December 19, 2002

Blogger gets a column

Christian Crumlish

Mark Pilgrim: "[T]oday is the first time in my life that I've been directly paid for writing."

This is how it's supposed to work, right? Sweat equity -> personal brand -> pundit status.

Posted by xian at December 19, 2002 8:42 PM
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