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Freedom Blogging In Underwear
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This is a book about freedom. Specifically the personal freedom I discovered from the wonderful world of blogging, the freedom I hope everybody will eventually discover for themselves. The freedom that, I believe, will permanently and irrevocably change the world for the better.
Having a blog, a voice, having my own media, utterly changed my life. Suddenly my career as a cartoonist wasn't dependent on other people: "The Gatekeepers"--publishers, editors, Hollywood executives, etc., etc. Sud-denly I had direct contact with my audience. They had direct contact with me. I could just do my thing, without having to wait for some-body else to give me the "green light." I didn't have to wait around for somebody else to deem me "worthy."
This was the freedom I spent most of my adult life searching for, the same freedom I believe we're ALL searching for, in one way or another. Careerwise, blogging gave me everything. Even in the early days, the ben-efits of blogging were so glaringly obvious to me, I couldn't understand why more people weren't doing it. Ten years later, I still can't. So I decided to write a book about it; maybe I can help other people find this freedom, too.
--Hugh
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Having a blog, a voice, having my own media, utterly changed my life. Suddenly my career as a cartoonist wasn't dependent on other people: "The Gatekeepers"--publishers, editors, Hollywood executives, etc., etc. Sud-denly I had direct contact with my audience. They had direct contact with me. I could just do my thing, without having to wait for some-body else to give me the "green light." I didn't have to wait around for somebody else to deem me "worthy."
This was the freedom I spent most of my adult life searching for, the same freedom I believe we're ALL searching for, in one way or another. Careerwise, blogging gave me everything. Even in the early days, the ben-efits of blogging were so glaringly obvious to me, I couldn't understand why more people weren't doing it. Ten years later, I still can't. So I decided to write a book about it; maybe I can help other people find this freedom, too.
--Hugh
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Product details
- Hardback | 128 pages
- 127 x 177 x 20.32mm | 176.9g
- 29 Nov 2012
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Portfolio
- New York, United States
- English
- ill
- 1591844851
- 9781591844853
- 667,577
Review Text
"Hugh Macleod blah blah blah genius blah blah artist blah blah read this now!"
--Seth Godin, author of WE ARE ALL WEIRD
"This book is a benevolent kick in the pants. Hugh loves you, so he won't sit idly by while you drown your muse. Freedom is a gift. Open it. Go romp in the creative grass. And then write Hugh a long, tender thank-you note."
--Sunni Brown, leader of the Doodle Revolution and author of GAMESTORMING
"Hugh is once again dead-on right--about blogging, publishing, thinking, and underwear. Nobody figures it all out and says it better with a few wonderfully terrifying pictures than Hugh. And I know: after all, I've written and drawn entire books in my PJs! (Shhh, don't tell my publisher!)"
--Dan Roam, author of THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN and BLAH BLAH BLAH
"The Web ninja-guru-maven faction has saturated our lives with books purporting to teach us how to succeed online. This irreverent book from Hugh MacLeod, filled with his trademark cartoons, will knock them off the shelf-for good."
--A. V. Flox, editor for BlogHer.com
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--Seth Godin, author of WE ARE ALL WEIRD
"This book is a benevolent kick in the pants. Hugh loves you, so he won't sit idly by while you drown your muse. Freedom is a gift. Open it. Go romp in the creative grass. And then write Hugh a long, tender thank-you note."
--Sunni Brown, leader of the Doodle Revolution and author of GAMESTORMING
"Hugh is once again dead-on right--about blogging, publishing, thinking, and underwear. Nobody figures it all out and says it better with a few wonderfully terrifying pictures than Hugh. And I know: after all, I've written and drawn entire books in my PJs! (Shhh, don't tell my publisher!)"
--Dan Roam, author of THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN and BLAH BLAH BLAH
"The Web ninja-guru-maven faction has saturated our lives with books purporting to teach us how to succeed online. This irreverent book from Hugh MacLeod, filled with his trademark cartoons, will knock them off the shelf-for good."
--A. V. Flox, editor for BlogHer.com
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Review quote
"Hugh Macleod blah blah blah genius blah blah artist blah blah read this now!"
---Seth Godin, author of WE ARE ALL WEIRD
"This book is a benevolent kick in the pants. Hugh loves you, so he won't sit idly by while you drown your muse. Freedom is a gift. Open it. Go romp in the creative grass. And then write Hugh a long, tender thank-you note."
---Sunni Brown, leader of the Doodle Revolution and author of GAMESTORMING
"Hugh is once again dead-on right---about blogging, publishing, thinking, and underwear. Nobody figures it all out and says it better with a few wonderfully terrifying pictures than Hugh. And I know: after all, I've written and drawn entire books in my PJs! (Shhh, don't tell my publisher!)"
---Dan Roam, author of THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN and BLAH BLAH BLAH
"The Web ninja-guru-maven faction has saturated our lives with books purporting to teach us how to succeed online. This irreverent book from Hugh MacLeod, filled with his trademark cartoons, will knock them off the shelf--for good."
---A. V. Flox, editor for BlogHer.com
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---Seth Godin, author of WE ARE ALL WEIRD
"This book is a benevolent kick in the pants. Hugh loves you, so he won't sit idly by while you drown your muse. Freedom is a gift. Open it. Go romp in the creative grass. And then write Hugh a long, tender thank-you note."
---Sunni Brown, leader of the Doodle Revolution and author of GAMESTORMING
"Hugh is once again dead-on right---about blogging, publishing, thinking, and underwear. Nobody figures it all out and says it better with a few wonderfully terrifying pictures than Hugh. And I know: after all, I've written and drawn entire books in my PJs! (Shhh, don't tell my publisher!)"
---Dan Roam, author of THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN and BLAH BLAH BLAH
"The Web ninja-guru-maven faction has saturated our lives with books purporting to teach us how to succeed online. This irreverent book from Hugh MacLeod, filled with his trademark cartoons, will knock them off the shelf--for good."
---A. V. Flox, editor for BlogHer.com
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About Hugh Macleod
Hugh MacLeod is the cartoonist and acclaimed blogger behind gapingvoid.com and the bestselling author of Ignore Every-body and Evil Plans. After a decade working as an advertising copywriter, he started to publish his "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" online, which eventually he turned into a full-time job. He is known for both his art and for his thoughts on marketing and has become a popular speaker.
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Our customer reviews
Awhile back I was in the library glancing over their section where they put they're new or up and coming novels when I saw this one. Since I'm a blogger I just thought this book would offer me a few chuckles.
Unfortunately this book was not amusing, entertaining or witty as I had hoped it would be. In fact I actually had to force myself to continue reading this itty bitty 128 page book. Throughout the whole book I was waiting for the author to be witty but instead I was met with a mish mash of comics and nonsensical ramblings about the authors life here and there. Plus I was still waiting to see how this book related to blogging at all really.
Not once did I ever get a true sense that the author was a blogger until he mentioned it in the text. If he hadn't I would never have known. As for the little comic sketches that he included I thought they were poor drawn but maybe that's his style I don't know but I did not see the point of any of them and thought they added nothing to the book.
Overall, I don't really think the book had any purpose really. I mean it was just a bunch of rambling so I never really got the point of it and that in itself was my biggest irritant. I would not recommend this one to anyone but if you do want to read it, borrow it from your library first.show more
by Kimberly Roy
