On Sept. 26, 2013, I came across a blog post by David Spinks where he publicly shared his commitment to publish 100 blog posts in 100 days.
It was a great moment of serendipity, because I had just been thinking that I needed to write more. So I got started the next day!
Here is a list of the posts.
- 9/27/2013 – I’m writing 100 posts in 100 days
- 9/28/2013 – The first step
- 9/29/2013 – The two biggest differences between academia and entrepreneurship
- 9/30/2013 – One metric to rule them all: what is yours?
- 10/1/2013 – Internal and external mirrors
- 10/2/2013 – The power of temporary social media
- 10/3/2013 – What being an entrepreneur means to me
- 10/4/2013 – The key to your inner freedom
- 10/5/2013 – Quality versus quantity, when mastering a craft
- 10/6/2013 – Surviving the startup roller coaster
- 10/7/2013 – The simple secret to creating new habits
- 10/8/2013 – A typical Tuesday, killin’ it startup style
- 10/9/2013 – Online dating will always be broken, but it might be OK
- 10/10/2013 – Saving our bodies from the desk job
- 10/11/2013 – The school of life
- 10/12/2013 – Why entrepreneurs should blog
- 10/13/2013 – What’s wrong with being average?
- 10/14/2013 – The graduate school startup accelerator
- 10/15/2013 – University and the academic/startup idea space
- 10/16/2013 – The simple secret to achieving your goals
- 10/17/2013 – How goals can be limiting: or, how I failed myself by achieving a goal
- 10/18/2013 – The power of being different
- 10/19/2013 – Dreamers, talkers, writers, and doers
- 10/20/2013 – The easiest way to play the long game
- 10/21/2013 – The best motivation for personal development
- 10/22/2013 – Too much of a good thing
- 10/23/2013 – Personal development as social good
- 10/24/2013 – Why the popular view of Maslow’s hierarchy is dangerous
- 10/25/2013 – Walking the fine line between confidence and humility
- 10/26/2013 – Creating value from zero
- 10/27/2013 – The currency of happiness: or, how to accumulate happiness
- 10/28/2013 – The next generation of academic publishing
- 10/29/2013 – Life is simple
- 10/30/2013 – Consumer web: focus on two concepts
- 10/31/2031 – My blogging habit
- 11/1/2013 – The personal development stigma
- 11/2/2013 – Unboundedness in consumer web products
- 11/3/2013 – What’s in an identity?
- 11/4/2013 – Life lessons from Ender’s Game (the movie)
- 11/5/2013 – How I learned to track my habits
- 11/6/2013 – The unbundling of Craigslist and reddit: the flip side
- 11/7/2013 – Go big
- 11/8/2013 – My dreams, deferred
- 11/9/2013 – Entrepreneurship and life
- 11/10/2013 – Why I write
- 11/11/2013 – Google, Marvel, Lost
- 11/12/2013 – What happens to old content on the web?
- 11/13/2013 – The actual School of Life, and two awesome videos
- 11/14/2013 – Confidence or delusion?
- 11/15/2013 – Choose an auto-completable domain name
- 11/16/2013 – The ugliness of mankind
- 11/17/2013 – Why I’m starting inside the building
- 11/18/2013 – Building for consumer web? Tap into an existing user need.
- 11/19/2013 – How do I find the best content?
- 11/20/2013 – Albert Wenger (USV) on the Internet from first principles
- 11/21/2013 – Blurred lines: The problem with Facebook’s social sharing model
- 11/22/2013 – What kind of CEO do you want to be?
- 11/23/2013 – Don’t just masturbate
- 11/24/2013 – Notes on the PandoMonthly with Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote
- 11/25/2013 – Managing the fear of loss
- 11/26/2013 – Retirement and the fear of future loss
- 11/27/2013 – The fear of immediate loss
- 11/28/2013 – Looking stupid and going back for more
- 11/29/2013 – Notes on the PandoMonthly with Jason Calicanis
- 12/1/2013 – The world is gray
- 12/2/2013 – Overvalued personal traits
- 12/3/2013 – Where ideas meet reality
- 12/4/2013 – Will we see more successful startups with single founders?
- 12/5/2013 – Living online documents
- 12/6/2013 – Notes on the PandoMonthly with Mark Suster
- 12/7/2013 – How are you going to change someone’s life?
- 12/8/2013 – The importance of the market when building a startup
- 12/9/2013 – Exploring the new
- 12/10/2013 – Are startup valuations and payouts too high?
- 12/11/2013 – The rising income inequality isn’t going to stop
- 12/12/2013 – Blogging styles: more questions or more answers?
