What Internet activism looks like
Anil Dash hits one so far out of the park it attains orbit in this response to a silly Malcolm Gladwell column that decried Internet activism as incapable of achieving meaningful change. It's all must-read stuff, but here's the bit that made me want to stand up and salute:
Today, Dale Dougherty and the dozens of others who have led Maker Faire, and the culture of "making", are in front of a
movement of millions who are proactive about challenging the constrictions that law and corporations are trying to place on how they communicate, create and live. The lesson that simply making things is a radical political act has enormous precedence in political history; I learned it well as a child when my own family's conversation after a screening of Gandhi turned to the salt protests in India, which were first catalyzed in my family's home state of Orissa, and led to my great-grandfather walking alongside Gandhi and others in the salt marches to come. Today's American Tea Partiers see even the original "tea party" largely as a metaphor, but the salt marches were a declaration of self-determination as expressed through manufacturing that took the symbolism of the Boston Tea Party and made it part of everyday life.
To his last day, my great-grandfather wore khadi, the handspun clothing that didn't just represent independence from the British Raj in an abstract way, but made defiance of onerous British regulation as plain as the clothes on one's back. At Maker Faire this weekend, there were numerous examples of clothing that were made to defy laws about everything from spectrum to encryption law. It would have been only an afternoon's work to construct a t-shirt that broadcast CSS-descrambling code over unauthorized spectrum in defiance of the DMCA.
And if we put the making movement in the context of other social and political movements, it's had amazing success. In city after city, year after year, tens of thousands of people pay money to show up and learn about taking control of their media, learning, consumption and communications. In contrast to groups like the Tea Party, the crowd at Maker Faire is diverse, includes children and adults of all ages, and never finds itself in conflict with other groups based on identity or politics. More importantly, the jobs that many of us have in 2030 will be determined by young people who attended a Maker Faire, in industries that they've created. There is no other political movement in America today with a credible claim at creating the jobs of the future.
Make The Revolution
Your awkward family photos already make for hilarious comedic relief on the popular blog Awkward Family Photos. Beginning today, those photos will also score you at least 33.3% off your next family vacay to Orlando and potentially much more, as Virgin America has partnered with the meme blog to promote its upcoming new service to Orlando.
Virgin America is encouraging families to upload their most awkward photos to Awkward Family Photos (AFP) for a chance to win four roundtrip tickets to anywhere the airline flies. Submissions will be accepted via AFP and Virgin America’s Facebook Page through Oct 5, at which time the 20 most uncomfortable finalists will be selected and put to a public vote.
AFP voters will decide on the winner of that prize, but one California entrant will also be handpicked by Virgin America and AFP to win an Orlando family getaway including flights and accommodations. “The winners will be whisked in style from Los Angeles onboard Virgin America’s celebratory flight and greeted on arrival in Orlando at a red carpet welcome party hosted by Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson,” according to the announcement.
The grand prizes are enticing, but even if your family’s awkwardness is not the most awkward of all (perhaps a good sign), you can still get the 33.3% family discount (for parties of three to six people) on a Virgin America Orlando flight. The same discount applies to Awkward Family Photos lookie loos who vote on their favorite submissions.
Prizes aside, the Virgin America Orlando promotion is quite interesting given the airline’s unorthodox choice for a contest partner. Instead of a Twitter
AFP, like many other many meme-oriented blogs and viral sensations, survives by making money through advertising, online stores and book sales. When Internet users vote with their attention, a meme is born. Virgin America appears to see opportunity in affiliating their brand name with an online pop culture phenomena, potentially paving the way for more big brand meme partnerships to come.
At the end of the day, the AFP photo contest is an interesting twist to social advertising and promotion norms that celebrates and supports
Image courtesy of Awkward Family Photos
For more Business coverage:
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Julie Gray: Is Less <b>News</b> Good <b>News</b>?
No news is good news is ignorant bliss, is more hope, more optimism. But if we want to make a change we owe it to ourselves to pay attention to the social, political and economic events.
More Bad <b>News</b> for 'Outlaw'
Last week we reported that the new Jimmy Smits series, 'Outlaw,' had been put on production hiatus. NBC execs reportedly decided to wait and see if.
