Intro: BJ Nemeth is working backwards. Many serious bloggers launch their site, then get their dream gig writing for one of the pubs out there. BJ already worked that “dream” gig, for Card Player magazine, no less, when he launched their live tournament blogging initiative. Now, free from the constraints of publication affiliation, BJ’s got his own blog up, providing his unedited insight and opinions to the poker community for the first time.
WCP: When did you get your poker blog up and running?
BJ: Using Apple’s iWeb software and my existing .Mac account, I put up the beginnings of my website in late April. I started by posting my online portfolio, compiling some of my work (articles and photos) from my time reporting for Card Player magazine. That let me get comfortable with the software for about a week, and start my site with more content than just a few blog posts. (I’m a big believer in the Ted Turner theory that "Content is king.")
The website was ready for primetime when I posted my first blog entry on Sunday, April 30, 2006. I wrote an introduction to my blog, which was basically my mission statement.
WCP: You were with Card Player for awhile right when the poker boom was taking off. How’d you get hooked up with them and what were your responsibilities?
BJ: When the 2004 World Series began, I was unemployed…
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