Congratulations arn!!

[matt]

Congrats on being in the New York Times!

Article Link (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/technology/21blogger.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin)

[arn]

thanks :)

arn

[Le Chuck]

Great article!

4.4 million people and 40 million page views a month... :eek:

[Breadfan]

Also, good job on MacBreak Weekly last week!
Have you considered doing a Touch Arcade Podcast?

[ccspark120]

good for you!:D

[pablo19]

OMG ARN IS ASIAN!!!! :D lol sorry, that is not what I thought he looked like

[The Game Reaper]

I love that show! But arn was on ages ago... not last week!

[Kamazar]

Mac Rumors?! I've heard of that site before, Arn, Mac Rumors, OMG!

And of course, he's one of the most popular tech bloggers on the web, he must be asian, lol :p

Oh yeah, felicitaciones!!!

[Tennisking1o1]

Wow..Sites selling for around $25 million...

I always like macrumors, but I never knew it was that popular! Congrats on quitting your medical profession and I wish you the best with your 6-digit salary with blogging!

Who knows, maybe you could sell macrumors for a few mil and take care of toucharcade full time ;)

[Burton]

Good job on replying to the thread 8 months later... LOL

[yourofl10]

gratz arn!!

I never knew that info about u...
I like to know information about people I look up to...

I thought u where just a typical 20 someyear old white American LOL...
That Has lots of time on there hands....

Anyways Gratz!

[coconutbowling]

I know, this is great stuff. Keep up the good work arn.

[pablo19]

gratz arn!!

I never knew that info about u...
I like to know information about people I look up to...

I thought u where just a typical 20 someyear old white American LOL...
That Has lots of time on there hands....

Anyways Gratz!

So you look up to 20 year old white americans with los or time on their hands?:confused:

[le'deuche123]

Arn I must admit....I thought you were purple, or polka dotted. Boy was I wrong.

[pablo19]

arn i must admit....i thought you were purple, or polka dotted. Boy was i wrong.

lol!

[yourofl10]

So you look up to 20 year old white americans with los or time on their hands?:confused:

Noo....

I mean like people like developers I like to know more about them...
And people that have very well made review sites..,

I don't look up to people like what u said,THATS how I imagened him...
Dang your garsh man just take a chill pill..

[pablo19]

Noo....

I mean like people like developers I like to know more about them...
And people that have very well made review sites..,

I don't look up to people like what u said,THATS how I imagened him...
Dang your garsh man just take a chill pill..

Lol! :D



....FAIL

[Christopher]

Great article! I am a Windows user and never kept up with Mac Rumors so this is news to me. Congratulations on your success, arn! Or shall I say, Dr. arn?

[anduril_ukr]

i knew arn was asian, but didn't know he was behind mac rumors. congrats on the article (8 months late).

[brewstermax]

OMG ARN IS ASIAN!!!! :D lol sorry, that is not what I thought he looked like

Wow. Really? I think that it's a horrible long term life choice. 2-year old daughter or not, there is no way that you can make a living off of blogging, long term. A doctor would be far safer, but whatever.

Mac Rumors?! I've heard of that site before, Arn, Mac Rumors, OMG!

And of course, he's one of the most popular tech bloggers on the web, he must be asian, lol :p

Oh yeah, felicitaciones!!!

I call racism.

Wow..Sites selling for around $25 million...

I always like macrumors, but I never knew it was that popular! Congrats on quitting your medical profession and I wish you the best with your 6-digit salary with blogging!

Who knows, maybe you could sell macrumors for a few mil and take care of toucharcade full time ;)

Lol. Well, Macrumors is 100x more valuable than TouchArcade.

So you look up to 20 year old white americans with los or time on their hands?:confused:

No, I look up to 15 year old Spaniards. :| People online often times cannot be categorized into one race or another. People of any race can be successful, and speak intelligently. If our new president doesn't prove that, then nothing does. I knew that arn was of Asian descent, I haven't a clue where in Asia though. I'll throw out a few guesses. Korea? Taiwan? Japan? I don't have a clue of the racial background of the majority of people on TA.

[hazmat95]

6 FIGURES!!!!!! wow.

btw i knew he was behind mac rumours, but i didnt know taht it was soooooo large...
i thought TA was larger :p

[supg328911]

holy cow arn mad mac rumors......gosh i didnt know that....well congrats doctor..:D

[Fazzy]

Yay arn... I made you a wikipedia article. And I didn't know how old you were, so I said 207 (Am i close?)