Arrowheadlines: Chiefs <b>News</b> 10/11 - Arrowhead Pride
Well, that happened. Good morning Chiefs fans, and welcome to Arrowheadlines. As you'd expect, there are a lot of Kansas City Chiefs stories out there this morning. We've gathered them here for you. Enjoy.
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What Internet activism looks like
Anil Dash hits one so far out of the park it attains orbit in this response to a silly Malcolm Gladwell column that decried Internet activism as incapable of achieving meaningful change. It's all must-read stuff, but here's the bit that made me want to stand up and salute:
Today, Dale Dougherty and the dozens of others who have led Maker Faire, and the culture of "making", are in front of a
movement of millions who are proactive about challenging the constrictions that law and corporations are trying to place on how they communicate, create and live. The lesson that simply making things is a radical political act has enormous precedence in political history; I learned it well as a child when my own family's conversation after a screening of Gandhi turned to the salt protests in India, which were first catalyzed in my family's home state of Orissa, and led to my great-grandfather walking alongside Gandhi and others in the salt marches to come. Today's American Tea Partiers see even the original "tea party" largely as a metaphor, but the salt marches were a declaration of self-determination as expressed through manufacturing that took the symbolism of the Boston Tea Party and made it part of everyday life.
To his last day, my great-grandfather wore khadi, the handspun clothing that didn't just represent independence from the British Raj in an abstract way, but made defiance of onerous British regulation as plain as the clothes on one's back. At Maker Faire this weekend, there were numerous examples of clothing that were made to defy laws about everything from spectrum to encryption law. It would have been only an afternoon's work to construct a t-shirt that broadcast CSS-descrambling code over unauthorized spectrum in defiance of the DMCA.
And if we put the making movement in the context of other social and political movements, it's had amazing success. In city after city, year after year, tens of thousands of people pay money to show up and learn about taking control of their media, learning, consumption and communications. In contrast to groups like the Tea Party, the crowd at Maker Faire is diverse, includes children and adults of all ages, and never finds itself in conflict with other groups based on identity or politics. More importantly, the jobs that many of us have in 2030 will be determined by young people who attended a Maker Faire, in industries that they've created. There is no other political movement in America today with a credible claim at creating the jobs of the future.
Make The Revolution
Your awkward family photos already make for hilarious comedic relief on the popular blog Awkward Family Photos. Beginning today, those photos will also score you at least 33.3% off your next family vacay to Orlando and potentially much more, as Virgin America has partnered with the meme blog to promote its upcoming new service to Orlando.
Virgin America is encouraging families to upload their most awkward photos to Awkward Family Photos (AFP) for a chance to win four roundtrip tickets to anywhere the airline flies. Submissions will be accepted via AFP and Virgin America’s Facebook Page through Oct 5, at which time the 20 most uncomfortable finalists will be selected and put to a public vote.
AFP voters will decide on the winner of that prize, but one California entrant will also be handpicked by Virgin America and AFP to win an Orlando family getaway including flights and accommodations. “The winners will be whisked in style from Los Angeles onboard Virgin America’s celebratory flight and greeted on arrival in Orlando at a red carpet welcome party hosted by Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson,” according to the announcement.
The grand prizes are enticing, but even if your family’s awkwardness is not the most awkward of all (perhaps a good sign), you can still get the 33.3% family discount (for parties of three to six people) on a Virgin America Orlando flight. The same discount applies to Awkward Family Photos lookie loos who vote on their favorite submissions.
Prizes aside, the Virgin America Orlando promotion is quite interesting given the airline’s unorthodox choice for a contest partner. Instead of a Twitter
AFP, like many other many meme-oriented blogs and viral sensations, survives by making money through advertising, online stores and book sales. When Internet users vote with their attention, a meme is born. Virgin America appears to see opportunity in affiliating their brand name with an online pop culture phenomena, potentially paving the way for more big brand meme partnerships to come.
