Do you have a spare 10 minutes and want a thought provoking read on blogging?
Download The Zen of Blogging (pdf). It’s a free ebook by Hunter Nuttall - not your typical ebook about blogging but a simple guide with plenty of areas of blogging to chew over. Oh, and it can be read in 10 minutes!
My name is Darren Rowse and I’m a full time Blogger making a living from this new and dynamic medium from blogs like Digital Photography School and TwiTip - Twitter Tips.
Back in 2002 I stumbled upon an article about ‘Blogging’. I didn’t know it at the time but that moment changed my life. Since then I've become a full time blogger and have blogged on over 20 blogs and co-founded the b5media blog network.
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30 Responses to “The Zen Of Blogging”
Aaron from Webspear
April 11th, 2008 1:39 pm
Beautifully written, reading it right now!
Bruce
April 11th, 2008 2:08 pm
Hmm…Interesting…Thanks for sharing that, Darren…I think…or maybe I shouldn’t! :o)
Hunter Nuttall
April 11th, 2008 2:19 pm
Wow, Darren Rowse read my ebook! No doubt decluttering your inbox has cleared your mind and let you see things you might otherwise have missed. Very Zen-like, indeed! Glad you liked the ebook, and I very much appreciate the link.
Jaffer
April 11th, 2008 2:52 pm
What a beautiful piece Hunter ! I’ll be sure to read this time and time again and I hope you bring out more inspirational pieces like this. Thank You !
Darren: I am a slow reader - took me half an hour :D.
Kishor
April 11th, 2008 3:22 pm
Nice! :)
CashJuke
April 11th, 2008 4:05 pm
I’m downloading it. :]
Alex Cristache
April 11th, 2008 4:56 pm
Thank you! Good addition to the morning coffee.
Raseel
April 11th, 2008 6:33 pm
A good read !!! Thankfully its a 10 minutes read, as I have a very short attention span for these kinda things.
However my best quote from the book was :
“The old man then booted up a laptop that was running Windows Vista. He opened Internet Explorer 7, and then opened many blogs in different tabs without it crashing. What a
magical place this was!”
Hilarious !!
The Internet Apprentice
April 11th, 2008 6:45 pm
I liked this a lot, very creative. I’m glad I read it, as I’m sure it will help me navigate Mt Blogmore in the future :)
- Dave
vutha
April 11th, 2008 9:09 pm
Thanks for your sharing this e-book.
Murray Trillionaire
April 11th, 2008 9:34 pm
Point of the book is that each blog is unique. But there are certain things that probably tend to work better than others. My big question remains how to best develop an audience.
John
April 11th, 2008 10:33 pm
Awsome, really enjoyed that - thanks Darren!
suresh
April 11th, 2008 11:32 pm
Really a wonderful book and a great positive thinking throughout the book and thank you for sharing.
James Chartrand - Men with Pens
April 11th, 2008 11:43 pm
Damn. I’m jealous, Huntar! Way to go on getting Darren’s referral!
Fei
April 11th, 2008 11:56 pm
Thank you for the sharing, downloading…..
bloggers mosaic
April 11th, 2008 11:59 pm
you always have something interesting
Adrian Rosebrock
April 12th, 2008 12:58 am
Very well written. Quite eloquent. It uses ambiguity to its advantage.
Mike Goad
April 12th, 2008 2:04 am
Interesting read. Especially the part about great bloggers breaking the rules!
I would only add: what rules? The only rules are those that we impose on ourselves or accept from others.
Garg the Unzola
April 12th, 2008 2:12 am
Grand. I like everything Zen.
Steve Tylock
April 12th, 2008 2:20 am
Thanks for the reference - nice read;-)
SpaceAgeSage
April 12th, 2008 2:35 am
I thought I sensed another black belt behind the words. Very funny, but insightful, too. Thanks for the journey on the Zen side of blogging, Hunter and Darren!
Bernard Deschler
April 12th, 2008 3:38 am
in the process of reading–has to be good–
Luis Gross
April 12th, 2008 4:07 am
Great! Downloading ASAP thanks Darren!
- Luis Gross
Bernard Deschler
April 12th, 2008 11:34 am
VERY GOOD–save it for future reference–
Communiteer
April 12th, 2008 1:22 pm
Wonderful and inspirational advice!
Barbara Swafford
April 12th, 2008 5:38 pm
Darren,
Thanks for showcasing Hunter’s ebook. I’ve been reading his blog from day 1 his writings are all awesome.
It’s great to see a new blogger get some well deserved recognition.
Pearl
April 13th, 2008 12:33 am
Good link. I’m definitely online with the Zen frame of mind.
Joseph Ratliff
April 13th, 2008 4:00 am
Darren,
Wow, I went to Hunter’s blog and subscribed too. He goes deep into some fantastic stuff.
And the book, I especially like the “save this question until the last day” approach by the Master.
Tibi Puiu
April 14th, 2008 6:43 am
seems interesting enough. downloading now!
Terry Finley
April 18th, 2008 11:41 am
Reading it…thanks
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