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| He runs the number one most visited personal development site on the web with a daily reach of millions of monthly pageviews. See http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/stevepavlina.com | |||
| {{pp-protected}}'''Steve Pavlina''' was the founder and CEO of ] as well as a ] at that company. | |||
| The forum alone has more than 10,000 members. Steve Pavlina is the most prolific personal development writer online, with thousands of published articles available on his site. His nearest competitor in the field would Tony Robbins, who only has approximately 10% as much web presence (compare via alexa), yet Tony Robbins has a huge wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/Tony_robbins | |||
| He is the creator of the ] ]. In ] Dweep won the ]<ref></ref> and the ] Shareware Award<ref></ref>. | |||
| Steve Pavlina is also a 10k / hour keynote speaker, was the CEO of deterity software, the president of the Association of Shareware Professionals(ASP) in 2000, etc etc. | |||
| In ] The sequel Dweep Gold won the ] for Best Action/Arcade Game<ref></ref> (beating out ] for the honour). | |||
| Steve Pavlina served as ] of the ](ASP) in 1999<ref name="ASP HoF"></ref>, and ] of the ASP in 2000<ref name="ASP HoF">http://asp-shareware.org/membership/asphof.asp</ref>. The ASP's ]<ref name="ASP HoF">http://asp-shareware.org/membership/asphof.asp</ref> page describes him as having had "a significant, lasting influence on others via his articles and postings". | |||
| To say that a bio page for him is advertising is ridiculously obtuse. Someone generating tens of millions of monthly pageviews doesn't need an advertising page on Misplaced Pages. That kind of traffic puts his site in the league of powerhouse new media companies like boing boing and reddit, but with only one publisher, and if that isn't notable, what exactly is? | |||
| On October 31, 2006 Steve Pavlina closed Dexterity Software and retired from game development in order to focus on a web site and ] dedicated to ], . | |||
| edit - Here is the cached page from google, with notable links to articles from USA Today, the Guardian, etc. | |||
| StevePavlina.com has become one of the most popular blogs dedicated to Personal Development<ref></ref>. | |||
| http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:Ndo526_9PCgJ:en.wikipedia.org/Steve_Pavlina+%22steve+pavlina%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us | |||
| Steve Pavlina's blog entries detailing his experimentation with ] became particularly well known<ref></ref><ref></ref> and his article "How to become an early riser"<ref></ref> was cited in an article on sleep in the ] Newspaper ]<ref></ref>. Pavlina believes that objective reality does not exist, and that there is only one consciousness (the concept of ]). | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ===Other sources=== | |||
| '''As head of Dexterity Software:''' | |||
| * ''Fast, cheap and everywhere'' - MSNBC, July 31, 2003. | |||
| '''As President of the ASP:''' | |||
| * ''SOFTWARE; They Give It Away, Get Plenty Back'' - New York Times, June 13, 2001. | |||
| '''As a blogger and speaker on Personal Development:''' | |||
| * ''Steve Pavlina, creator of the world's most popular personal development website, to join Las Vegas Convention Speakers Bureau'' - Yearbook of Experts (R) News Release Wire, November 15, 2006. | |||
| * ''BLOGGING FOR DOLLARS SOME MAKE ENOUGH MONEY OFF SITES TO QUIT DAY JOB.'' - Daily News (Los Angeles, CA), October 29, 2006. | |||
| * ''Rise and shine'' - The Guardian (UK) February 3, 2007. (refers to his blog article on becoming an early riser). | |||
| '''Other - as an advocate of Polyphasic Sleep:''' | |||
| * ''When sleep is just a dream : Overstimulated Americans struggle to get quality rest'' - USA Today, February 27, 2006. | |||
| * ''Weekend: Mind: THIS COLUMN WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE" - The Guardian (London) - Final Edition, GUARDIAN WEEKEND PAGES; Pg. 70 September 30, 2006.. | |||
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Revision as of 21:10, 30 November 2007
He runs the number one most visited personal development site on the web with a daily reach of millions of monthly pageviews. See http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/stevepavlina.com
The forum alone has more than 10,000 members. Steve Pavlina is the most prolific personal development writer online, with thousands of published articles available on his site. His nearest competitor in the field would Tony Robbins, who only has approximately 10% as much web presence (compare via alexa), yet Tony Robbins has a huge wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/Tony_robbins
Steve Pavlina is also a 10k / hour keynote speaker, was the CEO of deterity software, the president of the Association of Shareware Professionals(ASP) in 2000, etc etc.
To say that a bio page for him is advertising is ridiculously obtuse. Someone generating tens of millions of monthly pageviews doesn't need an advertising page on Misplaced Pages. That kind of traffic puts his site in the league of powerhouse new media companies like boing boing and reddit, but with only one publisher, and if that isn't notable, what exactly is?
edit - Here is the cached page from google, with notable links to articles from USA Today, the Guardian, etc. http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:Ndo526_9PCgJ:en.wikipedia.org/Steve_Pavlina+%22steve+pavlina%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us