I came across an interesting article today about a blogger, Jason Kottke, who has decided to quit his full-time job to become a full-time blogger. In order to fund his ‘new venture’ Jason is inviting viewers to his site to contribute $30 a year, or $2.50 a month. As Jason puts it,
"For you, $2.50 is a coffee in the morning, a magazine at the newsstand,
or a beer at the pub but in the aggregate, it will help me immensely."
His idea is to:
"make about 1/3 to 1/2 of my former yearly salary
to support my efforts here for a year. I have no idea whether this goal
is even remotely achievable"
Judging by his "micropatrons" list (those who contribute), things aren’t going too badly. He has already got 200-odd people to contribute towards his fund – though it’s not clear how much they have given. I should point out that in order to read the blog, you won’t have to make a contribution. Jason says that the content of the blog won’t change – he pretty much writes about everything – though he will now have more time to get involved in creative projects and get out to interesting events.
Quite a lot of what he writes will resonate with bloggers, namely the time that blogging can take up and how it can effect your family and social life:
"The site was getting out of hand and wasn’t fun anymore. It was taking
me away from my professional responsibilities, my social life, and my
relationship with my girlfriend. There was no room in my life for it
anymore."
Well, I wish him all the best and must start looking at my own "Contribution" scheme!
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