[ibelongintheforums]

heres an thing to edit

"not only has arnold kim demonstated that asians run succsesful websites but also that they could be extremely good looking"

;)

[GatorDeb]

You're a doctor and you're responsible for MacRumors?! :eek:

[arn]

Wow. Really? I think that it's a horrible long term life choice. 2-year old daughter or not, there is no way that you can make a living off of blogging, long term. A doctor would be far safer, but whatever.


Hah... thanks for the support brewstermax.

Fortunately, you are mistaken. :)

arn

[Burton]

Wow. Really? I think that it's a horrible long term life choice. 2-year old daughter or not, there is no way that you can make a living off of blogging, long term. A doctor would be far safer, but whatever.

Heh, successful bloggers make a lot more then you'd expect..

[pablo19]

heres an thing to edit

"not only has arnold kim demonstated that asians run succsesful websites but also that they could be extremely good looking"

;)

ass-kisser?? sorry and I;m with brewster but arn probably gets more freetime from blogging than being a doctor.

[Tennisking1o1]

Wow. Really? I think that it's a horrible long term life choice. 2-year old daughter or not, there is no way that you can make a living off of blogging, long term. A doctor would be far safer, but whatever.

If you read the article you could see that he is successfully raking in a 6-Figure salary with blogging, and as his sites expand they can only appreciate in value. I'm not trying to argue or start a fight, but if he is happy with his choice and feels confident in it (which I'm sure he does) then who are you to say he made a bad life choice?

[pante]

arn.
all the best!

pante,
from poland! :)

[taran420]

if i can correctly guess, i think he's behind appshopper as well, i might be wrong

[dashzed]

you live in Richmond? cool I'm in Charlottesville.

congrats you ur success man, I love this site, it just needs a mobile version.

[MuN]

He is one of the very rare people I've seen in life who can manage all this very professionally without decreasing the quality, yet be so humble about it. He has awesome manners, deals with every criticism in a professional attitude without getting into any argument. That's really rare to see. He deserves all the attention and respect he gets. I'd love to meet him in person one day.

For the long term life choice - I think life is much more than a 6 figure salary. I hope he makes millions, but if he doesn't it really doesn't matter. Doing what you like, deciding on where you can divert your talent, where you can improve yourself, where you can be the most productive etc are much more valuable than money. My husband and I quit our 6-figure jobs 5 months ago - our current income is nowhere near what we used to make, but we couldn't be happier.

[brewstermax]

Hah... thanks for the support brewstermax.

Fortunately, you are mistaken. :)

arn

Unfortunately, I'm afraid that I'm not. Think about it. If Steve Jobs never comes back, every single one of your websites are out of business. But, besides that, I'm not sure how much you make, but it isn't 6 figures, and perhaps you do enjoy this more, but you went to medical school for a long time to just throw it away. I don't understand it.

I was trying to be semi-supportive. I just couldn't bring myself to endorse such a bad decision.

[CandyNJ66]

You're a doctor and you're responsible for MacRumors?! :eek:

Holy cow...I did not know this!

[Kamazar]

Holy cow...I did not know this!

Kinda like Matt Damon. He had 6 months of med school to go and quit to go into acting :p

[arn]

Unfortunately, I'm afraid that I'm not. Think about it. If Steve Jobs never comes back, every single one of your websites are out of business. But, besides that, I'm not sure how much you make, but it isn't 6 figures, and perhaps you do enjoy this more, but you went to medical school for a long time to just throw it away. I don't understand it. I was trying to be semi-supportive. I just couldn't bring myself to endorse such a bad decision.

What if "blogging" brought in 1 million a year? 5 million a year? 10 million a year? Is it a bad decision still? Obviously, the equation changes depending on that variable, which you admit that you don't know.

If you had read the article, you would have seen that blogging income exceeded my physician income and was 6 figures when the NY times article was written.

There were many factors in my decision to quit medicine. Spending more time with the family and doing what I enjoy were the main reasons. What I think that some people don't realize is that there comes a time when staying with the more "stable" job is a bigger financial risk than quiting it. The iShoot developer quit his programming day job (let's assume he made 70k) after making $800,000 in a few weeks. For him, staying at the $70k 40hr/week job risked the future of that $800,000 revenue stream, while quitting it only risked his $70k/year day-job and opened the possibility of far more.

arn

[GatorDeb]

if i can correctly guess, i think he's behind appshopper as well, i might be wrong
Say it ain't so! :eek: You are becoming a legend, arn! :D

[brewstermax]

What if "blogging" brought in 1 million a year? 5 million a year? 10 million a year? Is it a bad decision still? Obviously, the equation changes depending on that variable, which you admit that you don't know.

