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Steve Olson January 29, 2007

Posted by The Probabilist in : [Links], Emotions, Goals, Society, Independence, Personal Growth, Beliefs, Work, Blogging , trackback

Steve Olson has managed to become quite known in the blogosphere after only four months of blogging. I found many similarities in Steve’s reasons to start as he mentions that mediocrity, the common American dream and living as everyone else seems to be living just didn’t cut it any longer. His family is on a self-proclaimed quest of freedom and he’s pouring out his freedom of speech to many people’s delight, amusement and improved clarity of thought.

Steve goes to show that you don’t need to put much effort into making a snappy design, applying lots of fancy plugins or providing lots of media-rich instalments in order to draw attention and grab more readers and traffic. The attention grabber is found in the phrasing of his topics that are known to fare well on social bookmarking sites. (Just look at his top entries in the sidebar and you can learn something.) Moreover, the contents then add a stickiness to the blog as many readers find reasons to reply to his entries, be it either controversial or downright useful information he provides.

I’d say his main point of interest is his (debunking) thoughts on the education system and how to generate income. And since this issue finally seems to surface in the minds of the majority of people as they start to notice the real effects of the information age, it’s bound to elicit more discussion. He’s also a stickler for questioning things, which is a great virtue and prerequisite for making major leaps on a quest like theirs.

Steve-olson.com is a daily read for me since there’s always a new perspective to be gained on the social, emotional, financial and educational hot potatoes that dominate the current era we dwell in. How we actually respond and relate to them is what ultimately and solely affect the results we get in and out of life. Pay his blog a visit and browse through his archives and you’re sure to find something interesting.

Steve Olson