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Don’t get obsessed with how many friends or fans are following you—the stats are only marginally important. What’s important is the intensity of your community’s engagement and interaction with you. At this point the quality of the conversation is much more revealing than the number of people having it. If your content is making people talk enough so they start to make some noise, I guarantee you’re going to see more people show up to your party.
– If the content is there, people will come. Gary Vaynerchuk on Crushing It! -
Ian P. Hines on Blog Content →
I’ve shared my personal opinion already about this whole Tumblr Effect that is slowly taking over the blogosphere but Ian nails it on what I think is even more important than just having a blog.
There is nothing inherently wrong with short-form content, except that it cannot be the end-all be-all. Blogs, or tumblelogs, filled only with links, photos, reblogged items, and the like fail to grasp the true potential of blogging: to share who you are as a person with the wider world.
You don’t have to be controversial; you don’t have to be particularly interesting, or thought provoking; you don’t have to be anything at all. What you should do is endeavor to be yourself because your life, inherently, is worth sharing with others.
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Christmas For Me - If you were to ask my grandfather what Christmas was like back in the days, he would probably begin by narrating how much has changed through the years in comparison to his childhood memories. I’m subjected to his inspiring tales each holiday yet it’s this type of wisdom that brings focus to the fact that this time is about spending moments with the ones you love and the ones who love you.
A lot can happen in a minute let alone a year so reaching the end of the year should be more about counting the number of family members that we still have with us instead of the number of gifts under the tree. Equally, it’s also about showing appreciation for what we have instead of lusting after the things that we want but above all, Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
It’s not that I don’t appreciate a great gift but it bares more significance when I have the presence of family to share the joy of opening one. I love my family, my friends, my job and the opportunity that this thing called blogging has allowed me to meet some amazing people. I’m thankful for all of that and more. (Photograph by Jorge Quinteros)
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Developing your personal brand is the same thing as living and breathing your résumé every second that you’re working. Your latest tweet and comment on Facebook and most recent blog post? That’s your résumé now. That’s how you are going to announce to the world your ideas and opinions and the very things that make you unique.
– Gary Vaynerchuk on developing yourself by Crushing It! -
Birth of an Avatar - Having seen James Cameron’s Avatar, Peter Ammentorp couldn’t resist in thinking that he really wanted to have an Avatar of his own. The result is this incredible time-lapse of a couple of hours of fooling around in Photoshop. Amazing work!
