Change of Domain
I have combined my personal writing and profile onto one domain, timhowgego.com. If everything works as planned, all the old links and content will redirect to this new location: You won’t notice the change.
Why change?
When I started writing ‘blogged content 6 months ago, I wasn’t entirely sure what I would write about, or whether I would keep posting enough content to make the site worth reading. I am still writing my thoughts and ideas – the only glue that ties the content together is me. So hosting them – quite literally – under my name seems appropriate.
I have had some form of personal internet homepage since the last century: Originally the page was hosted on Geocities (we all start somewhere), and for the last 7 years at capsu.org/tim. In the past unusual names were a distinct disadvantage: Few know how to spell or say my surname. But on the internet an unusual names makes one easier to find. It should be time to exploit that advantage; not that I need to: I already hold the top position on Google’s search results for my surname, Howgego.
BarCamp: Living on Virtual Fish
For those that missed my BarCamp Scotland presentation, “Living on Virtual Fish”, you can view it on SlideShare:
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The following articles loosely correlate to each of the talk’s sections, and provide more depth and explanation:
- Learn2Play, the new Real Money Trading?
- Adventures in Online Advertising
- Thoughts on a Socio-Economic Environment based on Nothing
Adventures in Online Advertising
This article summarises what I have learnt from introduction of advertising onto El’s Extreme Anglin’, a guide to fishing in the World of Warcraft (WoW). It introduces internet advertising with discussion of the earning potential, cashflow and ethics. The article then provides a series of case studies on specific topics, such as iteratively improving revenue, altering placement, cloaking, use of text or image adverts, and seasonal variations over Christmas. It should offer a useful introduction for those attempting to monetarise medium-sized websites.
