Dave Dobson: Snood's creator on how the game impacted his life—and millions of others
Dave Dobson is the creator of the addictive shareware computer game Snood, which captivated the early Internet. In this episode of LOG OFF, we find out how the game came about and hear how it impacted...
4 Mai 20241h 5min
Ben Gravy: How to make a living on YouTube, surf novelty waves, and keep it positive
Ben Gravy is a semi-pro surfer, a prolific vlogger, a chaser of novelty waves, a purveyor of stoke, and a New Jerseyan whose family once hosted Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie for an episode of The Si...
26 Apr 202448min
Rachel Feltman: Sex historian, award-winning science journalist, podcaster extraordinaire
Rachel Feltman is a blogging pioneer, having founded the Washington Post's "Speaking of Science" blog, home to such headlines as Uranus Might Be Full of Surprises. She was also the Executive Editor at...
12 Apr 20241h
Andy Isaac: Battling cancer online, viral snack reviews, the Faturday revolution, Detroit sports
17 years ago, Andy Isaac started a blog to chronicle his cancer battle. He's still fighting that good fight, and has since broadened his posting portfolio to include viral snack reviews and rabid Detr...
29 Mar 20241h 17min
Eric Ritter: Viral lead tests, risking his life for content, and the Stanley "scam"
Eric Ritter has racked up hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers in a few short months, simply by testing everything for lead. Eric joined LOG OFF to discuss why and how he makes this wildly in...
15 Mar 20241h 54min
Will Leitch: Deadspin's rise and fall, maturing online, and how to become a prolific writer
Will Leitch founded the influential sports blog Deadspin in 2005, but he's far more prolific and eclectic than that. Among many other things, he's a contributing editor to New York Magazine; a Nationa...
8 Mar 202452min
Scott Dikkers: The Onion's founder on creating a comedy empire and how to write funny
Scott Dikkers is the founding editor of The Onion and its longest-serving Editor-in-Chief. His comic strip Jim's Journal was the inspiration for Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He's got bunch of books to his na...
1 Mar 202434min
Amanda Chicago Lewis: Who ruined the Internet, Google vs SEOs, advice for aspiring writers
Amanda Chicago Lewis joins LOG OFF to discuss whether SEOs or Google are ruining the Internet, the history and future of search results, how she became a successful journalist, and her best advice for...
23 Feb 20241h
