PinnedHi, I’m Burk.→ Become a Medium Friend* → Be Part Of My Writing Family → Watch YouTube → Get Free iOS Icons → Learn More About Me Three Must-Reads I Lost My Daughter and Nothing Will Ever Be the Same A Love Letter to My Wife. She Won’t Read This Growing Up…Biography2 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·2 days agoWhy I Won’t Replace My MacBook With an iPad Pro (Although I Really Want to)I never hear people talking about this missing feature — I’ve been an iPad fan and user since the iPad 2 was released in 2011. And since that day over a decade ago, I had hoped and wished that the iPad would become a viable and complete laptop replacement. With the iPad Pro and its amazing performance, this day came…Apple2 min read
Published in The Shortform·3 days agoMake Use Of This Simily Feature Before It’s Too LateNow is the right time to join Simily because there’s one feature that won’t be here for long. Simily pays for external views… for now! As we’re all too aware, Medium doesn’t pay for external views. Vocal Media, for example, does at a rate of $3.80 per 1000 views. In…Medium2 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·4 days ago5 Quick Minimal Interior Design TipsFor a cozy, comfy, airy, and tidy home — I’ve been practicing minimalism for 3 years now. At least, I try because as a father of 5 with a house, it’s basically impossible to go all-in. I do my best though. …Minimalism4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·5 days agoHow to Make Money On Simily (a Quick Hack)With a little help from Medium — Simily is the hottest Medium alternative on the market right now. Fleets of Medium writers are trying this fairly new writing platform as we speak. How can you and me, we all, make the best of Simily in 2022? Let’s explore! The basis With a little help from Medium, you already have…Medium4 min read
Published in Writers’ Blokke·5 days agoI’ll Just Say It: Medium Should Get Rid Of PublicationsOkay, so before you start throwing the stones… hear me out. — I like publications. No, really I do. I publish 90% of my stuff in publications. The majority of my success in the first couple of months on this platform was due to the publications I had the privilege to publish with. …Writing4 min read
Published in The Shortform·Jan 15Is Simily the Next Medium? It’s Close!Can you become the Tim Denning of Simily? He did start at zero on Medium. It might be time to start at zero on Simily.Simily2 min read
Published in Better Marketing·Jan 14Earnings On Medium, YouTube, Spotify, Google Adsense, and More ComparedLet’s take a look at potential earnings on these platforms — Thinking about side-hustling your way to financial freedom? Have too many options? I’ve been there. As a new content creator, the online world is an endless paradise of possibilities to make a living with your content. That is good because really the possibilities are endless. It’s a bad thing because…Medium5 min read
Published in Writers’ Blokke·Jan 145 Reasons to Try Simily, and 5 Reasons It Might Not Be For YouWill Simily be the next Medium and YOU Simily’s Tim Denning? — Since I wrote a post about 5 Medium alternatives and their upsides and downsides in which I mentioned Simily, I’ve seen and read a number of follow-up posts about this new site, for example by Kristina God, Linda Kowalchek, Christina M. …Medium5 min read
Published in Writers’ Blokke·Jan 13The Best Alternatives For UnsplashMore variety and different styles, plus a couple of sites I wouldn’t use — Tired of the same ol’ featured images in thousands of posts here. There’s nothing wrong with using Unsplash. It’s a great site for copyright-free images. But it has been heavily overused on this platform. For all of you who like a fresh new look, these are my favorite Unsplash alternatives…Writing4 min read
