By Matt Jones on Feb 24, 2008 in Creative Blogging | 0 Comments
Here is something for pondering on a Sunday. Last week I looked at why blogging is an Art Form. Now it’s time for science to have a say.
1. All bloggers learn from experimentation. Science is, “knowledge aquired by experimentation.” There are definitely elements of experimentation in blogging, especially with monetization […]
By Matt Jones on Feb 13, 2008 in Creative Blogging | 5 Comments
Defining the difference between art and science is very difficult and is a bit of an art form in itself. I often think of it as a difference in viewing or creating information. Qualitative vs quantitative. Numbers, formulas and theories verses words, images and music.
Side Of Sauce concludes that, “Science is about […]
By Matt Jones on Feb 8, 2008 in Creative Blogging | 3 Comments
You could call this a gray hat way to motivate yourself, but it works. I like to think of it as a way to justify rudely voicing your opinion about someone you dislike, while boosting your motivation at the same time. Judge me if you dare!
I’ll explain it with a story:
I’m sitting at […]
By Matt Jones on Feb 6, 2008 in Creative Blogging | 13 Comments
Well today is my 19th birthday. You may be surprised to hear one of my gifts was birthday spam! I joyously opened my email this morning to find my In-box filled with birthday spam from a whole sack load of forums, which apparently in another life I was once a member of.
I’m not […]
By Matt Jones on Jan 28, 2008 in Creative Blogging | 5 Comments
A lot of bloggers say that blogging is about “the long haul” and they then quote statistics about how a massive xx% percentage of business fail, or how bloggers give up after a few months, or how it generally takes 3 - 5 years for a blog to become successful.
This annoys me. […]