Articles by Dan Hoffman

personal 04.30.12 The Identity Crisis of Personal Blogging

Publishing the intimate details of his life on Thought Catalog gave Dan Hoffman a voice and an audience. And then he dealt with the consequences.

personal 05.04.11 SnakEOil

Dan Hoffman takes a job as a “search engine evaluator”—a Sisyphean nightmare for $13 an hour.

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