If you had read the article, you would have seen that blogging income exceeded my physician income and was 6 figures when the NY times article was written.

There were many factors in my decision to quit medicine. Spending more time with the family and doing what I enjoy were the main reasons. What I think that some people don't realize is that there comes a time when staying with the more "stable" job is a bigger financial risk than quiting it. The iShoot developer quit his programming day job (let's assume he made 70k) after making $800,000 in a few weeks. For him, staying at the $70k 40hr/week job risked the future of that $800,000 revenue stream, while quitting it only risked his $70k/year day-job and opened the possibility of far more.

arn

But, the internet is a huge variable to be depending on. While I don't discredit it as many have, it is still not the best/most stable way to get income. At least the internet is recession proof. Apple products seem to be. :cool:

I did read the article. Most of it. I'm shocked that it could bring in that much, but either way, it is. It is encouraging, to do that, but just as Ethan Nicholas quit his job, which I also thought was a bad decision, the income and iPhone platform aren't very stable, nor long term. I'm just saying that you aren't guaranteed to keep making that money year after year. Things change with the internet, it has over and over.

For Ethan, the question isn't that you have a job or you develop, it was being opportunistic. He quit to continue developing, which may bring in money until either a.) Someone makes something that is more powerful, does more, looks better, and has a better distro platform. or b.) PRESS RELEASE Steve Jobs dies suddenly. Apple left in disorder. That would kill both TA and MR. Hate for it to happen. But Apple is nothing without Steve Jobs. And while neither of these are likely, you must consider the possibility. He could have enough saved to last. Your decision wasn't one of money, but time and happiness. Perhaps there is no difference, and I'm just being too perspective, but I wouldn't trust something as unstable as the internet to depend my life on.

[taran420]

^^^^ apple isn't going to fold even if jobs isn't around

[arn]

It is encouraging, to do that, but just as Ethan Nicholas quit his job, which I also thought was a bad decision, the income and iPhone platform aren't very stable, nor long term. I'm just saying that you aren't guaranteed to keep making that money year after year. Things change with the internet, it has over and over.

I'm not blind to the fact that these sites are too dependent on Apple. Though, I disagree that Steve Jobs' death would kill Apple instantly. Don't worry about me, though, I've got plans... ;)

As for your thoughts about Ethan's decision. I can't tell if you are too far from these situations to see the logic or if you are really just ultra-fiscally-conservative. What kind of work do you do now? Do you have any hobbies? I hope you realize you would have also told Bill Gates that quitting Harvard to spend time on Microsoft was a bad decision. As was Wozniak's decision to quit HP to start Apple.

arn

[ibelongintheforums]

just throwing my idea on this thing.........

ever heard the saying no guts no glory? you cannot have success in life unless you take risks. what if washington didnt cross the delaware? or truman use the atomic bomb? or steve jobs, bill gates, sergio brin, and all the other guys dropping out of college? if they didnt take risks, we might still be under britans control, fighting a war with japan, and not have microsoft, apple, and google. african americans would have no rights and woman wouldnt be respected. sometimes, you have to take a risk. am i saying to go jump off a building just because its a risk? or quit your job before you make a game? no, but if your hobby that you enjoy is making more then your actual job then that is a risk that you may want to take.

[WellSpentYouth]

If our new president doesn't prove that, then nothing does.

Our new president DOES prove that some people can be smart, but not necessarily in a good way...

[nattylux]

1. One thing that people don't seem to realize is that "job stability" is mostly an illusion. Talk to the people who have been at Fannie Mae for 20 years about job stability. A lot of them have seen their savings wiped out, and many have no marketable skills they can bring to another another job. Now what?

Unless you have a very special contract, having a paycheck come in every month does not guarantee that it will come in next month.

2. Being a successful businessman, which arn certainly is, requires adaptability and quick thinking. Sure, all of his ventures are currently tied to Apple's success. While I don't think Apple is going to sink anytime soon, a good businessman always has many ideas in the pipeline and doesn't hitch his wagon to just one star.

3. Financial reality: the upside potential of running a business is much higher than 99.9% of salaried jobs. Meaning that while you don't get a steady paycheck, if you get a few really good paychecks, you don't need them to be steady. IE, if you have $5M in the bank, you pretty much don't need to make another cent in your lifetime to survive.

[nickels]

if i can correctly guess, i think he's behind appshopper as well, i might be wrong

Whois.net my friend...

WHOIS information for appshopper.com :
=-=-=-=
Domain name: appshopper.com

Registrant Contact:
Normalkid LLC
Arnold Kim

Ding Ding Ding we have a winner.