Meet Hugh MacLeod. He is well known in the digital world with 36,000 followers on Twitter. I wanted you to meet him because much of what he says applies to people of all ages. Hugh is a cartoonist, a blogger and author. Most of all he is a realist. He talks about things most of us are afraid to surface or even seriously think about.  His company, gapingvoid, is a weblog where his illustrations spread messages, inspire people, help businesses kick butt and support causes. He was blogging long before anyone actually knew what a blog was.The reason why Hugh is often referred to as a digital guru is because he used the Internet to achieve creative freedom. 

Hugh often says that the Internet allowed him to get out of the corporate world which was more about internal politics and less about true creative ideas. For years he was stiffled, sufficated, stressed by the suits. Then he met up with Jason Korman, an entrepreneur who can spot trends before they actually happen. Both men became fearless pioneers on the Internet with a new concept called gapingvoid, a multi-level platform that encourages others to find their voice and learn ways to express it. Hugh has written three books about lifestyle and business topics. His latest one is a love letter to blogging.

As an artist, he wants his work seen and heard. He doesn’t want gatekeepers to stand in his way of reaching out to the community he adores. “If  blogs exis­ted back when I was a kid,” he writes, “a lot of my crea­tive peers wouldn’t have given up their dreams in order to go do some bill-paying govern­ment job. And what’s true for artists is also true for ANYONE who gives a damn about their work. Too many voi­ces, lost unnecessarily.”