blogging
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
Stolen Ideas
People steal ideas from me all the time. I fine with stolen ideas much more so than stolen words. The whole point of this blogging thing is to make your ideas available to the world for use. If you're afraid to release your idea into the world because
The Hierarchy of Photography Publishing
Explaining how to photograph is 99% of what's published about photography and it's 99% distraction. A step up from explaining how is explaining why. This is the 1% that really makes you reconsider your entire approach to the art. That's where I've
The Secret
"The secret to a long, happy life is to never read the comments." - Rich Stevens [https://twitter.com/rstevens/status/637233683569733633]
Don't Cage Your Enthusiasm
I saw the first of many concerts I'll be attending this summer a few days ago. It was Cage the Elephant, the new kings of garage band rock. Whenever I see one of their shows, I'm struck by the energy and enthusiasm they put into every
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,