Different
> "Different is better than better.” - Sally Hogshead, author of Fascinate [http://amzn.to/1WAehCG].
Why You Shouldn't Blog Daily
This week, I've posted about why Seth Godin [https://www.cjchilvers.com/seth-godin-explains-why-you-should-blog-daily/] and John Saddington [https://www.cjchilvers.com/john-saddington-wants-you-to-blog-daily/] advocate for daily blogging. But the critics of daily blogging are numerous and their arguments are seemingly sound. In fact, advocating for daily blogging is, by far,
More on Blogging Daily
We just read why Seth Godin wants you to blog daily [https://www.cjchilvers.com/seth-godin-explains-why-you-should-blog-daily/], but he's not the only one preaching the word. John Saddington, the developer behind Desk [http://desk.pm], recently wrapped up a year of blogging daily and posted [http://john.do/5k-posts/
Seth Godin Explains Why You Should Blog Daily
Seth Godin wants you to read more blogs [http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2016/06/read-more-blogs.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29] : > "Other than writing a daily blog (a practice that's free,
Make a Thing
Don't be a thought leader. It's not worth the trouble and you'd be in terrible company. Blogging since the 90s, I've learned the happiest people publishing online are the ones who lead by example, not by proclamation. Build something: a product, a
Don't Follow Me
Giving people a reason to follow you means giving a lot of people a reason not to follow you. This explains why so much writing in the arts is about explaining how to do something, not why you should or shouldn’t be doing it. It’s easy to have
You Can't Do That With a Phone
You're hearing this less and less for technological reasons, but we should be hearing this less and less for creative reasons. In 2009, when this book [http://amzn.to/1SXkg0f] came out, shooting an entire project on just your iPhone was a radical idea. Now, it's
Is Better Photography Inevitable?
Author and geek-guru-futurist Kevin Kelly has been previewing his new book The Inevitable [http://amzn.to/1rfsY0l] on Twitter. He recently tweeted [https://twitter.com/kevin2kelly/status/726863777480753152] a sentence from the book that specifically spoke about photography: > "Today anyone can instantly take a photo that is a
There Will Always Be a Better Shot
There’s always a better subject, better lighting, better story, better camera and maybe even a better photographer for the situation. So what? Our ideas, and our final products, are imperfect. Photography is much more interesting when we embrace this.
Honesty Is Your Competitive Advantage
This is the everyone-is-trying-to-teach-you-something era. The quickest way to make money from this era is to tell people what they want to hear. Package it in as many appealing formats as possible and “launch” it to the masses. Honesty is a much more long-term proposition. It’s about reputation. It’