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Change

Life happens while your making plans, and I am not exempt from it.  Next year I will be less visible as my venture becomes a business.

The services that are provided will range from helping someone to get started with their first blog to trouble shooting complex esoteric problems for people.

In addition producing services will be offered. This requires being a friend, confidant, psychologist,  trusted advisor, and at times a blunt business person.

Routine work will include testing services, software, hardware, and observing all the unfolding events and developments on the web in real-time.  Growing and contributing in unison with developments in our regions technology sector is another agenda.

In addition work will continue to re invent everything we get our hands on.  New thinking and new ways to do things and solve problems is a high priority.

So what this means is I am not going to be the prolific blogger of the past,  but mostly behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.

Do I have any advise?  Sure but only if someone asks for it.  As far as blogging goes the best advice I can offer is just do it, be open to learning, focus on craftsmanship, and seek the sound wisdom of others who know more than you may know.  Don’t be afraid to work together.

So may 2012 and beyond be kind and generous to you all, and prosperity and peace of mind will come your way.

And remember 250 words and your good to go!

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Is The Season

Presents are going out early this year so in the spirit of instant gratification let’s just rip into the gifts.  Music is your friend, so for music lovers here is my gift to you.  My most famous original composition.

Here is a little something for all texting aficionado’s.   It doesn’t get any better than that. And a little gift of appreciation for my internet service provider.  For all of you entrepreneur’s trying to find meaning in what your doing here is a little something for you.  For everyone else the only gift truly worthy of everyone should suffice.

Have the happiest of holidays everyone and see you in 2012.

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To Be Or Not To Be Hot

It is not uncommon to be confronted, taunted, and poked by big websites and services with a list top 10 most popular and so-called interesting posts every week.

Things that are not popular never get mentioned.   What about the top ten most unpopular and uninteresting posts? Many times you find what you’re looking for when you’re not looking for it, or find it where you least expected it.

It’s like this as described by Claude . .  I think you guys should be able to determine interesting posts not only by counting shares, +1’s and comments and come up with an algorithm that brings to the surface the hidden gems. There’s a lot of people producing interesting, genuine content, but who will never show up in a top or hot list, simply because they don’t have enough followers. Choose amongst the people with less than 500 followers those posts which received most interest would be much more gem revealing!

He’s right being popular gets eyeballs and followers in the fabulous world of web 2.0. The rest of us just toil and labor in obscurity. And what is popular and who defines it?

According to Wikipedia® – A study by the University of Maryland suggests that social media services may be addictive, and social media has overtaken pornography as the #1 activity on the web.

If this is accurate, some of us have grossly misinterpreted what the Internet is really all about, or has become at least.  Ever wonder if we should build a new Internet?