Welcome To The New JohnChow.com!
written by John Chow
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Well, after over 5 years, I thought it was finally time to update my home page. I’m sure most people were getting sick and tire of my picture splashed across this home page.
For the first time visitor, this site use to be call The Wired World Of John Chow. Now it’s call the John Chow dot Com The Miscellaneous Ramblings of a Dot Com Mogul, because that is what I am - a Dot Com Mogul - and that is what I’ll be doing - rambling.
A little somethinig about me. My name is John Chow (as you no doubt notice from the domain name). I also go by the nick name “Moto”, named after the old video game Moto Racer. I live in Vancouver, Canada pretty much all my life. Before discovering the internet, I was a partner in a local Richmond printing company. After over a decade of running a print shop, I decided it was time for a change, and the internet was where I was going to stake my claim.
On April 1999, I started a little technology site call The TechZone. That site has risen to become one of the largest hardware tech sites on the net. Currently the site has over 10,000 pages and gets over 200,000 page views per day.
Besides taking care of the day to day business at The Tech Zone, I can be seen riding my bike around Vancouver, working out at Fitness World or climbing Grouse Mountain. I am best known for his famous quote “My World! My Rules!” and “Oh well.”
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A worthy update. And remember John…Girls love guys with great parking spots.
Nice work John - love the site…love to partner on theurbanmale.ca…it’s going to be big…coming June 1st, 2007!
It’s now August 22nd, 2007 and a new theme has once again been launched!
I’ve got to take it to you John. This is a nice first post.
Shame your site quality doesn’t match the quantity. Digital Zoom Versus Optical Zoom @ Digital Grabber was ther biggest pile of shite I’ve ever read! Give it up abd go back to printing.
The thing that really saddens me is the fact that people like boulet tend to drift from blog to blog harassing others hard work. It is really sad when you figure in the fact that yeah he probably does have a website and odds are it performs very poorly. Keep up the good work John, Your blog is a killer read!!
who on earth is that? Why his name blanked out?
He’s making money, and your an idiot. Hahahaha! Pwnt!
boulet, I didn’t write that article, but I’ve been in this business long enough to know that you’ll never please everyone no matter how good you are. So if you don’t like it, that’s fine. I judge success by traffic numbers, not how good someone thinks an article is.
If you think you can do better, then by all means, step up to the plate and show me. I’ll even help you.
Well said, John Chow. Keep it up.
just wandering will you make money with your blog if you are living here in the philippines? If so how do you get your money?
Hi.
Well, I have to agree that your “about” page is a tad obnoxious. People do tend to get irritated with others who sound like they feel that they are God’s gift to creation or whatever.
BUT, I do like your content; very helpful, Mr. Chow.
As for the question on how people who make money online get their money, PayPal now has receive capabilites. You can access your money through cash advance on a Visa/Mastercard Credit Card. You may also apply it against your credit balance. You can also withdraw the money through a debit or prepaid card. You can even do the same with any bank account with an ATM that has the Visa/Mastercard logo.
There are also other options, like Western Union, Ikobo, Moneybookers, Xoom, and so many other merchants you can make use of, like G-Cash’s Advise and Pay, Moneygram… So many options, really!
My apologies, Mr. Chow, I really just can’t resist telling the skeptics about how netrepreneurs do business. I bookmarked your site, and will be visiting every now and then. More power to you!!!
This is why Moto is a good guy. Way to go Mr. Moto.
If people utilized this blog for their benefit then they would be able to explode their blog traffic. But you have to be clever like me to know how.
Moe
BlastYourAss.com
Help me! I’m not a jerk. Well, kinda….but a like-able jerk.
First time poster here, not sure if the post will show up properly. Besides John Chose, are there other people on this blog who are also making this kind of money on the internet ?
Don’t you have to be, like a millionare or something, to be a mogul?
Nice blog though, esp. the “Google Whores” post. I hope we’re both on that list one day =)
nice blog
So are you really a UFC fighter? Vids?
“consider yourself blessed youre reading his blog”? em, okey. if you say so.
She missed the part about it being a joke
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Nice blog. Plenty of ‘priceless’ info… Thanks for sharing it;)
Adam - No, it’s a joke.
Fez - No you don’t, but even if you do, I would qualitfy.
Ana - It’s a joke.
Rich - Welcome, and thanks for visiting.
can you build a good price finder for Vancouver and Victoria?
We need one here as its so damn hard to get a deal anywhere.
Love the site, your Top 10 Wordpress plugins blog was great. Lose the ads though.
The World hates advertising, even the text kind.
Michael, I must not be “the world” because I don’t hate advertising. What I don’t like are holier than thou types who claim they hate advertising because the Internet has taken their perfect little world away. I used to be one of those types, techie UNIX admin and holier than thou, until I found design in a Mac world using UNIX and now the world rocks.
I personally don’t care about anything else, if you made lots of money, who did you help today? What have you done to give back to those who didn’t have access to the same resources you had.
You seem nice enough, but “…it is easier to pass a camel thru the eye of a needle than a rich man gain the gates of heaven…”. Help someone today, make a foundation that provides education for those who would never have the chance for a formal education. Provide guidance to those who need a guide. There are better things to do than update your blog.
