What’s on the blog?
I’m going to try to keep everything in several categories:
- My Journey: These are the most general posts. Updates on the project, life, or things that don’t quite fit elsewhere.
- My Miscellaneous Stuff: Various things that I make that I’d like to share with all of you, such as the Procrastination Flowchart.
- My Two Cents: Slightly longer posts about things I’d like to talk about. This is my soap box.
- My Projects: Ideas for future projects, updates on current projects.
If you have any other questions, contact me and I’ll do my best to add them here.
–Update - Nov 28th, 2007–
Hello again everyone.
I’d like to make a clear distinction about the kind of stuff that’s going to be here.I will never set up this site to be some simple advertisement for the dark, nasty corners of the internet. Unfortunately, most of the money to be made on the net are from others trying to make money, and that usually results in links to other simple get rich quick schemes.But isn’t this a get rich quick scheme? I’d argue that it isn’t. Sure, the whole “million dollar” thing is thrown around a lot on the site–it’s even in the domain–but it’s more of a gimmick than anything else. Any revenue accumulated is just a nice bonus on top of the real project. That money, for the most part, also goes to reinvesting for future artistic projects. While it’d be nice, it’s not the motivation. What’s the real purpose then? It’s a lot of things. Mostly an experiment. Partly a place for me to share my own view of the world. Somewhere to share the things I find artistic and interesting. All of that and so much more. Stick around and you’ll see.In other words, this isn’t going to turn into a billboard with links to things that no one is interested in–get rich ebooks, marketing junk, “free pills,” and all the junk that spam is made of.What I will post will be artistic blogs, portfolios, pictures, movies, writing, and anything I find generally worth my own time. If I wouldn’t spend my time looking at it, it won’t be posted on the site.That being said, several of the contribution areas allow you to add a link if you contribute (like if you were going to buy me a drink). I’d encourage you to keep those links relevant as well (personal blogs, your flickr account, your online portfolio, etc are all great), but I have less control over those areas.I suppose what I’m saying is that the main section of the site will always keep its integrity. Don’t worry about showing up and finding a giant billboard of links you’d never actually want to see. I’d gladly never reach my goal before selling out to that side of the net.
17 responses so far ↓
1 Ryan // Nov 26, 2007 at 3:19 am
wait, so are you saying you aren’t spending this money on alcohol? FRAUD!
2 admin // Nov 26, 2007 at 12:07 pm
$1,000,000 in alcohol? That’d be impressive by anyones standards.
3 Rich // Nov 26, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Interesting idea..why didn’t I think of this? You should print shirts for people that donate over a certain amount or send them a sticker or something. That would be fun!
4 Ralph // Nov 26, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Reading through your site provided me with some quick amusement ($2.80 worth for about 5 minutes - that’s a pretty good hourly). Your site shows what is good about the web. This article in Forbes http://members.forbes.com/forbes/2007/1015/074.html
shows what is bad.
One minor suggestion - spell check - especially as a creative writing major…Colombia (pet peeve of mine).
Best of luck. I will check back.
5 Ehdom // Nov 26, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Thanks for the catch on Colombia. I admittedly have a bad habit of looking over my own typos.
6 Sarah // Dec 7, 2007 at 6:43 pm
You need publicity and should contact some local radio stations and tell them what you’re doing. Who knows, they might interview you and put a link to your site on their homepage.
7 raine // Feb 16, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Hi There Brandon,
Just wanted to say good luck. Your project reminds me a little of the red paperclip guy. Interesting and creative idea. You sound like someone I’d like to know. Best of luck to you…
8 Mikey // Feb 22, 2008 at 3:47 am
This is a great Idea and I hope you find your way to a million dollars.
9 desi_guru // Feb 22, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Another way you can attract more people to “donate” you is that, if you promise to give out certain amount of your earning to charity.
Let say 10%
10 Mvnkie // Feb 27, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Not a bad idea, but that might work better as well if you opt for a non-political cause. My only other thought is, I’d like to buy you a drink, but don’t know how I’d manage that. I’ll keep you posted.
Cheers, and good luck!
11 Fixed the Site // Mar 5, 2008 at 12:59 am
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12 Eine Millionen Dollar in einem Jahr auf Apfelknacker // Mar 13, 2008 at 8:00 am
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13 Dennis // Mar 22, 2008 at 9:00 pm
So how is the progress towards the goal?
14 BuzzBop // Apr 4, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Hmmm… wonder if mybilliondollaryear.com domain is taken yet.
15 Comedy Blog // Apr 16, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Why can’t you just sell coke like everyone else?
16 AL // Apr 18, 2008 at 3:27 am
Great idea for a Site, I see it has been going for several months, before making a Donation to ‘Buy You a Drink’ may I ask how much your site has made to date? Great idea for the t-shirts someone mentioned, why don’t you get a Logo designed and start up a CafePress Online Shop, they are very easy to set up…
Great idea fella…
AL…
17 Ashly Stewart // Apr 23, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I am totally inspired. Keep it up.
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