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Blog Spam Summary: after practicing swimming with various techniques for months, he bought a book titled "Total Immersion" and was saved. Not exactly what the
by giardini 16y ago
Blog Spam
Summary: after practicing swimming with various techniques for months, he bought a book titled "Total Immersion" and was saved. Not exactly what the title states.
Despite claiming that he's tried to learn to swim for years this is the sole blog post on swimming. But the blog _does_ have ads for "endless pool" swimming machines.
The hand-written notes, difficult to read for a non-swimmer, are a perfect lead-in to get a browser to buy the book. He could have typed in those notes, but that they're hand-written may give them more credence. In browsing the notes questions arise: what is a "Russian", how do I do "sensory drills" and how do they differ from "skill drills"? Guess I'll have to buy a book, a DVD or pay for a special course to find out.
This is good blog spam for Total Immersion, which has been around for years. Maybe it will sell some books for them. I wonder how much they paid for it.
As Astro Zombie stated on Metafilter:
"I learned that simply avoiding Tim Ferriss saves you a lot of time."
http://www.metafilter.com/78084/More-than-4-hours-spent-hating-Tim-Ferriss http://www.metafilter.com/78084/More-than-4-hours-spent-hati...
- kiba 16y agoI like to think of Tim Ferris as a person with some brilliant insights who come off as a narcissistic individual and smell like a motivational snake oil saleman.