Jason Kottke, the blogger who quit his job to blog full-time has announced that he is no longer seeking donations to support his endeavor. His plan had been to fund his blog by requesting “Micropayments” from readers who enjoyed his site. As part of his announcement he stated he hadn’t attracted a large enough readership to support a subscription model.
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Alice in Chains to play the Nova Rock Festival
Alice in Chains will be reforming to play the Austrian Nova Rock Festival. The festival is set to be held on June 15th in Nickelsdorf, Austria. Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley overdosed in 2002 and there is no word as to who will be taking up singing duties at the show.
Article comments
1 - Nathaniel Winn
Erm, is "Kottke Abandons Plan" really accurate? He gave it a shot for a year. The year's up. He elected not to renew.
The whole thing was framed at its inception as an experiment. There was no multi-year plan which has now been abandoned.
2 - DJ freq
I never really understood the appeal of Kottke. His blog always seemed to be boring to me. He's kind of the white bread of blogging. Bland but popular.
It surprises me that my blog isn't more popular given it's blandness.