Work that web.

1. Convince people to link to you by a) making viral content (something crazy that they just HAVE to show someone) b) post content that blatantly helps ME be better c) friendship d) force.
2. Post helpful comments on other people’s blogs. Leave behind a link to your site. Everybody wins.
3. List your blog on every massive blog list you can find.
4. Make a list of your nerds friends. Ask each one for their opinion on your site. They’ll bookmark you in their “Friends” folder, at a minimum, and revisit when they’re lonely. Don’t expect honest criticism, but if you get it cool. When they make a friends or links page for their own nerd website, try to get on it.
5. Post post post. Then post again. Expose the &*%$ out of yourself. If you’re honest people will start trusting you and loyalty can’t be bad.
6. Have a stack of business cards ready at your next pool party.

Everything worth having takes time and blog hits are no different.  So, uh, bookmark this and come back when you’re lonely, or whenever.   Good luck!

SnodCraft.com

It is a pleasure serving talented people like the Snodgrass’s. They are a wife/husband team who cut and hand paint wood crafts with amazing detail. Their art is tole painting. People decorate their homes with it. I just sit and stare at it. The workmanship is in the detail, as they say.

I designed their site from scratch. It was the first website that I programmed using the ubiquitous PHP and MySQL. Because of the experience I gained on their site with these technologies, I have pulled far ahead of the average web designer. This put me in the league of web programmers. The user interface not only employs my programming, also a custom CMS (content management system) that allows them to update their own site. All built to order for my friends, Bob and Donna Snodgrass.

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V2 3D Logo by ~vanturtle on deviantART

Many years ago I was considering names for my business, and was also practicing with my vector and 3D tools. I came up with “V2″ as the company name and started making a few rendered logos. This did not end up as my company name or logo, but what came out of it was a portfolio piece.

What’s keeping Internet from taking TV’s time share?  The Internet does everything TV does, and far more.

It’s usefulness is increasing. As applications go online, the Internet becomes a tool instead of a diversion. It’s multiple uses demonstrate its capacity.

It is a thriving part of the cultural ecosystem, like TV has been.

People are hanging on to TV for their news and entertainment. TV is simple and addictive, and everyone has one. It makes the Internet look difficult, even though it isn’t.

My parents get their news from TV. By the time I see what’s on TV, I have consumed that and ten times more online, and without commercials.

The stock market’s hottest are close to the Internet. All knowledge and records are there. All new entities participate. It is new, modern and free. It is made of “me” and “you”. It is a young and growing invention, and I am an advocate of its growth.

We’d be better off without TV.  We’d be worse off without the Internet.  The more you compare, the more different they look.

What are … time stamped stories! Circle gets the square!

Printed

The best thing about newspapers and magazines is the writing quality. The stories are compiled intelligently by paid career writers.

They are embellished with art and photography.

They can sit in the bathroom and be browsed casually without a data connection. Shower moisture damage is no big deal.

They can be collected and are good snapshots of the past.

Wise old conservatives read them.

Brick and mortar book stores prominently display their magazine racks.

Magazines have the best ads. The ads are well targeted.

The volume of magazine stories is limited by the pages that are printed.

I have many magazine subscriptions, however, online news makes newspapers irrelevant for me. In fact I have never had a newspaper subscription and won’t ever need one.

Online

Meanwhile, the Internet has unlimited and searchable content.

My phone, which is always with me, displays online news, stores data for future reference, entertains, and connects me to people.

Anyone can produce and distribute content with little effort.

It’s rules are still being written. It’s is young and growing.

It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Honesty is common.

Knowledge and entities are interconnected.

The Future Hope

I am an online advocate. I would like to see Internet news be legitimized with exclusivity, funding and quality. I would like to see major news organizations shift entirely online, instead of their online effort just being a side show. I would like to know more people who make an honest living from the Internet.

When Internet generations are the majority of people, and everyone’s phone is smart, we will see. There’s a good chance my hope will be realized.