"Imagine all the people living life in peace…Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man"
Who is Graham Langdon is an interview of the founder of Entrecard by The Evil Woobie. Graham has a message to web entrepreneurs:
Don’t go searching for an idea. Let it come to you. Analyze whats already out there. Consume tons of information. Look at sites that have worked and that have taken off, and pinpoint why. Look at sites that aren’t going anywhere and pinpoint why. Start getting friendly (but not annoying!) with people in higher places. Learn new skills. Make connections. Do mini projects just for fun to develop your skills. Then when the time is right, BAM the idea will hit you.
The people hoarding credits will earn the most cash, initially, that is true. But over time, you will see many more people selling tons of new products and services in the market -which you will be able to buy for credits. Tying credits to cash will create all sorts of interesting opportunities and growth prospects not just with Entrecard and its community, but with what your credits can buy, and how they can be earned.
If I may use the words of Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988) "the dean of science fiction writers", "Professor, your words sound good but there is something slippery about them."
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, about a lunar colony's revolt against rule from Earth. The novel expresses and discusses libertarian ideals in a speculative context.
Sometimes there are set duels, but custom requires that anyone who kills another must take responsibility for the effects of the killing, paying debts and looking after the deceased's family. This is similar to the concept of blood money. Exceptions are allowed in the case of self-defense. Retaliatory killings do occur, but typically a consensus establishes which party was in the right, and there are no long-standing feuds.
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Sir Thomas More's (1478–1535) Utopia has some words of wisdom as to how society should deal with those that live idly and slothfully:
But if all these, that be now busied about unprofitable occupations, with all the whole flock of them that live idly and slothfully, which consume and waste every one of them more of these things that come by other men’s labour, than two of the workmen themselves do: if all these (I say) were set to profitable occupations, you easily perceive how little time would be enough, yea and too much to store us with all things that may be requisite either for necessity, or for commodity, yea or for pleasure, so that the same pleasure be true and natural. And this in Utopia the thing itself maketh manifest and plain.
Let's see how Graham has stacked up against his own checklist, is he a brilliant web entrepreneur or is he a member of the "whole flock of them that live idly and slothfully"? You be the judge, but I will add my comments, it is my blog!
Analyze whats already out there.
Raise your hand if you have used advertising programs. If you have you know that there are good and bad. Some have excellent control panels to manage your campaigns. We, the members of Entrecard, are bloggers, first and foremost. Entrecard has offered us nothing to simplify the management of the use of our widgets. See CMF for what a really, really good control panel should be.
Consume tons of information.
I don't know what was consumed, but the results surely don't indicate it was knowledge or information.
Look at sites that have worked and that have taken off.
Again, see CMF a new system and Adify an extremely successful system. Then tell Graham. I think while he was consuming scandalous facts about his bedroom community, he missed these.
pinpoint why.
The investigative Cournalist was too busy skulking and peeping in bedroom windows.
Start getting friendly (but not annoying!) with people in higher places
Read the Entrecard forums."Keep those @#$! rejected ads off of my blog!", " This Is BAD", " ? a new club in ec" are just a few of the threads worth reading. "Who else here reject Malewail ads?" is worth a mention as Graham had promised a "family" friendly network.
Learn new skills.
See above, the Cournalist didn't master smoking, but he appears to be mastering the art of a peeping Tom
Make connections.
I don't think he's connected with anyone. Certainly not the Entrecard community.
Do mini projects just for fun to develop your skills.
Yes, he's done this. He's created an advertising platform, just for fun!
A pipe dream is a fantastic hope or plan that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve, especially if the total effort is "just for fun". Don't forget a wad of toilet paper". It's a long way to a Seven Eleven.
Members of Entrecard: The dogs of Entrecard are crapping on our lawns. Remember the Code of the West: Pay your debts, collect what is owed to you, maintain your reputation and that of your family. Reputation is highly important in this society—with a bad reputation, a person may find others unwilling to buy from or sell to him. Be careful who you allow on your widget. Don't fall prey to pressure tactics. After all, Graham is doing this "just for fun". It is the reputation of our blog, our brand identity, that will suffer. This is cigarette money for him!
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