The emotional rollercoaster of trying to sell ads on your blog

A bit of GIF prose on the emotional turmoil a blogger goes through just trying to make a dollar

written by your friend and my partner in all things Skyscraper, Paul Burger.

“I want to make something that is worthy of the emotion behind it”

And to those who suggest he might want to temper his expectations, to tone down the enthusiasm, he responds that they’re looking at the wrong side of the equation. “I don’t want to believe less in something,” he says. “I want to make something that is worthy of the emotion behind it.”

(via Wired’s profile of Peter Molyneux.)

Skyscrpr, live on AngelList

A couple of minor Skyscrpr updates:

We updated our teaser splash page (have you signed up for early beta access?) today with a few screenshots of the app.

Skyscrpr splash1

We just pushed Skyscrpr’s AngelList profile live.

Which meant I needed to finally get my own personal profile in order.

We’re on the hunt for a numero uno Rails dev that can help me with the backend, and always up for a coffee or beer with anybody you think would be interested in Skyscrpr.

Love me some Fake Grimlock

TIME TO DESTROY SUCK, BE AWESOME INSTEAD.

Love me some Fake Grimlock.

Censored

I’m ██████ ████ ████ ██████ is a ███████ █████ in ████████ to be “the ████████ ██████ on █████”. Uncensor This

I’m blown away by Animoog for iPad

For $30, this is an amazing app. I have no idea what I’m doing, but it’s insanely fun to play with. No doubt amazing music will be produced in the right hands.

It’s 99¢ until Nov 17th.

That’s an affiliate link to the App Store. I’d still wholeheartedly recommend the app either way, but I might as well make 5¢ if you decide to buy it, right?

Producer producing

An old friend produced this video. Super proud of him.

Amit Gupta (founder of Photojojo & Jelly) needs your help

“Amit, you’ve got Acute Leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away.”

A few ways to help:

  1. If you’re South Asian, get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy.
  2. If you’re in NYC, you can go to this event my friends are putting on.
  3. If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point ‘em to the links above. Thank you.

High School Fashions, 1969

1151

photograph by Arthur Schatz

I bet my mother owned a pair of those tights.

See all the remaining pictures at HOW TO BE A RETRONAUT.

Minimalist business card

Minimal business card design

Catching up on Kottke from a month ago, and this is too brilliant to not keep record of.