Re:Typecasting: The Use and Misuse of Period Typography in M...
by vidarh on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @07:58AM
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He wrote an article 16 years ago about a subject related to his career, and it is still drawing attention to his site and his work 16 years later. Seems like a good investment to write that article to me.
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Re:Typecasting: The Use and Misuse of Period Typography in M...
by earthbeing on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @12:05PM
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So you're basically saying that "how many people are attracted to your idea" is a good measure for value of that idea?
If only all those people in history thought like that, we'd still be living in caves.
Re:Typecasting: The Use and Misuse of Period Typography in M...
by vidarh on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @01:56PM
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That depends what the idea is. If the idea is an idea for an article for a blog that exists to showcase your business or interests, then yes, absolutely, in that case how many people are attracted to the article and learn about what you do and your skills should be a major measure of success.
> If only all those people in history thought like that, we'd still be living in caves.
If "all those people" through history had measured the impact of what they did and done more of what worked and less of what didn't, instead of writing things off as useless based on belief, we'd be far further ahead.
In this case, what he did worked - his site specifically exists to showcase his professional skills and his work [1], and here we are discussing an article he invested time in writing 16 years ago