Two geeks, two nights, and the result is this. Somewhat longer the development of the [first?] online font editor must have taken. Whereas Steve Roberts spent the last twenty five years creating mobile computing devices, and, for those interested in such a life style, enough reading material for a long weekend.
Some people never understand, or accept, that it's not some HTML magic but contents regarded as remarkable by others which leads to linkpopularity. An example I've just discovered is the Meggaflash site, where the "art" is in the writing. Shame that their link page has too much dead wood.
Seth Finkelstein shows in his blog [yet again], how some people seem to have a talent for provoking others into providing links, a behaviour traditionally called trolling. All it needs is a controversial statement and some fanboys, it seems.
Being somewhat interested in photography I found another example of useful and unusual linkbait. I find it strange that professionals fail to produce something similar and have to resort to buying links when it's so much easier - and rewarding - to provide a bit of heart and soul.
The stuff used to be called Short Stories. In book form I never liked short stories, even if written by some of my favourite authors. And then I came across the subject of Flash Fiction, that is, fiction which aim to deliver a "maximum of meaning with a brutal economy of words", so short, that it's just long enough for a few minutes excitement, and - given the right set of skills - easily produced and linked.
http://darrylsloan.wordpress.com/fiction/mind-out-of-time/
For the sophisticated break there's no better delight than the quintessential Englishman's. Still, at yet another end of the spectrum there are people who prefer to indulge in reading and re-reading the very shortest of all.
Phantasy and creativity is all you need to accumulate the right sort of links. If the start page of Jan von Hollebens Site doesn't convince you, have a look at his series Dreams of Flying.
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