Cameron Olthuis

I’ve met a lot of great people up here at WordCamp and the one thing that I’ve come to realize is that anyone can become an expert on anything. I don’t mean that in a bad way like a know-it-all. Information is so abundant right now that if you pick the right niche you can become an expert, start a blog, and actually make money doing so. You don’t need to go to school and get a degree, all you need is a desire and a passion.

So find something you’re passionate about and start blogging.

Assaf from Labnotes makes a great point…

Attention is hard to find. And what TechCrunch gives this week, TechCrunch takes away next week when someone outdoes you with better gradients.

A little hype DOES NOT go a long way. You need to either have a killer product or a solid marketing strategy (preferably both), otherwise when the hype wears off you’re left with nothing.

I’m leaving San Diego early in the morning headed for San Francisco/San Jose. We’re planning on going to the WordCamp Kickoff Party that sounds pretty fun. We’ll be going with Stammy. I believe it’s his last day working for Yahoo! and he’s headed home so come wish him well. If you’re in the area you should come chill and then plan on going to WordCamp the next day of course. It should be fun geeking out over WordPress.

I think I could get use to this quote of the day thing. Today I discovered this on Signals vs. Noise….

“I’ve never been concerned with competitors,” she says. “Execution is everything in life.”

- Lynda Resnick

What do you guys think? You like these posts or not?

My vote for quote of the day goes to Mark Zabrammy…

Granted, while design trends like gradients, large fonts, and high contrast graphics may fade, the idea of simplifying information and accessibility is here to stay.

Source: Three Minds

• Om Malik says that Live is a better brand than MSN. I agree with him. Live is going to be powerful and gooble up the mainstream audience like you wouldn’t believe.

• Logic+Emotion asks if the Agency video was for Agency.com or Subway. It was obviously for Agency.com but that isn’t a bad thing. While the video is cheesy people are still talking and thinking about them.

• Fred Wilson’s VC cliche of the week is don’t count your chickens before they hatch. One of the first leasons I learned in life but man it’s a hard one to follow sometimes.

• USAToday has a feature on Danny Sullivan, the unofficial ambassador of search marketing. Congrats to Danny and all his success.

• Bottlz 2.0. See what happens when a drink company hires a web designer.

• Adrants points us to SuperPitch, a game where you become an ad agency trying to win new business.

Update: Coudal Partners launches their response to the Agency.com video.

I’ll be leaving on Friday for San Jose where next week I’ll be attending and speaking at the Search Engine Strategies conference. This is my first time speaking at this conference and I’m pretty excited about it. I also look forward to meeting many of you that will be there next week. If you’re planning to attend and we haven’t made arrangements to meet get in touch, or just come up and say hi if you see me there.

We also plan on spending a few days cruising the valley to the meet with clients, friends, and anyone else. We’d like to meet up with anyone in the area so drop me a line if you’re interested. We’ll be at Wordcamp as well.

I plan on blogging about my experience while I’m up there.