Jason Kottke is known as one of the pioneers of the, and he
continues to be one of the top bloggers of today (Wikipedia: "Jason
Kottke"). In order to find out what has made him so popular and successful
in the blogging field I decided to do some research on Mr. Kottke.
Jason Kottke was born on September 27,
1973, and has spent most of his life in New York City, where he currently
works. Kottke graduated from Coe College with a degree in physics in 1995, and
shortly after he he became a web designer, a job in which he was very
successful (Wikipedia: "Jason Kottke"). So at this point you must be
thinking, "Wait one of the pioneers of blogging has a degree in physics, and
he use to be a web designer. How did he get started in blogging?" Well let
me explain.
In March of 1998 Kottke started his
first blog, and in 2000 he was featured in the New Yorker article "You've
Got Blog," which helped makes blogging more popular. His contributions to
the blogging industry are widely known, and he even received a Bloggie Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2003. Finally in 2005 Kottke gave up his web design career
and decided to dedicate all his time to work on his current blog, kottke.org
(Wikipedia: "Jason Kottke"). So obviously Kottke is a very
influential person the blogging industry, so let’s take so time to talk about
his work that has made him so popular.
Kottke is known for blogging about
everything and everyone, but he does like to focus on popular culture and
people. He has written blogs on various topics such as, how murderers prep for
job interviews, cool skateboarding videos and Stanley Kubrick's favorite movies
(McCraken 13). So as you can see Kottke actually does blog about everything,
and this is what has made him so popular throughout his career. In addition to
covering a wide array of topics, Kottke also creates very humorous and
informational blogs (kottke.org).
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| Example of one of Kottke's blogs |
One of the keys behind Kottke's success is
that he has dedicated his life and career to blogging. As I said earlier, in
2005 he quit he day job as a web designer in order to focus on his blog. He
also does not make much money off of his blog, which runs off of donations and
advertising (Wikipedia: "Jason Kottke"). Even though he has a low
income, Kottke still dedicates his life to his blogging. It is this type of
dedication though that has made him the successful and well known blogger that
he is today. Some good examples of his work are a blog that he did on
the life of musician Kurt Cobain, and a blog that covers the daily rituals of how artists
work (which relates very well to what he are learning about in class)
(kottke.org). If anyone would like to view these works you can click on the
link that is attached to the word blog.
One of the most impressive things about Kottke is that he learned
how to blog on his own (McCraken 13).There was no one that taught him how to
blog and he never took any classes on blogging, because when he first started
blogging the word blog didn’t even exist. This along with his dedication to
bettering the blogging field are the reasons that I found him to be so
interesting.
Works Cited:
Kottke, Jason. kottke.org. Jason Kottke. Web. 11 April 2014.
McCraken, Harry. "The 25 Best Bloggers, 2013 Edition." Tim Magazine. 5 August 2013. Web. 11 April 2014 <http://techland.time.com/2013/08/05/the-25-best-bloggers-2013-edition/slide/jason-kottke-kottke-org/>
Wikipedia: "Jason Kottke," 11 April 2014.
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