blogging
All You Need Is 1
You don’t need a certain number of followers, a “passive income,” a “monetization strategy” or “1000 true fans [http://alesserphotographer.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=17ac74e26fc4e20c4b566f584&id=8f94b94dbd&e=f8ff271d01] ” to justify sharing your work. All you need is 1. 1 person liked my writing enough
Read This Before You Blog
This week’s links: Hugh MacLeod wrote the best article about online publishing in years this week. If you blog, tweet or publish your stuff in any way, you need to read it [http://www.copyblogger.com/vanity-metrics/]. Don’t Quit Your Day Job [http://www.levenger.com/BOOKS-17/LEVENGER-PRESS-BOOKS-238/
Helping Other Feel People Creative Can Be Way More
> “Helping other feel people creative can be way more lucrative than actually being creative.” — Austin Kleon [http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/115694459736?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+austinkleontumblr+%28TUMBLR+%7C+AUSTINKLEON.com%29] This sums up the success of most big photo
Who’s the Fool?
USA Today actually believed for a while today, April’s Fools Day, that Selfie Shoes are a thing [http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/03/31/sorry-yall-the-selfie-strick-era-is-over-meet-the-selfie-shoe/] . > “Only in ‘Murica, can vain people buy shoes designed soley to help them take even more selfies.” People are laughing at USA Today.
Seth Godin on Blogging
Quoting Seth Godin has become a cliché, but I can’t help it. This guy really brings it sometimes (plus, he said he loved an early manuscript of my book [http://craftandvision.com/products/a-lesser-photographer], so I know he has good taste). He just appeared on the Unmistakable Creative [http:
This Sums Up My Book Publishing Philosophy Now
This sums up my book publishing philosophy now.
A Very Visual Web
There’s a lot of great points in this article, but this is the idea I’m taking away from it: > “The visual web has another thing going for it: You don’t need a translation. A smile is a smile is a smile in Chinese, Hindi, Brazilian, Portuguese,
Why I Don't Instagram
For those who ask about my Instagram account: I have one, but I don’t post there. I post to my personal site [http://thislifeofleisure.com].
Why I Don't Instagram
Being a photography enthusiast, people often ask me why I’m not Instagramming. Here’s why: 1. I don’t believe in the company. 2. The constraints present are not useful constraints for me. I get to choose my constraints. It’s one of the advantages of being an amateur.