Miscellaneous Ramblings - 8/31/2007
written by John Chow
Guess My August 2007 Blog Income
I am sure everyone is wondering how much the blog made in August. With the release of the new money making theme, everyone is expecting me to set a new blog income record. However, you have to keep in mind that all those banners ad sales are for September, not August. I may have been paid for those banner spots but they won’t be included in the August recap.
With the above in mind, why don’t you go ahead and take a guess at what August blog income will come in at.
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Two Hours of Blogging In Two Minutes
Matt Jones of Blogging Fingers recorded himself doing two hours of blogging and using the Net for blog related purposes. He then 60X the video speed to make it fit into two minutes. Did he visit your blog?
Two 24″ or One 30″ LCD?
I’m going to be upgrading my display setup next month. I’m trying to decide between running two 24 inch or one big 30 inch LCD. Before you go recommend I get two 30 inch, I would if my desk was big enough. What would you do given the choice? A 30″ LCD would give me a 2560×1600 resolution. Two 24″ would give me 3840×1200. One thing for sure, you won’t hear me complaining about having to scroll down to see the first post on this blog. 
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Two monitors are always better than one. 30″ is just overkill.
My 2 cents
Agreed - 24” will do well!
My guess for the August income is $14,349
Two monitors is better, but that doesn’t mean he can’t have a 30″ too. If it were me, I would go 1×30″ + 1×20″ in portrait mode. This solution would allow John to re-use one of his existing monitors. The ideal matching monitor in portrait mode however is a 20″ non widescreen with a resolution of 1600×1200 that way it’ll match the 30″ (2560×1600 + 1200×1600)
The amount of space that would take up on a desktop wouldn’t be much more (if any) than if you were to have 2×24″ monitors.
That’s not a bad idea!
That is a good idea. I vote for Kenny’s idea!
It provides the most possible desktop space, over 6 megapixels!
Get a bigger desk!
Maybe the room where the computer is kept is limited on desk space too, lol.
Personally I would go with the 30″ one way or another whether you decide to keep one 20″ as a second or not because as you’ve said before, you always upgrade, never downgrade. Going up to 30″ guarantee that you probably won’t downgrade that monitor. If you happen to have space later on, two 30″ would be badass.
Buying a new house would solve the not enough room for a bigger desk problem.
Just get it wall mounted which removes the size of the desk from the equation!
I would go with 2 24″ monitor too…I think it is more systematic this way
I’m guessing $10,000 (Because it was a slow month I think….)
- Ramyond (MONEY BLUE BOOK)
Me too!
I’ll guess with $11,111
Choose 2 monitors. It’s more stylish and impressive than 1!
Depends on what you’re using them for. If you were primarily gaming, I’d say the one 30″ would be nice (assuming you have a couple of beefy video cards in SLI to power it).
On the other hand, your unique field of work requires lots of open windows, and I shudder to think of how many IMs you get over the course of the day, so I’d say the two 24s would be best.
I think 1650 x whatever res would look crap on a 30″
I thought leaving a comment here in the vid would help persuade you
Now that is comment targeting 
Very evil!
Buy 2 Apple Cinema Displays!
I’d guess $11,112
I’d go with two monitors, but I use Visual Studio, and like to have code on one screen and tool windows on another. If I was just surfing the web and reading email (or something better suited to one screen) I’d go with the bigger one
But as has been said, 30″ is rather overkill!
$12,029.40
It’s a cool video, saw it on his blog. Interesting to see the processes people go through with blogging. I’m a lot more “post and be done with it”!
That is probably a much more efficient strategy!
I’d go for the 30” - big is always better!
Hmmm, $9999
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$11,108
30″
I think your income is over 15.000$ for this month. I”m pretty sure
$12,500
And definitely use 2 monitors, more real estate and it is handy if you pop a DVD in and watch it on one while blogging on the other.
I agree, you can open up your email program on one and browse with the other so you never have to switch tasks, it’s all there for you. (I have 3 LCDs now…with the iMAC 24″ and 2 PCs hooked up to 3 PCs! with those virtual terminal things that let you switch between the PCs. Yes, I am wired too and I need it for hacking serious…)
here’s a video of it kind of, just watch the beggining and it will show you my screens:
http://zedomax.com/blog/2007/08/27/free-green-laser/
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I’d guess that John’s income will be around the $14,000 - $16,000 this month. Do I get more free advertising if I’m right John?
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A very nice introduction - I hope you got some replies and some traffic. I wouldn’t hold out for any free advertising though!
If I have two 24’s, you BETTER have two 30’s! But at the same time, if Al Gore has three Apple Cinema Displays, you better have a fourth!
Well I’m assuming we are guessing on revenue and not net income because it’s hard to say what your expenses were this month with the redesign.
I’ll guess 14,525
9750
I always prefer a 2 monitor setup because then I don’t have to worry about resizing windows to fit within the one monitor, I can just maximize windows on both sides.
That being said, if you upgrade to one 30″ are you going to be giving the others away in another contest?
Reading this makes me feel suddenly inadequate with my one screen!
US$13,234,45! Congrats!
Id guess 8963 dollars for august and definently go with 2 monitors, I dont have two monitors exactly but I use my laptop and desktop at once and it really makes things easier to have a giant monitor for general things and a smaller screen for more focused work.
I loved your Ebook John. I am recommending it to everyone!
I just don’t get how come you still have your Agloco banner. You have 20,000+ reps!!! and no news of income.
I guess $11,000
He had a good review me month. It would be bad if did not cross his preview 12k earnings. I am sure if must be around $13500 for Aug month.
Johns Aug income must be 13,000 $$$$$
lol i dont even earn $10 a month lol
around 13,000 $$
In that case I would prefer 2x 24″
Or get a bigger desk and buy 2x 30″
My guess is $13,488.
Your problems are nice to have. My 19 inch monitor keeps getting jealous when I look for bigger monitors on-line.
My guess is 13,684.20
Next month will be huge, september is pretty much the start of the advertising season and it ramps up to the holidays, slows down a bit than picks up again, than right before summer it goes crazy again and than summer itself is pretty slow!
-Samer
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My Guess:
$14429.57
My guess is $14,321.18 plus or minus $5.00
$15,321
My intuition is never wrong!
wow, I just realized my intuition just took the guy above me and added 1,000.
What about the 18 cents!?!
My guess is $ 13,333
like 3″s this month
Get a bigger desk and two 30″ displays John - you really won’t regret it. I’m using a 30″ Apple Cinema Display here, and have the temptation to pick up another at some point in the future.
Either get one 30, or two 30’s and a bigger desk.