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Connecting with my past…

As I sit here, the night before BarCampBirmingham, I surfed over to my old local paper’s website. I’m leaving town after BarCamp to visit my new high school, which was destroyed back it 2007. It’s funny with as connected as we are, I feel as if I’ve been in the town, following the rebuilding, thought…

Laugh

One of the things I look forward to the most every morning is getting up and checking out some of my favorite comedy/parody accounts on Twitter. Funny people such as @shitmydadsays, @jesus_m_christ, and @sexcigarsbooze are just a few of the great accounts to follow. These talented people have turned Twitter into something more. For some,…

A quick word of thanks…

I just wanted to take a minute to thank friends, family, associates, and cohorts. This past month or so has been a very challenging experience. It’s forced me to disconnect and take a step back and re-evaluate the what and why of life, both personally and professionally. While I want to assure everyone that everything…

Learn

Knowledge is a valuable commodity. Don’t believe me? Take a look at some late night TV sometime. The latest fad diet craze, that new exercise phenomenon, or music that makes you smarter, You’ll find tons of people pedaling their ideas, thoughts, and opinions for $29.95 (shipping and handling extra). Willing to go even further? Head…

Share

Most people in this world judge a person by the number of fans and followers they have. It’s a sad fact in life. I even find myself, more often than not, evaluating a person of Twitter’s worth not by the number of followers, but my the ratio of followers to followings a person has. Why…