Back in the days when no one had heard of Twitter, the dawn of civilization as we know it, quite a few bloggers actually published tweet-length posts. I guess people with Tumblr accounts still do, but let’s not get technical. So here’s my thought of the day, in 150 words or less:
Month: April 2010
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What Do You Do When God’s Answer is Delayed?
As most of you know, we’ve had a vision for the next phase for a while now. It involves a bigger house on some land, and becoming a community hub where families come together to eat, swap recipes and health tips, and like-minded people call on the name of the Lord in worship and prayer.
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Art That Inspires A Sense of Mystery
My favorite artist from Main Street Arts Festival was Marina Terauds. I would decorate my house with her art. Especially the image above and the little girl surrounded by birds below. Fascinating. Feel free to purchase and donate to me.
Whereas my last post covered fascinatingly twisted, Marina’s work is haunting in a dark and wistful way. There’s a sense of brooding in the trees.
If you glance through all her works on her website, you’ll get a distinctly pagan impression, whereas the three I’ve featured in this post are, in my opinion, the cream of the crop (and coincidentally the least pagan).
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A Stranger Flavor
One of the most captivating artists at the Main Street Arts Festival in Fort Worth this year was Beth Bojarski, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“I know I have a fascination with missing limbs. I don’t know where to get help for that.”
That’s exactly the kind of thing you’d expect this artist to say just from seeing her work. I know it’s reminiscent of Korn’s albums and what not, but it struck me as unusual and worth noting.
And maybe I’ll pray for her as I look over each piece.
Beth Bojarksi
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The “Turn the Wifi Off at Night” Challenge
Okay, for all of you who insist that there’s nothing to the claims that wifi and cellphone signals are hazardous to your health, I challenge you to a dare. (more…)
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Sitting Here at PubCon South
More than ever, I get the question of “why do you wear a tee shirt with your Twitter username on the back?” Answer: Well, it changes. Today, I’m at PubCon South and I hate striking up conversations with total strangers. This way, people I tweet with can recognize me and say hi. I’ll drum up a convo with someone if I recognize them, but people like me use logo avatars that render us unrecognizable to our Twitter friends. Hence, the avatar on the front and the username on the back helps people associate with who I am.
I get the blowback because people assume I am begging everyone to follow me by sharing my username. Not at all.
As a matter of fact, if any of you search marketing types are checking out my blog because you’ve seen me tweet today from PubCon, let me tell you right now: unfollow me right now. Save yourself some irritation.
Don’t follow me on Twitter
I don’t tweet about SEO ever. This conference is an exception. I don’t talk search much. I talk about ideas and products, not methods or marketing. I do marketing. But I don’t talk marketing.
That’s it. If you see me at PubCon South, stop me and say hi. But don’t follow me on Twitter unless you like tweets about regular everyday life.
Why NOT Talk Search Marketing on Twitter?
Ultimately, it’s because search marketing is not my primary life focus. I do search marketing for multiple clients, but it’s not my ultimate life calling. These days I spend more time in God’s Word and listening to biblical teaching and I don’t worry about promoting myself professionally. I was huge into self-promotion for awhile until I started feeling soulless and cheap. That’s the REAL truth.
I’m done with cheap self promotion. I share what I share now because I am passionate about it and because it’s who I am. Search marketing is not who I am, and honestly I may not be providing services to anyone 3-5 years from now. That being the case, I’m not spending any more of my energy or time into building a name for myself. When someone searches my name on Google, I want them to learn about who I am at the core. And search simply doesn’t belong there.
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Gift of Administration? I Hope Not
Two weeks ago, we went around the room in my men’s group and shared what we can see in each other that we can benefit from. Someone told me I have a gift of administration. Eek. Run away fast! That’s not something I was looking forward to hearing.