At the end of the day, the AFP photo contest is an interesting twist to social advertising and promotion norms that celebrates and supports
Image courtesy of Awkward Family Photos
For more Business coverage:
eric seiger
Julie Gray: Is Less <b>News</b> Good <b>News</b>?
No news is good news is ignorant bliss, is more hope, more optimism. But if we want to make a change we owe it to ourselves to pay attention to the social, political and economic events.
More Bad <b>News</b> for 'Outlaw'
Last week we reported that the new Jimmy Smits series, 'Outlaw,' had been put on production hiatus. NBC execs reportedly decided to wait and see if.
Arrowheadlines: Chiefs <b>News</b> 10/11 - Arrowhead Pride
Well, that happened. Good morning Chiefs fans, and welcome to Arrowheadlines. As you'd expect, there are a lot of Kansas City Chiefs stories out there this morning. We've gathered them here for you. Enjoy.
eric seiger
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Julie Gray: Is Less <b>News</b> Good <b>News</b>?
No news is good news is ignorant bliss, is more hope, more optimism. But if we want to make a change we owe it to ourselves to pay attention to the social, political and economic events.
More Bad <b>News</b> for 'Outlaw'
Last week we reported that the new Jimmy Smits series, 'Outlaw,' had been put on production hiatus. NBC execs reportedly decided to wait and see if.
Arrowheadlines: Chiefs <b>News</b> 10/11 - Arrowhead Pride
Well, that happened. Good morning Chiefs fans, and welcome to Arrowheadlines. As you'd expect, there are a lot of Kansas City Chiefs stories out there this morning. We've gathered them here for you. Enjoy.
eric seiger
What Internet activism looks like
Anil Dash hits one so far out of the park it attains orbit in this response to a silly Malcolm Gladwell column that decried Internet activism as incapable of achieving meaningful change. It's all must-read stuff, but here's the bit that made me want to stand up and salute:
Today, Dale Dougherty and the dozens of others who have led Maker Faire, and the culture of "making", are in front of a
movement of millions who are proactive about challenging the constrictions that law and corporations are trying to place on how they communicate, create and live. The lesson that simply making things is a radical political act has enormous precedence in political history; I learned it well as a child when my own family's conversation after a screening of Gandhi turned to the salt protests in India, which were first catalyzed in my family's home state of Orissa, and led to my great-grandfather walking alongside Gandhi and others in the salt marches to come. Today's American Tea Partiers see even the original "tea party" largely as a metaphor, but the salt marches were a declaration of self-determination as expressed through manufacturing that took the symbolism of the Boston Tea Party and made it part of everyday life.
To his last day, my great-grandfather wore khadi, the handspun clothing that didn't just represent independence from the British Raj in an abstract way, but made defiance of onerous British regulation as plain as the clothes on one's back. At Maker Faire this weekend, there were numerous examples of clothing that were made to defy laws about everything from spectrum to encryption law. It would have been only an afternoon's work to construct a t-shirt that broadcast CSS-descrambling code over unauthorized spectrum in defiance of the DMCA.
And if we put the making movement in the context of other social and political movements, it's had amazing success. In city after city, year after year, tens of thousands of people pay money to show up and learn about taking control of their media, learning, consumption and communications. In contrast to groups like the Tea Party, the crowd at Maker Faire is diverse, includes children and adults of all ages, and never finds itself in conflict with other groups based on identity or politics. More importantly, the jobs that many of us have in 2030 will be determined by young people who attended a Maker Faire, in industries that they've created. There is no other political movement in America today with a credible claim at creating the jobs of the future.
Make The Revolution
Your awkward family photos already make for hilarious comedic relief on the popular blog Awkward Family Photos. Beginning today, those photos will also score you at least 33.3% off your next family vacay to Orlando and potentially much more, as Virgin America has partnered with the meme blog to promote its upcoming new service to Orlando.
Virgin America is encouraging families to upload their most awkward photos to Awkward Family Photos (AFP) for a chance to win four roundtrip tickets to anywhere the airline flies. Submissions will be accepted via AFP and Virgin America’s Facebook Page through Oct 5, at which time the 20 most uncomfortable finalists will be selected and put to a public vote.
