A Bit About Me

August 13th, 2007 | by Ryan Stewart |

Since taking a big gamble Saturday and flipping John Chow’s 300×250 ad space, this site has seen a traffic increase. I feel like Seinfeld’s Kramer - I just came running into the room when nobody expected it. It’s been fun, if not a little hectic.

I’ve received a few emails from people asking me, “Who in the world are you?”

I don’t typically leave blog comments, I don’t write to try to win contests. Something just told me when the ad came up that I should take the chance. So I did.

Writing is fun for me but so are lots of other things - so writing tends to come and go in spurts. I enjoy building small webapps that earn a bit of play money here and there so I spend a lot of time thinking about how I can use the things I know to make life just a little bit easier for someone else. I’ve written as a guest poster on the popular blogs Pick the Brain and Blogging Tips and have toyed with the idea of starting a more personal blog about lifelong learning at PermaStudent.com - that one is still up in the air.

I have a full-time job in the offline sector and plan to enter medical school next fall (if all goes well) after being out of college for almost 10 years. It is my goal to build enough passive income online over the next year to, at least partially, offset my loss of income when I enter school.

If you have questions, feel free to post them in the comments. Maybe they’ll inspire another post.

Oh yeah, John Chow dot Com is holding another evil blog contest. He’s giving away a 24″ wide screen LCD monitor and a signed copy of the best selling book, The 4-Hour Workweek! Find out how to enter here. The contest is being sponsored by The Million Dollar Wiki. Use coupon code JohnChow to save $10 on a page.

  1. 6 Responses to “A Bit About Me”

  2. By John Wesley on Aug 13, 2007 | Reply

    I was wondering if that was the same Ryan Stewart. Good luck with the flip!

  3. By Adam on Aug 14, 2007 | Reply

    Hey man, I’m a medical student myself and it’s genius what you’re doing with the ad flipping. Medical school is quite expensive and I hope you raise enough capital for it!

  4. By Carl of PseudoPower on Aug 14, 2007 | Reply

    Classic example of going with your gut. :)
    I’m a fan of pick the brain myself. By your post, I can tell you “get it”.

    I have a feeling you’ve just got a huge surge of motivation to create with all these new visitors.

  5. By Jacob on Aug 14, 2007 | Reply

    Hey mate,

    I’m a pre-med student and as you can see from my blog, I am trying to pay for medical school (when I do get there) with the money I earn online. Best of luck with everything!

    -Jacob

  6. By The Old Vic on Aug 25, 2007 | Reply

    Well done on the ad. flipping, it’s gotta beat burger flipping ! Brilliant idea I’m just surprised nobody thought of it before. I guess you’ve started a trend and I predict a sharp rise in advertising costs !

  7. By Ryan Stewart on Aug 25, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks Vic. Actually, I think people do it all the time. I just happened to do it on John Chow’s blog, where the audience is nothing short of rabid :)

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