Better yourself through some brief reading
While I’m still decompressing (or is it recompressing?) from my July 4th weekend vacation at the beach, and figuring out what if anything to write about it on here, consider these two excellent links:
- Kurt Vonnegut’s Advice to Writers is a must-read for any blogger or writer, would-be or otherwise. The most important advice to me? Write about subjects you care about and write about things that readers will find interesting. I’m proud to say I came up with those two independently, though I am guilty of frequently not following them.
- Why Nerds Are Unpopular is a must-read for any nerd out there. The short version of it is that nerds are unpopular not because of any inherent unpopularity to being smart, but because being popular is an endeavor that requires devotion of significant amounts of time. Nerds simply value other things more than popularity. Read the essay for the complete take on it, which is a bit more complicated than my summary.
The comments section would be a perfect place to discuss anything you find interesting in either of these links.
