I know you get asked lots of questions by people like me who are nosy. What is the most frequently asked question and what do you tell them?

The most common question I get via email is, “how did your site get so popular?” I don’t really have a good answer to this, but if you’re looking to make something that other people might be interested in checking out, I’d advise you to do what you love, be enthusiastic, be curious, build a network, get sued for copyright infringement, and just keep at it.

[from an interview with Jason Kottke found on Leah Peterson’s blog]
http://leahpeah.com/blog/interviews/jason-kottke

[Nujabes - Ordinary Joe ft. Terry Callier]

wassup… a little rhythm for your spirit.. i want to be able to make music. let me do it with my photographs and my pen. play the flute. put your life experiences on paper. they sound just as beautiful when you read them out loud. they’re even more colorful. don’t be a lazy soul. get your game up tight. don’t let time and space abuse you. put your game to work. do what makes you the stand out from the rest (inordinary). be unusual. find a new way to flow.

i’m cool. i didn’t eat chocolate today. been hooked on it for the past two weeks. i worked out to that too. tomorrow’s a new day.

these past two weeks to tell the truth have been like hell for me. i can’t ever seem to catch up. i can’t seem to get ahead. i don’t know where my future is headed. there’s a lot of uncertainty. i can sell my house back home and then my worries would be settled, for the time being any way. but that’s the one thing that i have to my name. the one thing i got to show for. i don’t have the money or time to live a carefree life like i did for the past four years. reality has set in. the pressure comes from trying start a future not only supporting myself.

i wish the decisions came easier. i know what i don’t want to do. i just won’t be satisfied going back to a 9 to 5, day in and day out the same old thing. if i was solo i wouldn’t have this pressure that i do. i won’t give up easily. but this is my biggest challenge yet.

put some music on…

[Raekwon - Surgical Gloves]