Comments on: Be Yourself for a Living: The Vision http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-yourself-for-a-living-the-vision/ Get to know David Kadavy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:29:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Way I Work http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-yourself-for-a-living-the-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-25662 The Way I Work Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:46:30 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=839#comment-25662 [...]  RSS Older PostBe Yourself for a Living: The Vision » [...] [...]  RSS Older PostBe Yourself for a Living: The Vision » [...]

]]> By: engin3rd » Blog Archive » Necessity is the mother of invention http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-yourself-for-a-living-the-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-12106 engin3rd » Blog Archive » Necessity is the mother of invention Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:54:22 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=839#comment-12106 [...] On Wednesday, 12/15/2010, at 10:38pm engin3rd.com was born!  It was the result of a nine month gestation period full of unemployment-inspired free time and many great conversations. If my unemployment was the mother of this project, then the credit for fathering it undoubtedly goes to my friend, David Kadavy, who planted the seed: the idea that you can Be Yourself for a Living. [...] [...] On Wednesday, 12/15/2010, at 10:38pm engin3rd.com was born!  It was the result of a nine month gestation period full of unemployment-inspired free time and many great conversations. If my unemployment was the mother of this project, then the credit for fathering it undoubtedly goes to my friend, David Kadavy, who planted the seed: the idea that you can Be Yourself for a Living. [...]

]]> By: Design for Hackers: THE BOOK! http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-yourself-for-a-living-the-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-10575 Design for Hackers: THE BOOK! Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:53:17 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=839#comment-10575 [...] to offer. I brainstormed for a couple of weeks, bouncing ideas off of friends, amongst them that of Being Yourself for a Living. Nothing really [...] [...] to offer. I brainstormed for a couple of weeks, bouncing ideas off of friends, amongst them that of Being Yourself for a Living. Nothing really [...]

]]> By: Levitra. http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-yourself-for-a-living-the-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-4435 Levitra. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:47:50 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=839#comment-4435 <strong>Levitra....</strong> Levitra.... Levitra….

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]]> By: Back Office Exposed: Kadavy Inc. | Results Junkies http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-yourself-for-a-living-the-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-2575 Back Office Exposed: Kadavy Inc. | Results Junkies Tue, 18 May 2010 23:02:53 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=839#comment-2575 [...] Kadavy, Inc. is a Media company that I bootstrap with User Interface Design / User Experience consulting. The end goal is to be myself for a living. [...] [...] Kadavy, Inc. is a Media company that I bootstrap with User Interface Design / User Experience consulting. The end goal is to be myself for a living. [...]

]]> By: Sean Corbett http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-yourself-for-a-living-the-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Sean Corbett Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:55:47 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=839#comment-1246 Great post. "Be Yourself For a Living" A desire that probably millions of people share. I bet there's some history to that line of thinking. When did people start desiring to BYFL? Which groups of people desire to BYFL today? Great post. “Be Yourself For a Living” A desire that probably millions of people share. I bet there’s some history to that line of thinking. When did people start desiring to BYFL? Which groups of people desire to BYFL today?

]]> By: kadavy http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-yourself-for-a-living-the-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 kadavy Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:11:14 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=839#comment-1211 Very insightful, Ray - that's exactly what I'm saying! When I started my blog, there wasn't any particular subject that I wanted to write about, and that benefited me. It's amazing where little smash hit blog posts - whether it be that people share it a lot, or because it gets lots of Google hits - start emerge. If you read <a href="http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/my-first-blog/" rel="nofollow">my first blog post</a> you can see I really had no plan. I'm no Robert Scoble or anything, but this blog has served me well. Some blog posts have spun off into other sites, some of them bring in some nice side income, some have landed me big clients. Along the way, I've learned web design skills, become a better writer (I never even considered myself a writer before), and come to generally understand media better. Very insightful, Ray – that’s exactly what I’m saying! When I started my blog, there wasn’t any particular subject that I wanted to write about, and that benefited me. It’s amazing where little smash hit blog posts – whether it be that people share it a lot, or because it gets lots of Google hits – start emerge. If you read my first blog post you can see I really had no plan.

I’m no Robert Scoble or anything, but this blog has served me well. Some blog posts have spun off into other sites, some of them bring in some nice side income, some have landed me big clients. Along the way, I’ve learned web design skills, become a better writer (I never even considered myself a writer before), and come to generally understand media better.

]]> By: kadavy http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-yourself-for-a-living-the-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 kadavy Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:05:06 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=839#comment-1210 Whoa, play nice, Brent! If I didn't know you personally, I would think you were a real dick. Yes, "be yourself," as long as "yourself" is creative, enterprising, and self-motivated - mixed in with some particular interests. That's my response to the part of the discussion that my caveman brain was able to process. Whoa, play nice, Brent! If I didn’t know you personally, I would think you were a real dick.

Yes, “be yourself,” as long as “yourself” is creative, enterprising, and self-motivated – mixed in with some particular interests.

That’s my response to the part of the discussion that my caveman brain was able to process.

]]> By: Ray Wenderlich http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-yourself-for-a-living-the-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-1209 Ray Wenderlich Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:31:47 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=839#comment-1209 Interesting post. I'm getting ready to start my own blog, but I've been struggling lately with what everyone seems to say on the web: you need to find a limited focus for your blog to get the best results. However, that is difficult to me because I know what I am focusing on now (iPhone programming btw) but I can't say whether that will still be my focus in 2 years, and having a successful blog is a long term endeavor. From your article it sounds like you are advocating to just post about your interests, and perform analytics on what your readers find the most interesting, or perhaps a greater theme will emerge naturally...? Interesting post. I’m getting ready to start my own blog, but I’ve been struggling lately with what everyone seems to say on the web: you need to find a limited focus for your blog to get the best results. However, that is difficult to me because I know what I am focusing on now (iPhone programming btw) but I can’t say whether that will still be my focus in 2 years, and having a successful blog is a long term endeavor. From your article it sounds like you are advocating to just post about your interests, and perform analytics on what your readers find the most interesting, or perhaps a greater theme will emerge naturally…?

]]> By: Brent http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/be-yourself-for-a-living-the-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-1208 Brent Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:47:44 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=839#comment-1208 Thank you for the news flash, Chadwick. It had not occurred to me that one could find happiness outside of wealth. Seriously, though, if society conditions you to think about time "off" in the way you describe, how did you come to a different conclusion? Outside of society? The issue here (as I alluded to in my first post with the reference to a "late-capitalist self"), at least as I understand it from David's post, is how to pursue the things one wants to pursue and make that pursuit self-sustaining (i.e. producing some reasonable profit, if not what one would call wealth). Saying "be yourself" is all well and good, but it seems to me that there's more to this question than a choice between cliches. Thank you for the news flash, Chadwick. It had not occurred to me that one could find happiness outside of wealth. Seriously, though, if society conditions you to think about time “off” in the way you describe, how did you come to a different conclusion? Outside of society? The issue here (as I alluded to in my first post with the reference to a “late-capitalist self”), at least as I understand it from David’s post, is how to pursue the things one wants to pursue and make that pursuit self-sustaining (i.e. producing some reasonable profit, if not what one would call wealth). Saying “be yourself” is all well and good, but it seems to me that there’s more to this question than a choice between cliches.

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