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March 30, 2009

Blogging for a Living

The Post's article today about blogging for a living isn't online as far as we can tell so we uploaded a pdf here. Update: Okay, turns out it is online after all. Here's the link.




Posted by Brownstoner at 9:37 AM | Comments (7)
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Nice backdrop view of your Clinton Hill Brownstone Mr.B (Yea right!).
Don't tell me you're selling out to those Dumbo recession proof bankers. Keep it real next time and take a picture in the hood.

Just food for thought, you do the dishes.

Posted by: Crooklyn at March 30, 2009 10:05 AM

Not sure how they got that part wrong! We've been renting a desk in Dumbo for two years. With two kids at home, we'd never get a thing done.

Posted by: brownstoner at March 30, 2009 10:07 AM

i had no idea people blogged for a living. is that what you do? i thought it was just a side thing.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 30, 2009 10:12 AM

"Butler's site had already become a daily addiction among the booming borough's landed gentry and other real estate voyeurs"

I'm a real estate voyeur!

Posted by: tybur6 at March 30, 2009 10:41 AM

I read one of those Stephanie Klein books, "Straight Up and Dirty" - didn't know it grew out of blog entries. I can think of other books that are more or less just collections of someone's blog.

Most blogs were just high school or college students writing about their personal lives. It is very, very entrancing to read daily the musings of an eloquent young person who over time matures in deep and meaningful ways. I used to blog, from 2002 to 2005, in this way. At the most I got 30 unique hits a day - pretty ego-satisfying really. If I waited to post until noon people would have checked my site several times. But eventually self-revelation and being a "persona" grew tiresome.

I occasionally wonder who reads blogs like DailyKos and Instapundit - I never meet anyone who even mentions them in conversation. I mention Brownstoner often but rarely get a flicker of recognition among Manhattanites. I think the transition year of 2004 when blogs became more than just daily musings and broke out as mass media sources is key; I would like to see someone start a blog now and have it achieve the level of interest as Julie and Julia and Daily Kos and our own local blogs.

Posted by: infinitejester at March 30, 2009 11:01 AM

Great story!

Posted by: mopar at March 30, 2009 1:50 PM

"Don't quit your day job"? Oh shit, too late.

Posted by: rh at March 30, 2009 2:25 PM

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