefits of Anonymity
From Dave Lawrence on Steven Pressfield's new book Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit [http://davelawrencephoto.tumblr.com/post/148122703157/people-dont-take-the-time-to-read-says-steven] : > "Think about that. All the hard work we put into creative projects, or blog entries, or advertising campaigns – nobody really cares. They have better things
The Slow Death of Tumblr (and Medium)
I started moving all my legacy blog posts from Tumblr last week. I took down my personal blog there entirely (all the posts can now be found on this blog) and A Lesser Photographer will be transferred this week. I decided I wanted to own the experience from now on.
The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
> "Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or
Personal Website Check-In (6 Months Later)
About six months ago I refocused everything I was writing/publishing to my personal site CJChilvers.com [https://www.cjchilvers.com], assuming this would be better for my readers and my writing. I also committed to writing something every weekday. I wrote about it the reasoning for daily blogging here