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G0ddard B0lt	Welcome to the board, Project Nomad	#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6866 08/28/08 16:04:43 I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?	Sorry for my snarky comment. I know that you are probably operating in stealth mode (I don't see any personally identifying information on your site) but you should consider two things for future postings, which the current lack thereof cause me to have a hard time grabbing onto your blog: 1) Specifics. Are you entertaining a product business, a service business, real estate, or a combination/diversification (I'm guessing the latter)? I'm having a tough time grokking your overall concept and how you're moving toward your goals. 2) More "bite". Strong opinions. Controversy. Probably tone down some of the links and side items and merchandise links, if you really want to highlight your writing and ideas. But I don't know what the goal of this blog/site is, either. Your actual content is a skinny column sandwiched between columns full of ads and links to other people's stuff. It's hard to not be distracted. Last Edited By: G0ddard B0lt 08/28/08 16:18:06. Edited 2 times.
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Posts: 4 08/28/08 22:32:56	No worries...I was kinda hoping for the shock effect - "How the heck did he find this?" Followed by "Whoa...he actually responded!". My philosophy - If you can't take the least amount of criticism, don't blog. I have thick skin. Besides, your criticism is valid...I started the blog as an experiment and it is still evolving. I am in stealth mode because I am still gainfully employed and it allows me the freedom to criticize the sometimes Dilbertian decisions my company makes from time to time (should I choose to). I consider it an additional level of risk mitigation 1) Yes, the latter. I am from the school of Multiple Streams of Income (preferably passive) - Rents, Royalties, Affiliation, and products that can be drop shipped from the manufacturer while outsourcing the mundane day to day stuff. All along this trip I am retooling and learning XHTL, CSS, jQuery, and general web design (coming from a heavy Telephony with C++ and Java background). This presents a problem because the blog does have the potential to go all over the place (ok...does go all over the place). The other problem is, I am still making early forays into each of these topics so I don't have enough of my own content yet. Thus I look for things that I think are relevant and point to them - admittedly lame, but there is a lot of cool information that I think is relevant to people who want to try and go out on their own. I just need to do a better of organizing and presenting the information. 2) Yeah...here's the thing, I'm about as middle of the road, plain vanilla as they come. I have a hard time expressing my opinion about anything (much to my wife's frustration sometimes). This is not for lack of passion, just the way I am I guess. I will work on this (in fact, check out the entry I made earlier this evening in response to something Slinky said - it was what I consider a passionate entry). I will give more of my opinion/support information on the external content to which I link. Thanks for the response. Zen ProjectNomad
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ProjectNomad	Quick Update	#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5 08/29/08 11:46:58	Just a quick update. Based on your comments I have done the following: 1) Updated my "About" page to provided a clearer (I hope) explanation of what the blog is all about, and what I am interested in discussing. 2) Changed the side panels to be a little smaller (but I only have so much to work with). When I configured the template and made my modifications, I was kind of spoiled because it was done on a wide screened monitor. When I viewed it on a regular monitor, it did de-emphasize the content. I am going to experiment with color as well to make the content more readable. Thank you for helping to make my blog better. Zen Project Nomad
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G0ddard B0lt	Good changes - much better	#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6867 08/29/08 12:28:48 I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?	Of course, further improvements will happen as you make realizations and your eye improves. But you've emphasized the content (great move) and your about page is much clearer. I never could understand the widespread practice on blogs to showcase links to other people's content. All it does (IMO) is give people a reason to jump away from your own content. But I guess you're doing what lots of bloggers do. I just figure - if someone isn't paying rent, why give them free space?
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ProjectNomad		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6 09/02/08 07:30:10	There are several good reasons why it happens: 1) You may not have enough quality content and need to supplement (my case) or you just get lazy. 2) There's the quid pro quo factor - you post on mine and I'll post on yours. 3) Also quid pro quo -you help build the authority of the web site you reference by building back links. This helps them get better Google page ranking. They tend to appreciate that and some will reciprocate. When ArnoldW2 linked to my site, without knowing it, he actually did me a favor. Backlinks and original content are two important components to Google's ranking formula. This is why I check all links to my page. If it was in another blog, I post a comment thanking them for the reference. If it was a criticism, I learn from it and take action, but in all cases, I participate in the conversation. You never know what you can learn. Zen ProjectNomad
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When Should You Quit Your Day Job??	08/27/08 00:47:15	ArnoldW2
Re: When Should You Quit Your Day Job??	08/27/08 00:53:51	Slinky
Re: When Should You Quit Your Day Job??	08/28/08 10:09:28	ProjectNomad
Projectnomad....	08/27/08 01:00:29	G0ddard B0lt
Re: When Should You Quit Your Day Job??	08/27/08 01:03:54	Slinky
Re: When Should You Quit Your Day Job??	08/27/08 01:21:52	G0ddard B0lt
Re: When Should You Quit Your Day Job??	08/27/08 07:42:32	JavaMouse
Thanks for the feedback...	08/28/08 08:27:19	ProjectNomad
Re: When Should You Quit Your Day Job??	08/28/08 12:21:38	Richardk
Re: When Should You Quit Your Day Job??	08/28/08 13:50:19	ProjectNomad
Welcome to the board, Project Nomad	08/28/08 16:04:43	G0ddard B0lt
Re: When Should You Quit Your Day Job??	08/28/08 22:32:56	ProjectNomad
Quick Update	08/29/08 11:46:58	ProjectNomad
Good changes - much better	08/29/08 12:28:48	G0ddard B0lt
Re: When Should You Quit Your Day Job??	09/02/08 07:30:10	ProjectNomad
Money is an issue, but not the only issue	09/03/08 15:35:24	Dennis Nedry
Re: When Should You Quit Your Day Job??	09/04/08 01:08:54	Richardk
The right place at the right time.	09/06/08 10:00:09	David Cressey