by Jared Goralnick
You never know what it will be that captures the public eye, as pointed out in this Washington Post article about Chris Bliss’ juggling act. A video of Bliss’ juggling caught on through email and blogs, bringing him an insane amount of attention and potential gigs. The only problem was that he was no longer interested in juggling.
Perhaps many of us writers and businessmen are hoping for the one thing that will (favorably) capture the public’s eye and send us to quick fame. Things like the Million Dollar Homepage and the forehead guy have taken on a bizarre media following. However, the question, as addressed in the article, is whether the thing that garners attention is what we want attention for? We don’t want to be pegged forever as one-hit wonders (like a certain actor in Home Alone…).
As such I’m trying to temper my urge to write about every exciting thought that comes to my mind here. One of the articles will one-day spread, but I hope to leave thought-out posts here, rather than techno-rants. I could repeat what’s spreading around, but I’d rather not continue the tradition of the blog-as-echo-chamber effect.
Soon you’ll find some more articles, in particular on personal privacy and email management. In the mean time, I highly recommend 43folders Inbox Zero series and Inside the Marketing Mind’s advice on creating a proposal.
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