Joel's Mutterings

Support your blogging Anesthesiologist

I have mentioned several time in several places that I am a fan of Joe Stirt, Dr Stirt to some, who publishes the Book of Joe Blog.

Joe describes himself as the ‘World’s most popular blogging anesthesiologist’.

I would say he has one of the best well rounded blogs around and honestly I read a lot of blogs in an endeavor to come up with a weekly topic for my ExecTec Networking group.

Just coming up with the topics I do is hard enough, Joe must publish 8 posts a day and must consume quite a bit of contect on his own in order to come up with what he does.

With a mix of product, medical info, commentary on major publication such as the Wall Street Jounrnal, NY Times and so many other sources Joe provides something I really enjoy reading an which saves me the time following all of those publications.

So when I got an email from him today pointing out (I had not yet seen this post) that he had made the blog available via the Kindle for just $.06 per day (a stagering $.02 cents per day which he will get to keep) I thought what better way of showing my appreciation then by subscribing.

Now you can enjoy the blog for free at www.bookofjoe.com but as one of the few (but now growing) followers of Joe on Twitter I will willing throw my micro payment down in support of Joe.

So before you run off and call me nuts for paying for that which I could just as easily get for free, the question is what are you willing to support despite perhaps not really having to?

Yes you can listen to all the free music you want via pandora but are you supporting them and or the artist they play by buying something once in a while?

Where is the line between enjoying something that is free and supporting a great product? Are you willing to put your micropayment where your mouth is and support those tools and things that you really enjoy and utlize?

If so what is the trigger that converts free to supported in your mind?

For my part I hope Joe keeps doing what he does and if nothing else gets the message that there are people out there that are willing to do slightly more then just say thanks and occasional throw out a suggestion.

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