I, Slacker – The Book

I slurped (publishing speak for downloading blog content into the Blurb BookSmart app) my old I, Slacker blog this weekend. The purpose of the blog was to share my experience of taking time off – the comme il faut of the corporate world. My manager at that time at Yahoo! totally got what I tried to do and supported my venture wholeheartedly. That man will always have a special place in my heart.

The book making process sort of forced me to read through all my old ramblings which is always a sensitive process for a writer. Old stuff could be insanely great or just pure awful. Once I had read through all my blog entries I realized that I’ve met all my targets and came out with a few really invaluable key learnings. I also ended up being much more motivated and passionate.

After my first 3-month hiatus I took another year off to just chill. That was a life changing experience. All the fear of not being able to survive in one of the most ruthless market economies in the world disappeared. And so did the greed. And back came the passion and the energy. And I found a killer gig at an awesome startup in central San Francisco. It was one of those rare win-win-win-win situation. A quadruple victory as they say.

Anywho, by reading through my old blog entries I realized that I have enough good stuff for a book on the subject. It might not be a mass market product, I’m just hoping for a niche market response and the start of a discussion around the devilish rat race. See, I know who the man is now and I’ve learned how to stick it to him. That should be worth a few bucks.

Our First Book

We are almost finished with our first photo book about Buenos Aires. The only thing left is to review the captions and then upload to blurb.com and off to print. We should have the first copy in our hands within the next two weeks. And if you want your own copy you can get it at the Blurb Bookstore.

It’s an amazing feeling really, to have access to professional tools that elevates your performance and makes you feel like a superstar publisher. I feel like an American Idol – writer not singer.

I cannot wait until we release the Blog-to-Book features so I can have my old blogs archieved in book form and give away as Christmas presents. There is something insanely great about tactile stuff that the virtual world cannot replace.

PS. This means that I’ve to start on my non-fiction story about our time off. Well, you could be asked to do worse thing.