Reviews

Atomic Mind Bombs by Mark Joyner is very simple, not much writing, but his own cartoons. The cartoons depict superheros, winners, losers, God and Moses and relate certain messages to being successful and failing.

For some reason this blog appeals to me. Having read a lot of blogs, sites, newsletters and such on how to make money online, I think this one is really good when it comes to motivating people to get up and try to get on the train of affiliate programs, business opportunities and whatever ways there are to turn websites into profit.

Mark Joyner also runs this online community. His blog gets a new entry daily. He also has an events calendar for his Simpleology seminars and even though the blog’s intent is clearly to advertise what he does, it still works well. I’ve been re-gaining interest because of it. I’m giving Mark a 3 because the blog doesn’t stand on it’s own. It is however very well done. I hope to see a little more information on it soon.

– Mike Dammann
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What’s a “phosdex”? Unfortunately, I don’t have the answer for you. However, if you read through all of the daily phosdex, you will probably find your answer. After looking through and reading some of the contents of this blog, I decided it will be the first blog that I rate a three. Why you may ask? Because I don’t dislike it, but at the same time, it’s not something that I would visit on my own.

When the blog first loaded (which took longer than most blogs), I was met with an onslaught of advertising. As I looked through the rest of the blog, I realized this was one of the major faults of this blog. No I know it is tempting to throw tons of ads on a blog in an attempt to become an online millionaire, but it’s important to remember the primary function of blogs: content. A blog is a way to provide content to readers, and can be accented with ads (not the other way around).

Once you get past the plethora of ads, you come to realize that this blog has some quality content. For some reason, the larger font actually made it harder for me to read. I know this is probably the opposite of what the author intended, but I guess my eyes have just grow accustomed to size twelve font. Also, some of the formatting choices within the posts were questionable (such as extra big letters with red highlighting).

When the author says that the daily phosdex is “A dyslexically opinionated weblog about nothing in particular, with dyslexic opinions about nearly everything,” he’s not kidding around. From personal stories to rants about Fox News, this blog covers it all. It looks like the author has been on a bit of a summer hiatus (which he addresses), but overall the blog is filled with fairly consistent content.

Since I think it’s a three, my feelings aren’t strong enough to tell you that you need to look at this blog, nor do I dislike it enough to tell you to stay away from it. The best thing you can do is form your opinion about it and then post your thoughts here.

–Tyler Banfield

This blog struck a part of me from the very first post. As many of us trying to make a living online, John left his job in search of something better, and uses his blog as an output for his frustrations.

Many of us did the very same thing. With nothing else to turn to, we suddenly had the urge to change something in our lives. We left work, and set out to start all over again. My career was ended by me after 17 years. Not that I didn’t like the job, but something told me it was time. John Left has done the very same thing. He left his career, and is now blogging about everything in life that gets him wound up.

This blog is a perfect example of “Looks aren’t everything.” The blog is a standard Blogger blog. Nothing fancy about it, but it doesn’t really matter. The writing of this man is nothing less than “Superb!!” John is an obviously a very intelligent individual. He has a style of writing that is hard to look away from, and I just read 12 months of his blog posts word by word, and left wishing there were more.

The blog is about more than just a guy looking for a job. It’s about his outlook on life, and his refusal to give in to oppressive forces of today’s society. He not only writes, but he is also a dedicated reader. Not many of us can claim to be up to date on what is happening in the world around us, but this man can. He is a faithful reader such things as the Chicago Tribune, and Rolling Stone. I am guessing those are just the tip of what he uses to educate himself about the world.

I ask that you visit John’s Left Field. While you are there, don’t miss one of the most insightful prospectives on advertising that you may ever see, or read one of my favorite blog posts of all times. It is one about the remembrance of fallen heroes. I promise you will not be sorry, and there is a good possibility that you may even become an addict.

With no fancy designs, and not much more than just fantastic writing and opinions, I am placing this blog into the Bloggeries Spotlight, as one of the best. I look forward to more.