Take More Risks

I think the thing that depresses me the most about flipping sites is that there are only about 10 common formats. Forums, blogs, splogs, image upload etc. There isn’t anything really new out there. So I’m trying to develop something at least a bit unique. It’s a community site but not a forum. I’ve been developing it with the Zend Framework since Monday and I’m really pleased with how it’s going. I’ll give you one clue – it’s related to sin…

I don’t have much else to say really at the minute. Oh! I got my new computer! It’s a beast. 4GB of ram and a Core Duo. It’s brilliant for developing with. The monitor is the sex too. I should really take a picture of it.

Being yourself

It seems as though you need to be yourself to succeed with blogging. Ha! I’ve found the reverse to be true. Take More Risks has been a complete failure compared to some of my other blogs where I’ve adopted a ludicrous identity. I’m not listening to gurus anymore. Or reading any e-books. I’m tired of reading blogs about making money. It’s like eating money instead of buying food with the cash and eating the real food.

It’s all fucking boring. If I read about ALGOCO one more time I swear I’ll boot the fucking cat.

And On Gurus

My biggest mistake was holding any guru in esteem. Anyone can make it that level or past it, it’s really just about finding what you are good at. Or better, what you enjoy. If I’ve learnt anything in the last year it’s that you need to go out on your own and make your own mistakes. Become your own guru.

And from now on I’m never typing the word guru in this blog again. If I do, comment on the post and I’ll give you $50 via Paypal.

And no, I’m not drunk and I haven’t lost the plot.

websemantics.info

Why I bought it

• In the coming years the Semantic Web will be huge.

Why it sucks

• It’s far too general in focus. There’s no indication of what parts of the Semantic Web it will focus on. Will it cover Microformats? XHTML 2? Overall, it has limited resale prospects as the new owner would have to create content that covers web semantics as a whole and that’d require too much effort. It’s a .info too which doesn’t help matters.

spacemissions.info

Why I bought it

• Space is the sex and the money!

Why is sucks

• I know less than balls about space. In fact I’m pretty indifferent about space exploration at the minute. I don’t care much for Jupiter and our solar system. I’d like to see the outer reaches of the Milky Way……..Oh yeah and the domain’s far too specific and the nasa site already does a great job of reporting space missions.  The .info certainly doesn’t help.

London was great if not one big headache! So anyway it turns out that my Dell has been delayed by a month meaning I won’t have it until the end of June (and I’ve sinced cancelled it!). Had so many great ideas on my break it’s hard to know where to start. It might help if I went through the backlog of emails first of all.

So I’m gonna have to choose a new PC to buy and it’s proving to be a bit of a pain in the ass. Most UK computer companies suck according to the CIAO ratings.

The best thing about breaks is that they puts everything into context. If I develop a successful website I can then use it to fund another trip to somewhere and that’s a real incentive because at the moment that’s all that matters to me. I do love website development but it really comes second to travelling in my priorities at the minute. I know the best is yet to come in terms of revenue and I don’t think it’ll come from Take More Risks.

I’m gradually gonna move away from blogging on any grand scale and instead focus on developing community driven websites. I’ll still keep Take More Risks updated 2-3 times a week however. I think I always intended my blog to be a labor of love rather than some money making experiment. That market at the moment is completely saturated and in order to succeed in it you must be dedicated. I now realise I’m not dedicated to blogging. It just isn’t for me. My strength lies in generating off-beat ideas and developing them in a unique way.

I feel much more comfortable writing in this free flowing style. Sure it isn’t easy to digest but should we always be seeking out information from every possible sources. I think sometimes you need some brainless respite from the net. I’m tired and pissed with writing factoids. I don’t think every blogger should be writing using bullet points. There needs to be some variation otherwise the entrepreneur blogosphere is likely to become a bad parody of itself.