AFP voters will decide on the winner of that prize, but one California entrant will also be handpicked by Virgin America and AFP to win an Orlando family getaway including flights and accommodations. “The winners will be whisked in style from Los Angeles onboard Virgin America’s celebratory flight and greeted on arrival in Orlando at a red carpet welcome party hosted by Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson,” according to the announcement.
The grand prizes are enticing, but even if your family’s awkwardness is not the most awkward of all (perhaps a good sign), you can still get the 33.3% family discount (for parties of three to six people) on a Virgin America Orlando flight. The same discount applies to Awkward Family Photos lookie loos who vote on their favorite submissions.
Prizes aside, the Virgin America Orlando promotion is quite interesting given the airline’s unorthodox choice for a contest partner. Instead of a Twitter
AFP, like many other many meme-oriented blogs and viral sensations, survives by making money through advertising, online stores and book sales. When Internet users vote with their attention, a meme is born. Virgin America appears to see opportunity in affiliating their brand name with an online pop culture phenomena, potentially paving the way for more big brand meme partnerships to come.
At the end of the day, the AFP photo contest is an interesting twist to social advertising and promotion norms that celebrates and supports
Image courtesy of Awkward Family Photos
For more Business coverage:
eric seiger
eric seiger
Julie Gray: Is Less <b>News</b> Good <b>News</b>?
No news is good news is ignorant bliss, is more hope, more optimism. But if we want to make a change we owe it to ourselves to pay attention to the social, political and economic events.
More Bad <b>News</b> for 'Outlaw'
Last week we reported that the new Jimmy Smits series, 'Outlaw,' had been put on production hiatus. NBC execs reportedly decided to wait and see if.
Arrowheadlines: Chiefs <b>News</b> 10/11 - Arrowhead Pride
Well, that happened. Good morning Chiefs fans, and welcome to Arrowheadlines. As you'd expect, there are a lot of Kansas City Chiefs stories out there this morning. We've gathered them here for you. Enjoy.
eric seiger
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Julie Gray: Is Less <b>News</b> Good <b>News</b>?
No news is good news is ignorant bliss, is more hope, more optimism. But if we want to make a change we owe it to ourselves to pay attention to the social, political and economic events.
More Bad <b>News</b> for 'Outlaw'
Last week we reported that the new Jimmy Smits series, 'Outlaw,' had been put on production hiatus. NBC execs reportedly decided to wait and see if.
Arrowheadlines: Chiefs <b>News</b> 10/11 - Arrowhead Pride
Well, that happened. Good morning Chiefs fans, and welcome to Arrowheadlines. As you'd expect, there are a lot of Kansas City Chiefs stories out there this morning. We've gathered them here for you. Enjoy.
eric seiger
Julie Gray: Is Less <b>News</b> Good <b>News</b>?
No news is good news is ignorant bliss, is more hope, more optimism. But if we want to make a change we owe it to ourselves to pay attention to the social, political and economic events.
More Bad <b>News</b> for 'Outlaw'
Last week we reported that the new Jimmy Smits series, 'Outlaw,' had been put on production hiatus. NBC execs reportedly decided to wait and see if.
Arrowheadlines: Chiefs <b>News</b> 10/11 - Arrowhead Pride
Well, that happened. Good morning Chiefs fans, and welcome to Arrowheadlines. As you'd expect, there are a lot of Kansas City Chiefs stories out there this morning. We've gathered them here for you. Enjoy.
eric seiger
Julie Gray: Is Less <b>News</b> Good <b>News</b>?
No news is good news is ignorant bliss, is more hope, more optimism. But if we want to make a change we owe it to ourselves to pay attention to the social, political and economic events.
More Bad <b>News</b> for 'Outlaw'
Last week we reported that the new Jimmy Smits series, 'Outlaw,' had been put on production hiatus. NBC execs reportedly decided to wait and see if.
Arrowheadlines: Chiefs <b>News</b> 10/11 - Arrowhead Pride
Well, that happened. Good morning Chiefs fans, and welcome to Arrowheadlines. As you'd expect, there are a lot of Kansas City Chiefs stories out there this morning. We've gathered them here for you. Enjoy.