I never usually comment on blogs or reply to people who generally don’t have anything good to say, but since we live in a supposedly free speech world - I thought I’ll give it my *more than 2 cents* … particularly since I know I’m not the only one who thought this way.
I’m trying to see the REAL intention of this person’s comment, and though it seems that his intention is to promote charity… one would also think that such a person who goes promoting charity/help/etc. should know that he should not go and solicit people to do it insensitively, nor imply that a person is a certain way or that he can do something better with his time. You’re pretty much saying you’re either better than, or he’s less than (which makes me wonder what it says about you).
Yes, a majority of people are unaware or don’t care and sure we can lead them to a certain direction by providing links, emailing them personally etc etc - RATHER THAN - as you have resorted, publicly commenting on John’s choice of activities and how he wants to spend his time with a touch of subtle disrespect.
Now in saying all of this, someone may blast me and say I don’t know what I’m talking about - but I can only say that actually I don’t know John or even really know his site enough to make any observations about him being “nice enough” as you say. But that the only thing that I observe and wish for anyone in general especially in this “free speech I have to share with you how I feel world” (haha and yes, thats EXACTLY what I’m doing)… is that I would just wish for people to put more effort in their thoughts and basically think before they say anything - is this necessary, is this judgemental, how is this beneficial? is this constructive etc etc.
So yes “Momo”, I’m trying to see your real intention, but since its clouded with your blunt opinion delivered quite insensitively, its really hard to see that.
But hey… you’re probably thinking (or not b/c I doubt s/he will see this again), that “what you think of me is none of my business”. And good for John, that seems to me exactly what he thinks
(though correct me if I’m wrong).
K
She missed the point of your entire blog, ahem, make money online - I don’t care John Chow - I think your site rawks! I love how people just comment without having any basis in fact.
Hey Mr Anonymous, who did YOU help today? where are the links to YOUR charities and works of good deeds? And how do you know who John Chow helps - do you live with him? He is a blogger, not Jesus. There are better things to do than sitting anonymously on a computer spouting pointless Bible quotes. - Thou shalt not envy. There’s some guidance.
John,
Congrats on your success with your Tech Website. I just found out about you on Wickedfire. I also live in vancouver. So it is great to see a somebody living in your area making it big.
Wow, i’ve been reading your blog and didn’t even realize your from Vancouver.
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John, great site! I’ve only been reading it for a few days, and I’ve already learned a lot. Thanks for sharing! I’m a little blown away by the negative comments, though. Momo needs to get a life! As for providing guidance, you’re doing it! I’m a blogging newbie. I’m writing a book and plan to use blogging as part of my marketing. Your site has helped me a great deal in understanding what blogging is about. You, your site, The Tech Zone, etc. is also of great inspiration to me. God Bless!
hi
Deepak - Hi. Thanks for visiting. Please come again, and tell your friends!
lee - Thank you for the comments.
John,
I haven’t read through your site yet as I’m in the midst of exams. However, on a first glance I am very happy to see a fellow canadian doing well for himself.
I’m in T.O. btw.
Back to studying, i’ll be back in the new year
I have just been fired, Dec 11 and I am going through a rough time because I found my dream company, earning money that I thought I would ever earn here in Canada and had planned to pay my depbt and put a may be biy a small condo.
I am heavily in debt and low on moral. I have strugled over the past 13 years, contant lookimg for jobs. Moving from company to company after contracts and sometimes in search of better salary.
I have skills, and I think I am good at what I do. But the turmoil within is too much to burden.
I need help with my debt and just finding a career path. I am tired to the very core of my being.
John, can you help?
Now the million dollar question is, will you help poor elizabeth above escape her predicament ?
She needs you john, she’s tired to the very core of her bieng, and you seem like a good man.
Thanks
I will help. I have been helping as soon as I left University. I can’t recall not sending part of my pay check to needy relatives — this is a burden that some immigrants carry through out their life span.
John Chow! or ‘Moto’! All I want to do is congratulate you on getting a ton of referrals for Agloco.com! Wow, you must have lot of traffic or you spent a lot on referral sign-ups! Hehehe. ZGood job!
Stu- http://www.webtrafficoverdrive.com
first time to your site..and to the negative comments above—dont you have better things to do? this is a great site, and I believe you are jealous of his great success, and at times cannot comprehend his level of sarcasm! Great site JOHN! and i will be back often!
wow.. great site u hav here John! I enjoy reading some of ur blogs
keke.. I also know a fren called John Chow but he is from Malaysia.. keep up the great job!
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Nice site actually. Gone to my favourites. Thanks for creation.
WOW - was John Chow actually responsible for creation??
Jay, He is indeed a Great Man. LOL! Y’all on this site are funny!
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Hey John,
This is my second post…I just noticed your Bio mentioned Richmond. Is that Richmond, VA possibly? Just curious as we are located in Richmond, VA.
-Evan
http://www.smashhitdisplays.com
Evan - I’m in Richmond, BC Canada. It’s a suburb of Vancouver.
Did your WP really get hacked? I read it somewhere….
I believe that hacker’s own blog got taken down by wordpress before he had a chance to get to johnchow.com
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