Comments on: Book review: Starving to Death on $200 million http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/starving-to-death-review/ neat fun stuff Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:25:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: turan tuna http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/starving-to-death-review/#comment-130445 turan tuna Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:59:57 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=71#comment-130445 Matt- have you eaten at Calafia yet? Do they have a website? Matt- have you eaten at Calafia yet? Do they have a website?

]]> By: lazer epilasyon http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/starving-to-death-review/#comment-92475 lazer epilasyon Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:47:07 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=71#comment-92475 funny reading :D funny reading :D

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]]> By: Gareth Powell http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/starving-to-death-review/#comment-3328 Gareth Powell Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:13:56 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=71#comment-3328 I have been a journalist for a long time. The skills required are fairly basic. Mainly the ability to write English in the style of the publication. (Some newspapers work on an average 12 words sentence, some longer.) You also need an insatiable curiosity and a real love of news. If you do not read the news in one form or another several times a day it is probably not for you. With blogs it is different. You can go off on tangents; indulge yourself; conjecture rather than ascertain. No newspaper in the world would run those pictures of you in fancy dress. One picture, just possibly, small and below the fold. My guess is that the talents needed for a good blogger - expertise in a field, an ability to write, a way of following a thread of a subject - are not dissimilar to those needed for journalism. But journalism imposes a lot more discipline from rewrite, house style, editors and, in the case of the New York Times, the owner. Gareth I have been a journalist for a long time. The skills required are fairly basic. Mainly the ability to write English in the style of the publication. (Some newspapers work on an average 12 words sentence, some longer.) You also need an insatiable curiosity and a real love of news.
If you do not read the news in one form or another several times a day it is probably not for you.
With blogs it is different. You can go off on tangents; indulge yourself; conjecture rather than ascertain. No newspaper in the world would run those pictures of you in fancy dress. One picture, just possibly, small and below the fold.
My guess is that the talents needed for a good blogger - expertise in a field, an ability to write, a way of following a thread of a subject - are not dissimilar to those needed for journalism. But journalism imposes a lot more discipline from rewrite, house style, editors and, in the case of the New York Times, the owner.

Gareth

]]> By: Aileen http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/starving-to-death-review/#comment-2486 Aileen Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:28:10 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=71#comment-2486 I work in a marketing department with a ton of Godin-obsessives, and never really got it until seeing him speak at The Power Within conference. If you get the chance, I'd highly recommend seeing him in person-- his books seem to be literally taken from his lecture notes, and he's very charismatic live. It's basically a live-action, interactive version of his writing. I work in a marketing department with a ton of Godin-obsessives, and never really got it until seeing him speak at The Power Within conference. If you get the chance, I’d highly recommend seeing him in person– his books seem to be literally taken from his lecture notes, and he’s very charismatic live. It’s basically a live-action, interactive version of his writing.

]]> By: Matt http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/starving-to-death-review/#comment-2470 Matt Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:32:54 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=71#comment-2470 Good point, AdriaK. That book kicked off a lot of possibilities for future books. Mike, glad you liked it. I read like a, um, a person who reads a lot, so I'll try to drop some in. :) Michael Bell, I hit Seth Godin today and I'm a total fan now. He's like the Googliest non-Googler I know: - don't annoy the user - get them where they want to go fast - make the UI clear on where to go and what to do etc. Good stuff. Good point, AdriaK. That book kicked off a lot of possibilities for future books.

Mike, glad you liked it. I read like a, um, a person who reads a lot, so I’ll try to drop some in. :)

Michael Bell, I hit Seth Godin today and I’m a total fan now. He’s like the Googliest non-Googler I know:
- don’t annoy the user
- get them where they want to go fast
- make the UI clear on where to go and what to do
etc. Good stuff.

]]> By: Mike http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/starving-to-death-review/#comment-2458 Mike Fri, 28 Oct 2005 04:54:41 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=71#comment-2458 Nore posts like this! This SEO ones are OK, but this one I actully found enjoyable and useful. Nore posts like this! This SEO ones are OK, but this one I actully found enjoyable and useful.

]]> By: AdriaK http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/starving-to-death-review/#comment-2360 AdriaK Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:39:36 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=71#comment-2360 I know this book is ancient (like, pre-Internet, man!), but I have to say that "Soul of a New Machine" is still brilliant. It's great just for the historical value of understanding how we got here, but software engineers will also still be able to recognize and relate to a lot of the Data General experience. It's a fantastic introduction to the software industry for the non-technical, too. Got a spouse or SO you'd like to have understand your job better? Hand them this book. It's very readable--it's a Pulitzer Prize winner for a reason. I know this book is ancient (like, pre-Internet, man!), but I have to say that “Soul of a New Machine” is still brilliant. It’s great just for the historical value of understanding how we got here, but software engineers will also still be able to recognize and relate to a lot of the Data General experience. It’s a fantastic introduction to the software industry for the non-technical, too. Got a spouse or SO you’d like to have understand your job better? Hand them this book. It’s very readable–it’s a Pulitzer Prize winner for a reason.

]]> By: Danny Yee http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/starving-to-death-review/#comment-2320 Danny Yee Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:31:28 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=71#comment-2320 That kind of business book isn't really my thing. The only book in the 900 I've reviewed so far that qualifies is probably Adam Barr's <a href="http://dannyreviews.com/h/Proudly_Serving.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters: What I Learned in Ten Years as a Microsoft Programmer</i></a>. That kind of business book isn’t really my thing. The only book in the 900 I’ve reviewed so far that qualifies is probably Adam Barr’s Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters: What I Learned in Ten Years as a Microsoft Programmer.

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