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Julie Gray: Is Less <b>News</b> Good <b>News</b>?
No news is good news is ignorant bliss, is more hope, more optimism. But if we want to make a change we owe it to ourselves to pay attention to the social, political and economic events.
More Bad <b>News</b> for 'Outlaw'
Last week we reported that the new Jimmy Smits series, 'Outlaw,' had been put on production hiatus. NBC execs reportedly decided to wait and see if.
Arrowheadlines: Chiefs <b>News</b> 10/11 - Arrowhead Pride
Well, that happened. Good morning Chiefs fans, and welcome to Arrowheadlines. As you'd expect, there are a lot of Kansas City Chiefs stories out there this morning. We've gathered them here for you. Enjoy.
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Making money from blogging is a dream that many people have. This objective is not at all unattainable even if you are someone with just basic writing skills. In fact, becoming a blogger doesn't necessarily mean you have to be a very good writer. It just requires a creative mind set, some consistency and the willingness to work hard. But even though blogging is something that just about anyone can do - not many people have managed to turn blogging into profit.
Most of the people who fail to earn any money from their blogs often fail because of two reasons. They may have had too high of an expectation of how quickly their reader base would grow, and how fast they would be able to start generating profit. When those expectations don't go according to plan, it often kills their motivation to continue blogging, and cause them to give up out of being disappointed.
Another thing that causes a lot of bloggers to windup crashing into the brick wall of frustration - is the lack of proper planning. The key to becoming a successful blogger is to set realistic goals and then patiently start working towards those goals.
In order to start generating earnings from your blog, you will need to drive enough traffic to the content of your site. The greater the amount of traffic you are able to direct, the more chance you will have of getting advertisers to pay you to promoting their ads on your blog. And of course, generating that much traffic is not an easy task - it requires hard work.
There are tons of other sites on the internet and a lot of new ones go up each day. So in order for your site to be found... it's not enough to just focus on the quantity, and the quality of your blog post. You have to use some of the time spent adding content to your site to promote it, so you can start getting the sort of traffic that will earn you money.
It is in fact very important that you consistently update your blog with fresh content. This will ensure you have posts that are frequently indexed into search engines, so your site can continuously receive a steady flow of search engine traffic. But you just have to balance between adding content and promoting your site.
Another great benefit you'll get from constantly updating your blog... it causes you to form a relationship with your readers. And believe you me, if you keep adding quality content to your blog, your readers will always keep coming back each time there is a fresh update to your site.
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It doesn't matter how much internet marketing experience you may have, or how brilliant of an idea you might have for blogging - don't expect to start making money overnight! The process of acquiring the type of reader base that will turn into profit will take time, and requires patience.
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Julie Gray: Is Less <b>News</b> Good <b>News</b>?
No news is good news is ignorant bliss, is more hope, more optimism. But if we want to make a change we owe it to ourselves to pay attention to the social, political and economic events.
More Bad <b>News</b> for 'Outlaw'
Last week we reported that the new Jimmy Smits series, 'Outlaw,' had been put on production hiatus. NBC execs reportedly decided to wait and see if.
Arrowheadlines: Chiefs <b>News</b> 10/11 - Arrowhead Pride
Well, that happened. Good morning Chiefs fans, and welcome to Arrowheadlines. As you'd expect, there are a lot of Kansas City Chiefs stories out there this morning. We've gathered them here for you. Enjoy.
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Julie Gray: Is Less <b>News</b> Good <b>News</b>?
No news is good news is ignorant bliss, is more hope, more optimism. But if we want to make a change we owe it to ourselves to pay attention to the social, political and economic events.
More Bad <b>News</b> for 'Outlaw'
Last week we reported that the new Jimmy Smits series, 'Outlaw,' had been put on production hiatus. NBC execs reportedly decided to wait and see if.
Arrowheadlines: Chiefs <b>News</b> 10/11 - Arrowhead Pride
Well, that happened. Good morning Chiefs fans, and welcome to Arrowheadlines. As you'd expect, there are a lot of Kansas City Chiefs stories out there this morning. We've gathered them here for you. Enjoy.
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