The title of this post used to be 2008 A Year Revisited, that is how bad good a procrastinator I am.  In a previous post I discussed my original intent for this site along with my goal of becoming self sufficient by 2009.  Meaning I would be sustainably self employed with multiple streams of income, posessing [...]

I have been swooning over the iPhone since the day it was released but was never able to convince myself that I could afford it. However as time went by, the phone and it’s applications got more advanced, while I grew more antsy.

Chances are if you have an email address, you’ve received a spam email or two spouting off some crazy message similar to the title of this post. Most likely you immediately dismissed the idea as sheer lunacy and clicked delete.

That is the question I wanted to find an answer to. I had been searching high and low for a source I could trust. Looking past the blinking advertisements and “Pro Bloggers” with no luck, I decided to reach out to someone I respect and look up to, fellow blogger Ashley Morgan.

The goal of KirkHatesWork is to provide a venue to document my journey from an employee breaking free from the rigors of 9-5 life to a financially secure and self employed entrepreneur, but I have never actually shared how I plan to go about doing so. Many entrepreneurs have come before me attempting a similar feat, and there have been just as many opinions about the best way to do so. The following is mine…

Guy Kawasaki is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, marketer and all around business guru. He recently gave a speech at the 2009 NAIS Annual Conference a conference for teachers that included a great list of lessons he has learned along the way to become truly innovative – in business, in education, in life.

With the new theme, comes a renewed spirit and a laundry list of new improvements to the blog both technically and metaphorically speaking. In an unfortunate series of events I put Kirk Hates Work on the back burner last year shortly after I was hit with the idea to create the site. Other projects, and other areas of my life were begging louder for my attention, and although it may not have been deservingly they received it.

How do you get hundreds of thousands of page views, and priceless media coverage for your brand?

Replace your homepage with a twitter search.

In an interesting move along the social media scene, Skittles, the candy company replaces its homepage with a search for Skittles on twitter.

I set up a Stumple Upon account a few weeks ago, ( If you don’t know what Stumple Upon is, you are missing out on the greatest time sucking application the internet has ever seen. ) as a way to idly pass my free time, with the hopes of dredging up random inspiration for my multiple internet musings.

Everyone has their favorite 5 tips for this and for that… I wouldn’t say these are the holy grail or anything, but they are pretty timely…

5 Tips for Startups and Entrepreneurs Via ReadWriteWeb

But the real nugget is the last line: So the advice of the day? Stop paying $5 for a latte, invest in a basic coffee machine and start innovating.