Comments on: Steve Pavlina: 10 reasons to develop your technical skills http://www.thetlog.net/2006/08/07/steve-pavlina-10-reasons-to-develop-your-technical-skills/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:11:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Pedro Timóteo http://www.thetlog.net/2006/08/07/steve-pavlina-10-reasons-to-develop-your-technical-skills/#comment-6503 Pedro Timóteo Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:40:56 +0000 http://www.thetlog.net/2006/08/07/steve-pavlina-10-reasons-to-develop-your-technical-skills/#comment-6503 It's called "<a href="http://www.thetlog.net/2006/02/17/blogging-tips-24-linkbaiting/" rel="nofollow">linkbaiting</a>". Lists and guides are some of the best linkbaiting posts - people love to link to them, and they get hundreds of votes / bookmarks in sites like Digg and del.icio.us. As for <a href="http://www.dehumanizer.com/" rel="nofollow">blogs</a>, I'm actually thinking about starting a "personal development" one, next month, after I leave my day job and start writing full-time. I love Steve Pavlina's, but will be different: shorter, more pratical articles, and no spiritualist / new age stuff (I'm an atheist). I may even start two of those, one in English and the other in Portuguese... :) It’s called “linkbaiting“. Lists and guides are some of the best linkbaiting posts - people love to link to them, and they get hundreds of votes / bookmarks in sites like Digg and del.icio.us.

As for blogs, I’m actually thinking about starting a “personal development” one, next month, after I leave my day job and start writing full-time. I love Steve Pavlina’s, but will be different: shorter, more pratical articles, and no spiritualist / new age stuff (I’m an atheist). I may even start two of those, one in English and the other in Portuguese… :)

]]> By: Sérgio Rebelo http://www.thetlog.net/2006/08/07/steve-pavlina-10-reasons-to-develop-your-technical-skills/#comment-6466 Sérgio Rebelo Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:34:55 +0000 http://www.thetlog.net/2006/08/07/steve-pavlina-10-reasons-to-develop-your-technical-skills/#comment-6466 I totally agree with you. I love Steve Pavlina's articles. I'm just telling you the feedback I got from the people whom I sent the article link. Some of them talked about the snake iol seller after looking at his blog, not only this particular article. I think this is because the format he uses to write. It's allways something like "10 ways to... ", "15 reasons why you should...", "how to get... in 30 minutes". This didn't sound credible to these people. I didn't know this portuguese blog of yours. One more to subscribe. With this, I am already subscribing 3 of yours :P I totally agree with you. I love Steve Pavlina’s articles. I’m just telling you the feedback I got from the people whom I sent the article link. Some of them talked about the snake iol seller after looking at his blog, not only this particular article. I think this is because the format he uses to write. It’s allways something like “10 ways to… “, “15 reasons why you should…”, “how to get… in 30 minutes”. This didn’t sound credible to these people.

I didn’t know this portuguese blog of yours. One more to subscribe. With this, I am already subscribing 3 of yours :P

]]> By: Pedro Timóteo http://www.thetlog.net/2006/08/07/steve-pavlina-10-reasons-to-develop-your-technical-skills/#comment-6379 Pedro Timóteo Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:01:56 +0000 http://www.thetlog.net/2006/08/07/steve-pavlina-10-reasons-to-develop-your-technical-skills/#comment-6379 Sérgio: some of my friends and acquaintances also <a href="http://blog.dehumanizer.com/2006/07/24/10-razoes-para-nao-ter-um-emprego/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">disagreed</a> with it, though they were more rational about it, in a way. They didn't think Steve was being dishonest or anything, or indeed "wrong" - they simply believe (brainwashing, maybe) that, for most people, having a job is the best way - perhaps the <i>only</i> way. Still, how can Steve sound "like a snake oil seller"? He isn't selling anything! If he was saying <i>"You can quit your job <b>now</b>!!! Enroll in my program to find out how..."</i>, that would be completely different... but it's not that at all. Sérgio: some of my friends and acquaintances also disagreed with it, though they were more rational about it, in a way. They didn’t think Steve was being dishonest or anything, or indeed “wrong” - they simply believe (brainwashing, maybe) that, for most people, having a job is the best way - perhaps the only way.

Still, how can Steve sound “like a snake oil seller”? He isn’t selling anything! If he was saying “You can quit your job now!!! Enroll in my program to find out how…”, that would be completely different… but it’s not that at all.

]]> By: Sérgio Rebelo http://www.thetlog.net/2006/08/07/steve-pavlina-10-reasons-to-develop-your-technical-skills/#comment-6375 Sérgio Rebelo Mon, 07 Aug 2006 06:56:06 +0000 http://www.thetlog.net/2006/08/07/steve-pavlina-10-reasons-to-develop-your-technical-skills/#comment-6375 I also love Steve's articles. He is a hell of a good writer. But a few days ago I sent one of his articles ("Why you should never get a job" or something like that) to a lot of friends and the majority of them didn't like. They said that he looked like a snake oil seller. I admit that his style may sometimes look something like many of the snake oil sellers, but if you pay some attention to his articles, I think it is impossible not ot like them. I also love Steve’s articles. He is a hell of a good writer. But a few days ago I sent one of his articles (”Why you should never get a job” or something like that) to a lot of friends and the majority of them didn’t like. They said that he looked like a snake oil seller. I admit that his style may sometimes look something like many of the snake oil sellers, but if you pay some attention to his articles, I think it is impossible not ot like them.

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