- 12/13/2013 – The startup of headlines
- 12/14/2013 – The problem with righteous entrepreneurship
- 12/15/2013 – Startups, money, and happiness
- 12/16/2013 – Be good
- 12/17/2013 – Be good (the startup version)
- 12/18/2013 – Good design
- 12/19/2013 – Minimizing cognitive load in design
- 12/20/2013 – Music and social media
- 12/21/2013 – The island spirit
- 12/22/2013 – Shit, why not?
- 12/23/2013 – Decoupling dissatisfaction from self worth
- 12/24/2013 – Motivation for 2014
- 12/25/2013 – Your problem isn’t new
- 12/26/2013 – Relationships and social networks
- 12/27/2013 – Thinking big and small
- 12/28/2013 – The fragility of life
- 12/29/2013 – Critics and creators
- 12/30/2013 – Top posts in 2013
- 12/31/2013 – Happy new year!
- 1/1/2014 – Looking back on 2014
- 1/2/2014 – Jurassic Awesome
- 1/3/2013 – What time frame do you optimize for?
- 1/4/2013 – Curation as the third frontier of the web
- 1/5/2013 – Reflecting on 100 posts in 100 days
The power of temporary social media | Alex Shye
What being an entrepreneur means to me | Alex Shye
The key to your inner freedom | Alex Shye
Quality versus quantity, when mastering a craft | Alex Shye
Surviving the startup roller coaster | Alex Shye
The simple secret to creating new habits | Alex Shye
A typical Tuesday, killin’ it startup style | Alex Shye
Saving our bodies from the desk job | Alex Shye
The school of life | Alex Shye
Why entrepreneurs should blog | Alex Shye
What’s wrong with being average? | Alex Shye
The graduate school startup accelerator | Alex Shye
University and the academic/startup idea space | Alex Shye
The simple secret to achieving your goals | Alex Shye
How goals can be limiting: or, how I failed myself by achieving a goal | Alex Shye
The power of being different | Alex Shye
Dreamers, talkers, writers, and doers | Alex Shye
The easiest way to play the long game | Alex Shye
The best motivation for personal development | Alex Shye
Too much of a good thing | Alex Shye
Personal development as social good | Alex Shye
Why the popular view of Maslow’s hierarchy is dangerous | Alex Shye
Walking the fine line between confidence and humility | Alex Shye
Creating value from zero | Alex Shye
The currency of happiness: or, how to accumulate happiness | Alex Shye
The next-generation of academic publishing | Alex Shye
Life is simple | Alex Shye
Consumer web: focus on two concepts | Alex Shye
My blogging habit | Alex Shye
Unboundedness in consumer web products | Alex Shye
What’s in an identity? | Alex Shye
Life lessons from Ender’s Game (the movie) | Alex Shye
How I learned to track my habits | Alex Shye
The unbundling of Craigslist and reddit: the flip side | Alex Shye
Go big | Alex Shye
My dreams, deferred | Alex Shye
Entrepreneurship and life | Alex Shye
Why I write | Alex Shye
Google, Marvel, Lost. | Alex Shye
What happens to old content on the web? | Alex Shye
The actual School of Life, and two awesome videos | Alex Shye
Confidence or delusion? | Alex Shye
Choose an auto-completable domain name | Alex Shye
The ugliness of mankind | Alex Shye
Why I’m starting inside the building | Alex Shye
Building for consumer web? Tap into an existing user need. | Alex Shye
Albert Wenger (USV) on the Internet from first principles | Alex Shye
Blurred lines: The problem with Facebook’s social sharing model | Alex Shye
What kind of CEO do you want to be? | Alex Shye
Don’t just masturbate | Alex Shye
Notes on the PandoMonthly with Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote | Alex Shye
Managing the fear of loss | Alex Shye
Dude, I absolutely love this idea of 100 blog posts in 100 days.
I need to put some time aside to read all your posts. Somewhere in the mix, I’m sure you have a “How I come up with blogging ideas” post – if not, it would be great to read a post just like this!
All the best,
Fahim
Fahim, good hearing from you!
I haven’t written about how I specifically come up with ideas. In general, it is sort of random. Most of them are just random thoughts I’ve had during the day, but some of them are ideas I’ve written down or ideas branching off of past posts. I have written about creating a writing habit (https://alexshye.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/my-blogging-habit/), so should write a bit more on the ideas!
Retirement and the fear of future loss | Alex Shye
The fear of immediate loss | Alex Shye
On rituals and special days | Alex Shye
Looking stupid and going back for more | Alex Shye
Notes from the PandoMonthly with Jason Calicanis | Alex Shye
The world is gray | Alex Shye
Overvalued personal traits | Alex Shye
Where ideas meet reality | Alex Shye
Will we see more successful startups with single founders? | Alex Shye
Notes from the PandoMonthly with Mark Suster | Alex Shye
The importance of the market when building a startup | Alex Shye
New blogging goal: Be more open | Alex Shye
We get what we want, and we want shitty content | Alex Shye
Back from dogfooding | Alex Shye