I am an avid blogger and writer who has been out of an official job for a little while. After being laid off from the newspaper, I decided that I could construct compelling material similar to that of a publication on my own site. I figured why not? I was unemployed, bored, and broke. How could it get any worse?

Picking a topic that I figured not a lot of bloggers covered, I chose to go with IPhone games. Sure many individuals have IPhones, but how many of those people sit around playing games on them ALL DAY? As I mentioned before, I was quite bored. Being single, unemployed, and broke is not a good combination for fun, so in order to have material for my blog I simply played games on my IPhone constantly.

My blog was doing decent, I was averaging about $20 on Google Adsense every day, and things were definitely looking up. Many IPhone distributors and game developers asked if they could link to my site as a reference, which gained me even more traffic. Although $20 a day was enough to buy cigarettes and food, I was still worried about how I would pay for my house, child support, and so on.

As I was making my daily rounds on Craigslist looking for whatever jobs may be out there, I stumbled upon an add for an IPhone game writer/reviewer. I nearly jumped out of my chair when I saw this. They had a job title for the idea that I had come up with to combat boredom? Amazing!

Of course, I had to apply, and as one may expect I got the position. I am now making five digits and couldn't be any happier with my job. Just goes to show that a little incentive and a unique idea can take you far, no matter how silly it may seem at first.

-Jim
Mass.