Well…sort of. This is a real young go getter:

How’s that for inspiration?

David over at Mind Petals shared a video of his presentation at the New York Technology Meetup from last September. The video, which you’ll see after the jump, is a great intro for MP and anyone that hasn’t heard of his network/community, but I found the last three or so minutes the most intriguing.

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If you’re an internet astronaut who someday hopes to have his or her site rocket to the stars, then at some point you’ll probably be considering your options when it comes to monetizing your site. For some that means taking any and all advertisers regardless of the “punch-the-monkey” types ads. For other with a bit more pride in their creations and who don’t want to see it whored out to any old advertiser there are really only a handful of quality advertising networks. Here is a list of those networks and how they break down.

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Adnan invited me to be a part of this meme thing-a-ma-jigger, where I list the reasons why I blog in hopes of continuing the chain with other bloggers. So here we go. 5 reasons why I blog:

1) Networking. To be honest, I would be in a completely different situation than I am today if YGG didn’t exist and I hadn’t the opportunity to meet and work with all of the people I have over the past year or so. Chances are I’d still be working the same 9-5 job making an extremely stable income……hey, wait a second…

2) All the cool kids do it. Blogs enable you to associate yourself with the big names in just about any industry and break the barriers of communicating with them. Not knowing what a blog is or having your own in certain circles is a quick way to label yourself as an outcast.

3) It’s one of the easiest ways to build my personal brand. Being recognized as an expert in a certain field is essential in labeling yourself as a professional. Blogging allows me to develop my name and brand with a bit of empathy as I learn the ropes and rise in rank.

4) No matter how large a blogger you are, seeing a comment notification or receiving a nice email from a reader makes your day. Seeing a message in your inbox from an author, celebrity, or entrepreneur that you look up to will make you all giddy for a moment, whether you admit it or not. I always enjoy these surprises.

5) To be a part of the people powered media. A thousand individual bloggers are much more powerful than a television network, radio station, or newspaper. We’ve become a trusted source for news and insights minutes after they occur, not hours or days. We produce a wide variety of content that you control how, when, and where you absorb it and join the conversation when you wish. It’s exciting to be a part of this movement.

To keep this meme moving I invite Chris, Kevin, Jason, and David to share the 5 reasons why they blog.

This isn’t a paid review, but being the creator of COLOURlovers.com you could say my opinion is slightly biased.

COLOURlovers recently got a face-lift and some new tricks and tools. We moved the site over to a beefy managed server by RackSpace.com and we added some new features.

Rolling with WordPress (Check Out the Blog)
It was a pain to update and not as interactive to blog on the old platform, so we fully integrated wordpress into COLOURlovers. And with Chris at the helm of this new blog section, you can expect to see daily updates on color trends & interesting new color and design related tips.

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