9rules submission, round 4

The 9rules network is opening up for a new round of submissions, Wednesday morning at 12am EST. Beats me what that is in GMT but you’ve got a time window of 24 hours to submit your kick-ass site so you should be okay.

And really, you should! Don’t think they’ll never accept you because you don’t have hundreds of comments on every post, or because you’re not a rock-star webdesigner. The only thing that counts is passion. Passion for what you do. Do you know what I mean? Than you also know why it’s good to be one of the cool kids: everybody in the network is driven by passion. Interaction with these fellow ‘rulers is great—hence the 9rules forum is a real productivity killer. And you know you love to kill productivity. Oh and yeah, there’s also some serious gains in traffic and readership (note: not the same thing) to be gained, but that’s not really what’s it all about.

So got a website? Heads up then and subscribe as soon as you can.

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Published:: 16.05.06 / 5pm

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The Past Tense is a blog on history, trying to make you remember all the stuff you learned at school. History is more than dates, names and abstract movements; it is not as dull and dusty as most people remember it. The aim is not to develop new insights, but to tell stories that make ordinary people think “hey, I never knew that!”

Arjan van der Gaag is a web developer, student in Information Management and amateur historian living in Tilburg, the Netherlands. Find out more at his personal website.

Napfisk 17.05.06 / 11pm

To tell you the truth, I’ve been tempted. I know I just use a WP template, I’m not really focused on an expert subject, but I am quite taken in by blogging; even though I’ve only been at it for five months or so. I mean, the passion’s definitely there.

I also wonder: why join any club of sorts?

This blog, however, is truly one of my favourites though and it’s really worth being a member of the ‘best out there’.

Arjan 18.05.06 / 12am

@Napfisk: thanks for the kind words! I’m glad to hear people enjoy this site.

If you’re passionate about what you’re doing (and have decent writing skills of course) then that’s enough. It doesn’t necessarily imply you’ve got a focused subject, although that sure helps. I started this site with a crappy theme and submitted it to the network when I had about 5 to 10 posts or so. And there you go, I was let in.

Why join the club? Well, there’s the increased readership of course. That’s nice. If you run ads that may also mean extra cash. But it also means you’re in a community. If you choose to participate you can meet some wonderful people. In a way, it’s just like making friends—and it comes with all the advantages friends have.

The only downside to ‘clubs’ are its restrictions. The only restriction 9rules has is that you keep doing what you do; the rest is voluntarily.

In Holland we have a saying: if you don’t shoot you’ll always miss! So go ahead and give it a shot if you haven’t already.

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