Comments on: Ryan Paugh - CoFounder of Brazen Careerist

By: JunLoayza

JunLoayza — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:17:24 +0000

I’m so happy that this video and Ryan have inspired you to pursue something you’re passionate about. I think that anything can be monetized if you work hard enough and if you’re the best.

Do you have a blog that I can check out? I’m looking forward to continuing our conversation so stay in touch!

By: Pylin

Pylin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:37:22 +0000

I’ve been following Penelope Trunk’s blog for awhile now, but this is the first time I’ve heard from others from BC. I think what he put down for his “passions” is great! It’s one of those things where, if someone were to ask “what are you passionate about?” and you answer that, they’d be like “you can’t make a living out of that”…but Ryan proves that you can! My friend just told me a couple of weeks ago that if I like FB so much and I’m always sharing information, making connections, hooking my connections up, etc., why I don’t I do that for a living? and I dismissed it as something not feasible. However, I am now inspired by Ryan (and just learned about Community Managers) and know that it is possible, so I’m going to definitely look into it. Thanks Jun!

By: Ryan Geist

Ryan Geist — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:42:17 +0000

Great job starting this site! The interviews are totally sweet. Look forward to many more.

By: Jun Loayza

Jun Loayza — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:32:33 +0000

@Ben - Definitely send over those interviews. We’re all very interested in learning about what you’re up to.

I can’t believe I couldn’t go to SXSW!!! Oh well… I’ll make Web 2.0 in SF a super memorable experience.

By: Ben Smithee - @spychresearch

Ben Smithee - @spychresearch — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:40:52 +0000

Jun - great interview, and thanks for the comment as well. I would love to get together with you for an interview! I will be posting several clips from interviews we conducted here at #sxsw so you can see what we were up to!

By: Yu-kai Chou

Yu-kai Chou — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:35:20 +0000

Awesome job Jun! I learned so much from it and am now a fan of Ryan! Keep up the good stuff!

By: Jun Loayza

Jun Loayza — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:11:24 +0000

@Jay - That’s exactly why we started Awesome Bloggers! We want to give people a closer look at the best bloggers in the community.

@Tara - Thanks for the tip. I promise that by episode 4 our sound quality will be perfect.

If you guys have blogs, please link them up to your comments! I’d love to have you guys as guests if you’re Awesome!

- Jun

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:09:34 +0000

Good first vid. You probably already noticed this, but the video quality needs to be better. Have you figured out how to record w/o static?

I’ve done some podcasting myself, and it is essential for you to have absolute quiet on BOTH sides. Also, make sure that both parties have earphones. It’s so important.

Hopefully the next vids have better audio quality. Other than that, fantastic start!

By: Jay P

Jay P — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:01:27 +0000

I think it’s great that you’re starting this site! There are so many bloggers that I only know through text that it is refreshing to be able to see them on video.

I keep up w/ Ryan at BC a lot, so I really like this interview. I’m hoping to set up my blog soon and it’ll be great to be a guest sometime!

Looking forward to Wed’s video

- JP